Anyone from Galen College of Nursing in Tampa Area

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Hello everyone! Is anyone currently attending Galen College of Nursing in St.Petesburg/Tampa Bay Area? If you aren't currently attending, but have in the past? I would love to here your feedback, too. I just wanted to know how you feel about the school and what your experience has been like. I will be taking my cpat at Galen tomorrow. I'm very excited and hopefully all goes well.

Hey mma!

I absolutely loved it! I should know by Thursday if I've been accepted. The facility was beautiful. They had a sim manikan that you can start IV's on. It blinks, has a heart rate, talks, and can crash just like a real person! So cool! When do you wanna start your program? Have you made plans to come down at all?

That's great! Were the people nice? I have read so many horror stories and I'm wondering how true they are. My family and I are trying to get down there in September to check it out and look for places. Have you had any luck with that part of it? I was supposed to have an interview this morning and a decision tomorrow...he actually just called me now and we are doing the interview over the phone in a few minutes! I took the NLN last year so I sent my scores already. Now I just need to wait for tomorrow! Please let me know if you have had any luck finding housing. It's hard to do online I'm finding. If we can get our house sold right away I might be starting with you in November! Take care and good luck tomorrow!

Hey mma!

I absolutely loved it! I should know by Thursday if I've been accepted. The facility was beautiful. They had a sim manikan that you can start IV's on. It blinks, has a heart rate, talks, and can crash just like a real person! So cool! When do you wanna start your program? Have you made plans to come down at all?

Did you find out if you are in???

I found an amazing apartment complex around the corner it's 1.8 miles away. 1 bedrooms start @ 700 and they're beautiful. My transcripts just reached Galen today and the committee meets every Thursday so my admission rep called me and told me i'll know by next Thursday next time the committee meets. I'll be very anxious till Thursday to say the least! When will you know if your in for November? I'll let you know as soon as I hear something! If you don't mind me asking what was your composite score for the NLN?

That's great-do you remember the name of the complex? I found one called Mandalay on 4th that looks really nice. I am moving down with my husband and 3 children so we will need something with 2 bedrooms but we still don't want to pay a huge rent where I won't be working.

Next Thursday-that's not too long of a wait but it will seem like it, LOL! I actually found out yesterday that I'm in! I had sent in all of my application forms a while back but they couldn't review them until after class started. My composite was 132. How did you do? I can't remember-are you doing the RN or LPN?

Would you mind telling me if and where you found a good price on plane tickets? We want to go down next month...thanks!!! : )

My composite was 117..the place I found was isles of gateway but there's a million places within 2 miles from the school..im gonna do the new rn program..since most of my pre reqs are doing I can put all of my energy into the nursing classes..thursday is gonna seem like forever!!! As soon as I find out I'm in ill be moving there within 2 weeks..I have a lot of family Down there so now that I picked a place to live they can finalize everything for me...can't wait though! Maybe well be in class together!

FOR ANYONE LOOKING INTO ATTENDING GALEN - RECAP OF MY FIRST WEEK

This has been one of the craziest weeks of my life. I started the LPN day program this past Monday...I wake up at 5 to be to school by 8 and then don't get home until 7 at night...by the time I get home I just want to sleep and not study. And then I work two 12 hour shifts on both Saturday and Sunday. SO basically I'm already behind, which is NOT a good thing. We have covered so much material in a matter of 4 days it's unreal.

I'm already frustrated because more than half of the class are CNAs or work in the field already and here I am with little to no experience. The girls are snobby and act like they know everything. I'm finding out who to stick with and who to stay away form right now. They definitely throw you into the quarter and expect you to know a lot of stuff already, which I don't. Which means I'm going to have to work extra hard. I'm hoping this next week will be better and I'll be better adjusted.

If you thought over 17,000 was expensive for tuition. Guess again, You need to buy uniform about 80$, 400$ for books just for the FIRST quarter (TIP but I have learned that students put messages on the boards on campus for discounted books they are trying to get rid of so they are selling for little to nothing too bad I didnt know that before I bought books on half.com) another $40 if you are not a certain CPR certified cant remember which one it is they will not just take anything, fingerprinting is free THANK GOD, stethoscope, penlight, and other misc things. Too weird, didnt think it was going to be that much extra (my counselor did tell me but I didnt think it'd be a lot of extra stuff) Then not to mention the gas over 400 miles a week. Hopefully you others will find a place to live close by. Good thing is though that I can bring my lunchbox with food and put it in the refrigerator and not have to buy stuff in the cafeteria everyday. Theres another TIP lol

I have my first exam tomorrow after only a week of classes and on 5 chapters. The teachers are ok...most are pretty boring and a 4 hour class drags on and on and on. The lab teacher is amazing! And the labs are amazing too. We learned how to take vitals, turn a person in bed, and putting a person into a wheelchair all in a matter of 6 hours and had practice time too. They have open lab on Mon Fri nights and then saturday for a couple hours in the morning so you can go in and practice your skills.

Hopefully this gives you some kind of overview....wish someone would have done this before I started so I knew what happened the first week =) if you have any other questions I'd be happy to answer. E-mail me though at [email protected] I read that everyday....

Good luck with everyone!!

First, welcome to nursing school lol..I should be starting Nov 7, but from working as a cna I have been told by the nurses that you have to eat, sleep, and breathe nursing school for 2 years so this is something I am completely prepared for. I'm also told that depending on the person you should work no more than 16 hours a week, but some people work full time and stilll do good. Also, Why does it take you three hours to get to school? Is there anway you could cut down your hours at work or move closer to school, you probally wouldn't feel so overwhelmed.

Specializes in SNF, 2 year s hospital.

Nursing school is very tough and not easy. Its hard and your life stops from the moment of the first class. This is why it took so long for me to decide if I wanted to return to school and have my life stop. The first time I did it I only had one child and wasnt married. The "in" crowd of nursing programs happen everywhere. I had one friend the whole time in my LPN program. Just breathe and just know it will be this way up until the end. Thank you for posting your first week experience. :up:

MMa I got my call today that i'm in! Are you gonna start in Nov?

MMa I got my call today that i'm in! Are you gonna start in Nov?

Congrats!!! That's awesome : ) I am planning on it, as long as we can get our financial stuff in order and get down there beforehand. We are planning on driving down in a few weeks to look at the school and apartments. I am so excited to see the area! Congrats again-you must be glad the wait is over, I know I am! : )

Congrats all!! I actually attend Galen St. Pete. I'm actually in the LPN program days. I'm 6 months in and 6th months to go. I really like the school!! I plan on going on to do my RN there. The school is great. The teachers I've had so far are wonderful. It's strict with an attendance policy, but it's so worth it. I like it because it's a smaller, private school. The instructors are very accessible and helpful. I've met some great friends too. I actually moved from Southern CAlif. to go to school. Our wait list there is 2 to 3 yrs. for an RN. An LPN program price is $30,000 and a bridge program $60,000. Yes, that's right. LOL So, I did some research...found Galen, came for a visit liked the school and moved. It's really no different than someone going out of state for college. I will be done before my friends will even be in a program in Calif. And...it's cheaper to live in Fla. LOL Anyhoo...you guys made an excellent choice. Good luck and I'll probably see ya in the halls. LOL

30k now? It was 15k back in 2006. WOW. I am looking to go back for my RN now. I loved galen but I think that is out of the question now

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bchlver596 is definitely talking about the price of schools in California. Galen is like 17K for LPN and then I think 22K for the RN program....

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