Any PPCC Hopefuls here?

I know PPCC just cut their waitlist recently, and I was finishing pre-reqs there last year until I found out that NJC in Sterling, CO had a semester wait! (Probably because no one wants to live out in the BFE of the Colorado plains!) I will be in the LPN program this fall for sure, they require that you only have AP106, Dietary, and English 121 I think (even though I already finished ALL my pre-reqs because of PPCC). You also have to have your LPN license here before you enter the RN program though! Good luck with that waitlist, hopefully youll be more patient than me! Are you actually on the list? Did they tell you how long you have to wait?

Holy moly! That makes me pretty glad that I didnt wait there! Strange, didnt Bethel get rid of their list too? I have family that still lives in the Springs sayin they did way with it too. It seems a little unfair though because when I worked at Memorial I knew some CNAs that had been on the waitlist for PPCC for almost 2 1/2years! Ill say a prayer for you though, good luck getting in the program -I know its stressful!

As a recent PPCC graduate, I just wanted to wish you luck too!

Oh yes, they are very disorganized, and their mantra to us students is "be flexible". Other than that, I do feel like I got a good education and I liked almost all my instructors.

My only gripe is that the program is not nationally accredited. Of course, I only found this out in my last semester. Hell, I didn't even know there was a difference between being accredited by the state and nationally! PPCC is working on the national accreditation though, and they will probably be official by the time you graduate. But me, I'm finding my job opportunities, and the universities I can transfer to, are being slightly limited.

Thanks for the congrats! Now I just need to get in gear and study for the NCLEX. As for PPCC getting organized...I guess anything is possible! My only gripe was that they would wait until we started class before we found out when our clinicals were, and where. It made it hard to plan anything. And I liked 99% of my instructors. There were only two, one classroom, and one clinical, out of them all, that I ever butted heads with.

As of now, both Penrose and Memorial has suspended their new grad programs. Memorial's "Bethel Scholar" program is still there because those students got scholarships from Memorial, so of course Memorial wants to get their money's worth and they will hire them first before any other new grads. I know of at least one classmate who got a scholarship from Penrose, so she will be hired before any other new grads too. Both hospitals are still accepting applications, as in you can apply for jobs online, but most of them say they want a year experience.

A nurse recruiter from Penrose even came to talk to us in class one day. He said with the economy, it only made sense for them to get rid of the new grad program. For every job they post, they get at least 50 experienced applicants. So what I got from that is, new grads are screwed right now, heh. Especially ones like me who haven't been working in a hospital already. It's okay though, now that I know what's going on, I've just stopped applying for jobs until I take my NCLEX. And I am not too proud to work in an LTC; I like the geriatric population and I think it's a place to get good experience, especially on a skilled unit.