Ready to Apply CT Community Colleges- Nursing Program 2012

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ooops... The other one had 2011 instead of 2012... let's try this again:

Just thought I would start a new thread for the current application cycle. Questions... stats... rumors... etc!

My question is... for those applying this cycle, how did you do on the TEAS V? Since this is the first year they are using this test, it would be nice to see how everyone is doing.

(Please don't post TEAS 3 or TEAS 4 results, as the scores are NOT comparable with the TEAS V.)

hi creolenurse thanks for the reply do you know if they have two different semesters of starting nursing program at norwalk and if you are staring in fall when is your orientation.

Bedigmo: I dont know if they have 2 diff semesters. I would call to confirm. Orientation = 8/20 & 8/23

Does anyone know if TRCC has a nurse pinning ceremony? I was just thinking about it, and was curious...can't ask anyone else right now on a Sunday night (:

Specializes in New Critical care NP, Critical care, Med-surg, LTC.

Yes, there's a pinning, the day before graduation.

I figured there would be...I think that is one of the most exciting parts lol...thanks for answering my question!

I believe ncc starts in fall and January but I don't think it's the students choice as to which semester they start. I had someone in my lifespan course who did opt for a jan start so she could take micro first but she had to find someone who was assigned a jan start to switch with her. I'm in my pre reqs at ncc - I have to retake chem this fall because it expired. Not looking forward to repeating it but I procrastinated too long and have no choice now. Any insight on professors for chem? Good luck to everyone!

@saramisu. Sorry I was so behind with school that I needed to do a lot over the past couple days. My A&P teacher said that we really need to be vaccinated for the Hep B vaccine if we want to do nursing, because if something happens to us, and we get the disease, no body is responsible for that and nobody will take over any medical bills. I suggest to everyone just to follow as to what the school wants. Get ALL your titers done and get ALL vaccines that are needed, even if you have to spend 1000 dollars for that. Don't forget, we will be "working" in the hospital, there is so many diseases, do you want to get sick? the school is just helping in preventing us from any kind of disease that could be prevented through vaccination. We better spend the time and money for it now, instead of later being sorry...the mom of one of my girlfriends works as a CNA in a hospital, she got Hep C from a patient...I'm just saying. The school is not trying to annoy us and make us spend money, it's just for our safety.

where did you get your titers done and how much was that? I'm trying to find something cheap, I don't know if my insurance will cover that. I have to call them tomorrow. I'd like to get them done on wednesday.

I have a question. How does the hospital check our background and when? and the drug tests? when do we have to provide these? once we start working there or are they gonna call us or what??? I don't know :(

Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

Some hospitals wont let you in the door without certain vaccines.

Last year we had to do an online background check. I think it was around $60.

what? $60 more bucks hahahaha

when did you have to do it? what was the deadline for that?

Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

I think it was before out August Orientation (GWCC)

so how does it work? I've never done one before? You go on a website, enter information about yourself...they check it..and then you can print it and bbring it to the hospital? thank you studentnurseCT..I thought the hospital does itself and pays for itself hahaha

Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

I don't think there was anything to print. You enter your school name and it covers all hospitals in CT. We also had to do an online exam with a scantron form and bring it in. There were people who showed up that didn't have it done, of course. They had until the next day. There was a time frame and some people procrastinate. It must have been free and easy I barely remember doing it.

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