Looking for LPN school in Colorado

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I am looking for a LPN program in Colorado. I heard Emily Griffith has a great program but I want to later move into RN program. I also checked in Regis What do you think?

Specializes in NICU.

Most schools now have HESI exit exams as it prepares you for taking the NCLEX. You get a printout of what areas you need to work on before taking the NCLEX. As far as I understand we have 3 tries to pass the HESI before grad.

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I would like to know how to take psychology 101 online. Is it timed? How many exams? How long does it last per exam?

Thanks

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I took PSY 235 and I'm guessing it's similar to 101. The exams are timed - they were an hour but that was more than enough time. And there were two papers that were pretty short, about 5 pages each. And the other component is discussions that you have to participate in. 101 probably isn't exactly the same but I'm sure it's similar.

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Thank you very much.

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I dont think that is the class most Nursing programs want. 101 is most likely an introduction to Psychology whereas 235 is Developmental Psychology. I am taking 235 right now. just make sure through whatever program you are planning to attend. It would suck to take the wrong class.

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A lot of programs require both.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Clinical Documentation Specialist.

I took 101 this summer (along with AP2 and Micro). Psy 101 (general psych) and 235 (human growth & dev) are both pre-reqs for CU.

This was an easy class. I don't remember the exact stuff, but from what I have on my computer there are 8 quizzes and a final. The quizzes were (I think) an hour for the exams of 25 questions each. You could take them twice and your best mark would be counted. The final was 100 questions for 2 hours. There are two projects which you answer five questions each. Of course there are the manditory discussions.

I aced this class and it was not hard at all, the majority of my time was taken up by the other two I was doing.

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Specializes in NICU.

Also they just added a new NCLEX review book to our books this quarter (4th quarter in the BSN program). I feel they are trying to help get the NCLEX scores up, but honestly it's up to the individual to study and prepare for HESI and the NCLEX. Nursing school is about how much you put into it, no matter what school or program you go into. I've also heard taking the Kaplan review before the NCLEX helps a lot!

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Specializes in Med/Surg, L&D.

I am also currently enrolled there. It is very competitive, as stated above. At my orientation they told us that for each of us that were there, 10 other people were denied admission. It is an awesome campus, but the area around there is pretty sketchy. I live about 20 minutes away, but I do like living in Denver. There are a lot of great hospitals where we do clinicals, the mountains are close by and there is plenty to do in town. The new campus and buildings are pretty nice. A lot of the problems that other people on this site seem to have at their school don't seem to be a huge issue here. The professors and instructors want us to succeed. They don't try to make the students fail to weed people out. Every person that I know of that has dropped out, it has been because of a personal issue. It has something like a 98% pass rate on the NCLEX. I was in the accelerated program, but I decelerated (as they called it) because I had a baby and had to take a block of classes off- they are great about accommodating these things. Now I am graduating with the traditional students. The people in class are motivated and great to have in class.

There are a couple of negatives- the tuition is quite expensive, especially since you will be out-of-state. The accelerated program doesn't allow a lot of time for working, so I had to take out some private loans on top of the financial aid offered through the school and I work part time. The clinical office is ridiculously disorganized, probably due to the numbers of clinicals they are organizing. It gets a bit frustrating after the 5th time that you submit paperwork for a clinical or the 3rd time in a week that they changed your clinical time and date. There are a few online classes that are just ridiculous busy work and posting to the discussion boards about things that don't warrant that much discussion.

All in all, I would highly suggest that school and Denver!

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I am interviewing for the May 2009 Accelerated BSN, any feedback on the interviews conducted on campus? What the format is? What kind of questions are asked? Etc....

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This is my elective course. I need it. Thank you again.

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Specializes in Emergency, Pre-Op, PACU, OR.

Hello,

I am looking for some feedback from former or current Metro State Nursing Students about the program. Any opinion/ input is appreciated.

Thanks!

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