George Brown PN Sept. 2014

[CFG77]

Hi everyone! Just wanted to start a thread for people applying to the PN program this year at George Brown. I have applied already and I am in their Pre-Health program. Lets keep up to date with each others timelines :)

[xokw, BSN, RN]

Hi,

I appreciate all the help from everyone. Jackie, if you look at the course outline for this coming fall on the website it seems to have changed from the last one. What do you think of it?

I have just taken the prehealth at gbc and found it easy academically but time management was good. Having graduated that with gpa of 4.0 and won the deans medal, I am sure that the PN program won't be that much different.

i appreciate that people find it hard. As a tutor of three health subjects now over the summer I can say the majority of problems lie with study skills. They'd really should do a separate course to help students, what do you think?

thanks for that all :)

Study habits and time management are very important. You should do fine :)

One thing to keep in mind though is the difference with nursing school is that you are also attending clinicals and placements while balancing classes. Clinicals and placements bring on a whole new challenge as you are learning and being tested on new skills, how to talk to patients and even how to touch them. This setting is very different to most and can be quite intimidating to even the most academically adept student.

Your classes are also structured around not only learning new information, but learning to think like a nurse. Tests are no longer about memorizing and regurgitating information, it becomes about case studies, critical thinking, prioritizing and choosing the most correct answer of out 2-4 correct answers.

Good luck to all :)

[CFG77]

Agreed with the clinical skills.

As for learning styles, wow, I found that students do exactly that memorize and cram! Doesn't work, what I did was understanding and digesting. Otherwise no hope! I think again, study skills is key.

Thinking like a nurse is something that I look forward to learning :)

[voodoojaguar]

Thanks for that Jackie. I'm starting the course in September and was thinking of continuing my job part-time but you've swayed me not to. Just wondering, do you recommend I buy all the books for first semester or are there some books that you didn't use?