National University San Diego

Murse520 · Jul 21, 2010

Fundamentals is the 4th class you will be doing, right after Pharmacology. You won't do clinical until then. You will enter a hospital for one day to interview a patient during your health assessment class, which is your 2nd month of the program(if it is the same as my teacher). Hope that helps!

Elisbrasilia · Jul 22, 2010

Fundamentals is the 4th class you will be doing, right after Pharmacology. You won't do clinical until then. You will enter a hospital for one day to interview a patient during your health assessment class, which is your 2nd month of the program(if it is the same as my teacher). Hope that helps!

Thanks very much, Murse520, for your reply! It will help me immensely to plan my life until clinical starts.

Just one more question... Do we meet once or twice a week in the first classes? any Saturday?

Thanks again!

ALIinSD · Jul 22, 2010

Thanks very much, Murse520, for your reply! It will help me immensely to plan my life until clinical starts.
Just one more question... Do we meet once or twice a week in the first classes? any Saturday?
Thanks again!

Just wrote out a long response and accidentally erased it. Must be time to stop studying for tonight.

Anyway, I'm in Cohort 23 and in Theory right now. We go on Wednesdays from 9am-2pm. The rest of the work is done online and you will have to do 2 discussion board posts per week (at the minimum). These take a while because they are pretty in depth and you need to find outside resources other than your text. You will have a 7-10 page paper and a cultural presentation as well. The text is incredibly boring so watch out. Hopefully you don't get the same instructors that we have now. Let's just say I'm couting the days until our next class starts!!

Next we have health assessment and we'll be going 4 days a week! Monday/Friday 4-9 for lecture and Tues/Thurs for 5 hours either in the morning or late afternoon/evening for lab. They just emailed us on Tuesday and said that due to a 'scheduling conflict' they had to move our class meeting day around. We were originally scheduled for Mon/Wed lecture, but they changed it to Friday. So when they say you need a flexible schedule, they literally mean it!! 1 1/2 weeks notice is not cool! I have a 3 1/2 year old and a 5 year old starting kindergarten at the end of August. Childcare costs are going to be horrendous!! But this is the route I chose to go, so I've just gotta suck it up and take out some extra loan money. It will all be worth it in the end.

Good luck with everything and congrats on getting accepted!!

socalsi · Jul 22, 2010

Thanks ALIinSD, I also had questions about the class schedules, thanks for sharing! :yeah:

I'm getting ready to send my application in before the August 20th deadline, how long roughly do they contact you to come in and take the teas and proctor essay? Just wondering because, I need to buy the teas study guide and start studying.

Elisbrasilia · Jul 22, 2010

Thanks, ALIinSD!

Wow!!! I was not expecting that!!! I just registered for a Chemistry class in a community college for this Fall. It is a personal option. I would like to have a Chemistry class in my curriculum. I thought it would be fine as long as we do not have clinicals. Anyway, I also have two kids (3 and 1 year-old). I was hoping to be able to take at least this class, which is on Tu/Th/F mornings. But, it seems like it will be a challenge to conciliate the schedules.

Well, thank you very much for the information! It has helped a lot!

Good luck you too with the school work!!!

CAli2384 · Jul 22, 2010

Hello- I just discovered this thread and have found a lot of really good info here! Thanks everyone for sharing! I'm also in Cohort 24 and cannot wait to get started in a couple short months. It can't seem to come fast enough.

Can anyone who is currently in the program (and gotten into clinicals) speak to how they are scheduled? If you request "time off" (meaning no clinicals scheduled during a certain time), what are the chances that they will honor this request? I'm basically planning on being available 24/7 for 2 years, but a close friend just got engaged and I'm hoping to make it to her wedding early next year. Also, can they be scheduled any day of the week at any time?

Lastly, I was under the impression that each class met only once a week, then the rest was studying at home, but it sounds like you can meet multiple (up to 4!) times a week for several hours, and have online "meetings". Does this mostly depend on the professor, or is this pretty standard?

I'm trying to get as much info together as possible as I'm hoping to find some part time work (waiting tables or something) while in school to help pay the bills. I already have a Bachelors degree, so the more money I earn now and in the coming years, the less I need in loans!

Thanks again for all the great info!

jStarS14 · Jul 23, 2010

Hi Everyone! So happy for you that are starting in October!

I was wondering... has anyone who applied for the Jan 2011 start date hear anything yet?? I applied and I'm hoping to hear something back soon! I'm so nervous! :uhoh3:

PMHNP2023, RN · Jul 23, 2010

I had a question about NU ABSN. I went to the Info Session, spoke to an admission advisor, filled out the general NU application, submitted my TEAS and transcripts.

What else do I have to do? On my checklist it says - select a degree plan (we recommend the BS Public Health). Also - apply to the nursing school (but not until all prerequisites are completed). Is that correct? I can't apply to the ABSN program until all my prerequisites are done? Finally, i need to do the proctored essay.

My admissions advisor seemed only interested in getting me to fill out the original undergrad admission application. Now he's passing me over to the nursing dept. I can't seem to reach anyone in the nursing dept. So does anyone know what my next steps are?

happymommy3 · Jul 23, 2010

Oh and Happymommy, I think we talked before about me extending my start date instead of starting in October but I am keeping the October start date =] Look forward to meeting you! You have a 4 month old right?

Hi Tutubalu~

I'm so glad you will be staying in the October cohort--I look forward to meeting you too!!

I think it might be Bubbles2610 that you are thinking of that has the 4 month old (although I would like to have another one sometime!) I actually have 3 little ones... a 9 year old, a 7 year old and a 2 year old. Finding childcare is my toughest challenge right now (especially since my 2 year old has never stayed with anyone but family), but I'm hoping it will all work out ok.

How is life with a new baby? I hope everything is going great for you!

See ya soon! :)

happymommy3 · Jul 23, 2010

Hi October cohort!! Can't wait to meet all of you!! :)

happymommy3 · Jul 23, 2010

I had a question about NU ABSN. I went to the Info Session, spoke to an admission advisor, filled out the general NU application, submitted my TEAS and transcripts.
What else do I have to do? I can't apply to the ABSN program until all my prerequisites are done? Finally, i need to do the proctored essay.
My admissions advisor seemed only interested in getting me to fill out the original undergrad admission application. Now he's passing me over to the nursing dept. I can't seem to reach anyone in the nursing dept. So does anyone know what my next steps are?

Hi djxpress~

It sounds like you've done pretty much all you can at this point.

Yes, you will want to ask your advisor to list your degree plan as BS Public Health. Once you have been accepted into the nursing program, the nursing department will change your degree plan to BS Nursing. You cannot apply for the nursing program until all of your pre-reqs are completed (unless this has changed since I applied back in January). You cannot take the proctored essay until you have submitted your nursing program application. They will then contact you via email to schedule the date for the essay. As far as your advisor goes... Your general advisor is unable to help with specific nursing program questions. Once you have been accepted into the program, a nursing advisor will be assigned to you. However, in the meantime, I am not sure who to refer you to (I never tried contacting anyone in the nursing department prior to acceptance into the program, so I am not able to be very helpful with this... sorry about that). Maybe someone that is more familiar with this can point you in the right direction?

I hope that helps!! :)

CAli2384 · Jul 23, 2010

djxpress- happymommy is right. You must first be enrolled in the school before you can apply to the nursing program. Once you get accepted into a nursing program, they change your course of study. As many people have said in this thread, the general advisors can be very unhelpful, and really don't know much about the specifics of the nursing department. My advisor is pretty unreliable and I've learned that you really need look out for yourself to make sure that everything gets done in time for your application deadline.

As for contacting someone in the nursing department, I had good luck using the email that is provided on the nursing page, and then once you attend the forum, they should give you the phone number for the person who is fielding applications (so you can ask specific questions regarding the application requirements). It will take a few weeks after the application deadline for them to begin scheduling the TEAS and proctored essays for the students who meet the criteria. I didn't hear anything for quite some time (7-8 weeks) and got really nervous, but was hesitant to contact them becuase they tell you not to call. Finally, I called to make sure that these things were still being scheduled and found out that the nursing department hadn't received confirmation from the evaluations department that my credits from other schools transferred over (to confirm that I'd completed my pre-reqs)- despite the fact that I'd requested this from the evals dept months earlier. If I hadn't called that day (or the next day), I would have missed out on taking the exam and essay and wouldn't have been eligible for consideration. The nursing dept is super busy year round with applications, so again, just make sure you cover all your bases, and don't be afraid to be persistent to make sure all your ducks are in a row.

Honestly- this forum is probably your best bet for getting questions answered quickly. I wish I would've known about this back when I was applying!

Good luck to all of those who are waiting to hear about the January Cohort! For the October cohort, acceptance/decline letter were sent out almost exactly 2 months after the application deadline, so you should be hearing any day!