BHSN-Bridgeport Hospital School of Nursing Fall 2011

U.S.A. Connecticut

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Started a new thread, since the other threads on this topic look like they are from last year.

Okay,

I just got my acceptance letter in the mail today!!

I was going totally mental with anxiety, checking this board several times a day to see when people were hearing back, compared to when they had applied and what their stats were. I was also very nervous about how I had done on the TEAS, so I wanted to post my info to help other people a little. Here are my stats:

I applied to the school January 4th, 2010. I took the TEAS January 23rd, 2010.

Previous BA degree in anthropology. I graduate in August of 2009 with a 3.46 cumulative GPA.

I took A&P I last fall, at Gateway: B

Developmental Psych: A

TEAS: 81.2% (mean national was 72.8% and the mean for the program 73.3%)

My adjusted individual scores were as follows:

Reading: 82.5%

Math: 82.2%

Science: 70%

English: 85.5%

In all my nervousness, I called two days ago and was told that I would likely hear back from the in school 4-6 weeks. Then I got my letter today, February 5th. For the record, my admissions essay was based on a CNA training course I took in the fall and I also think that having a previous BA really helped, especially in seeing past that nasty 70% in the science section of the TEAS.

Good luck and I hope this information was helpful, or at least of interest, to some of you!!

Congrats all around. Good luck next fall maybe see ya at your orientations.

Thanks everyone!!! :)

Keep us posted YMNURSE! Good luck!

Day program for me. I'd rather not have to travel to Bridgeport in the evenings if I don't have to.... it isn't the best area, if you know what I mean. I wonder what parking will be like.

You can park on the street if you want and if you can find a spot. But usually everyone just grabs the student parking pass. Its $20 for the entire month. Not bad at all considering other hospitals like Yale can end up charging you $9/day, not exactly great if your a student trying to pay your way through school.

Oh wow, that is definitely not bad at all! Thanks for the info! So does that mean if we end up doing some clinical at Yale, that we would have to pay $9 per day? So that would be something like $36 per month if we have clinical one day per week. Or are clinicals 2 days per week by the time we have the option to do the clinical at Yale? I see how that could get costly.

I just looked at BHSN's book list via their online service provider, specialty books. It looks like the cost won't be bad at all as there are only 2 required books for the first year, which will cost about $70 if purchased through them. These are: Nurse's Pocket Guide by Doenges, 11th edition ($31.95); Nursing Health Assessment Clinical Pocket Guide by Dillon, 2nd edition ($39.95 or $32 on Amazon). FYI - There is a new version of the Nurse's Pocket Guide that was just release, 12th edition. I assume they may update their book list to this new version by the time orientation rolls around.

There are 4 recommended books on the list, of which I think a few will definitely be useful, including: Nursing Care Plans & Documentation by Carpenito, 5th edition ($59.95 or $40.46 on Amazon); Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses (w/CD) by Deglin, 10th edition ($30.75). The other two recommended items are a medical dictionary, which most of us may already have (I have Taber's on my iPhone), and Fundamentals Success (w/CD only) by Nugent, 2nd edition ($33.95 or $27.84 on Amazon). The fundamentals success book covers critical thinking and test taking techniques, and has been given excellent reviews among students. It includes over 1k NCLEX style questions.

Just thought this may help with the budgeting/planning process! :)

I have to say that this thread has been an awesome source of information for what to expect at BHSN in the fall. Thanks to LadyBug and Th0r for the most recent posts regarding scheduling and books. Its really been a huge help!:yeah:

Ladybug, I didn't even know Bridgeport had an online server! How do I log into it??

Thanks so much for all that information on the books!!!!

Just practicing my critical thinking skills! Haha! :lol2:

I did a little investigating, since I had seen the link for "book store" on the BHSN site. However, the link never worked when you clicked on it. I figured that maybe the location specs had slightly changed so I just removed the specs in the http address in order to get into the main site. Then I just followed the links designed for students looking to purchase books, looked up Bridgeport, and Voila! :D

Here's the correct link… http://www.specialty-books.com/cgi-bin/ic/bhson

You can also see what 2nd year books will be like.

I found Specialty Book's website and was able to get to the area where you search on institution to get your list of books. I don't think I would have ever found this on my own. Very cool! I'm going to compare these prices against some of the other online textbook mediums...

Just after doing an initial search it seems like there's lots of availability for these books on half.com and ebay alone, even for the latest additions. You could easily save over half the costs of what you would spend on the used editions with a little extra work and investigation.

Ladybug - I'm still working on my post count. I should be able to reply to PMs any day now!

Word of advise, the care plan book isn't supposed to be that great. It has a wealth of info, everything you'll really need actually. However, it is supposed to be designed terribly so it can take forever to find what you are looking for. Once you find your diagnosis, I think you then need to go to a different area to search for other info related to it. It has received lousy reviews from most. As such, I wouldn't go running to buy it until we find out if that is the only book they will allow us to use for citations within our care plans (I've heard some schools do that).

I've heard that one of the best books to purchase is:

Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care (Ackley, Nursing Diagnosis Handbook) by Gail B. Ladwig, Betty J. Ackley ($49.95 on Amazon)

If we're not required to use the Carpenito book for citations, which I doubt since the book is on the recommended list, then I would suggest looking into purchasing the Ackley book. It is suppose to save you a lot of time on care planning, and it can take a real long time if you don't have a good book for guidance. You can see all the wonderful reviews in Amazon, and quite a few people here on AN have highly recommended it as one of the best care plan books as well. I saw one post who said that all her fellow classmates would ask to borrow her book since they had all purchased the one off the booklist.

If you have the money, than maybe you can spring for both.

Lol! Jess - just keep posting!! :)

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