UCF Fall 2012

leandrito · Jan 10, 2012

Hello... I havent apply to the program yet but i am looking forward to it. I want to know please if someone has any ATI book copy in pdf format i would really appreciate it.. send me a private message :) i want to take the teas next month :).. good luck and lets keep the fun

Go Knights · Jan 10, 2012

gracenkyliesmom, good luck on the Teas! I didn't do as well as I wanted the first time I took it either. I got a study book and a few months later, retook the test and did so much better! You'll do great! I also heard that the concurrent program, which I am also probably going to apply for, isn't as competitive as UCF.

leandrito, I'm sorry I don't have it in a pdf format I bought the hard copy of the book w/ practice tests which i'm lending to someone. You should definitely try and get it though, it helped me a lot! Good luck!

I wish everyone the best of luck with getting into UCF, I know my fingers are crossed! :)

gracenkyliesmom · Jan 11, 2012

Thanks Go Knights. I actually applied last year for Seminole's nursing program, but I did not apply for the concurrent portion. I had a 4.0 gpa and scored a 78% on TEAS V and was unable to get into the Fall 2011 program. I am graduating from Valencia with my AA this May and only Statistics will not be complete when I apply. Like I said I plan to retake to try and get the TEAS score up to an 84%, since I have heard this is the competitive edge UCF is looking for. Bought the study manual and this time around bought the online practice test. In regards to the Seminole concurrent program, when I originally applied I applied with Intro to Humanities, then found out it would not count. I have since finished Mythology as of Summer 2011 and Greek/Roman Humanities as of Fall 2011. I am hoping this doesn't count against me too much as Seminole does not offer Mythology as a class, and Intro does not meet the Gordon Rule requirements. In reading prior year's cohort threads, I have noticed several people saying that for the concurrent program, if UCF wants you and you do not have the other non-UCF prereqs complete, Seminole will allow you to complete them before you start. (Hoping this would be the case). Maybe I am reading too much into all this, and just getting way too spastic about the admission process. I just do not want to hear NO, again.

Go Knights · Jan 14, 2012

I understand! I think all of us, especially myself begin to over think the admissions process, and sadly we begin to doubt all our hard work due to the pressure of waiting to find out if we are accepted or not. Again, I wish all of us the best of luck with every where that we apply!

RN In FL · Jan 17, 2012

@ Jacki, I was just curioius, why would you being a SS teacher who is "trying to transition" to our profession, apply to an accelerated nursing program? Wouldn't you want to take your time and truly learn as much as possible opposed to moving through quickly, just because that is whats offered, and you meet the criteria to get in??? I see this as a problem with soooo many new grads in the clinical setting that are lucky to get jobs upon graduation. due to this "transition" from other careers all of a sudden to nursing, who take the fast approach. Thats a major reason why hospitals aren't hiring new grads. Just my 2 cents.... Good luck

<3ZEUS&LINCOLN · Jan 17, 2012

First of all, to be clear, I would never take a position I didn't feel I was truly qualified to accept. Knowing that I would be responsible for the health of another person isn't a responsibility I take lightly. The reason that I am not taking the 4 year route, not that it should be your concern, is because I already have a bachelors degree and the first two years of college are virtually the same for every student. Even if I did the "traditional program" it would take 5 semesters as opposed to the accelerated of 4 semesters. Additionally, I do not have the resources to do that financially or I may have considered it as an option. I feel it is completely rude to claim that me or other accelerated students are the cause of newly licensed RNs not getting hired. Maybe the reason they aren't getting hired is because of schools flooding the market with nurses or maybe it is because they aren't good nurses, didn't network enough during their internships, or didn't have enough real-world or practical experience prior to becoming licensed. There is a myriad of other reasons that could justify new grads not getting hired other than the reason you claimed as fact in your post. I feel you are suggesting that programs like UCF, UM, FSU, UF etc. who ALL have accelerated programs aren't qualified to produce good nurses in a shorter more rigorous amount of time, which is completely false. If accelerated students sit for the same boards you passed and pass them as well, then that obviously suggests that the state deems that we are just as qualified to practice nursing as you are. To suggest that just because I am a Social Studies teacher doing the accelerated program, I am not going to acquire the same amount of knowledge and skill as those who have done the traditional program is completely ridiculous. I think being a Social Studies teacher will actually be an asset to me since I hope to one day teach nursing.

RN In FL · Jan 17, 2012

I think you are missing my point here. This is an open forum and I am free to leave comments. I understand your rationale of your application into the fast track, the prior Social Studies Degree and many of those classes will count, fully aware. On the other hand, be it a hard pill to swallow (no pun intended), and not directed at you or any new RN grads, it IS due to lack of experience, that NEW GRADS ARE FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO GET JOBS. Especially with no prior expeience in the field. Especially in your case. I am an RN who is fully aware, and see the frustrations so many a daily basis of the new grads. I just kinda tied it all into the programs, and jumping from one career into the career of nursing. I in no way meant to upset you. I am in no implying that the universities around the state of FL aren't qualified to produce good students either. But as I read the end of you post.....

" I think being a Social Studies teacher will actually be an asset to me since I hope to one day teach nursing."

Is that really the real, underlying reason to go to nursing school? Good luck to you.

<3ZEUS&LINCOLN · Jan 17, 2012

I do not have underlying reasons to pursue nursing. Would I like to work as an RN and teach at the college level simulatenously, yes. The reason that I am going to nursing school is because I genuinely love the profession. My dad has suffered from terminal colon and pancreatic cancer for the past 6 years. Seeing how well the nurses treated and cared for my father only magnified my want to pursue this career. I NEVER said you weren't entitled to your opinion or to express that opinion here, I am simply diagreeing with you. Additionally, I am not jumping from career to career ... the average American changes their career roughly 3 times. I am simply honing in on another passion of mine and hope to one day merge the two degrees.

Nikkilicious · Jan 18, 2012

@ Jacki, I was just curioius, why would you being a SS teacher who is "trying to transition" to our profession, apply to an accelerated nursing program? Wouldn't you want to take your time and truly learn as much as possible opposed to moving through quickly, just because that is whats offered, and you meet the criteria to get in??? I see this as a problem with soooo many new grads in the clinical setting that are lucky to get jobs upon graduation. due to this "transition" from other careers all of a sudden to nursing, who take the fast approach. Thats a major reason why hospitals aren't hiring new grads. Just my 2 cents.... Good luck

The accelerated nursing program is for individuals who already hold a Bachelor's degree in a different (non-medical, non-nursing) field. It is "accelerated" in the sense that students who apply to these types of programs have already taken all of the other coursework required to earn a degree - the programs allow us to come back to undergraduate school and just take the nursing courses. An accelerated program does NOT "rush" us through nursing courses, or expect that we learn how to be nurses in a shorter amount of time. Rather, the program cuts out the aspects of undergraduate studies that we, as degree holders, have already completed.

I think that you jumped on Jacki pretty harshly. She is not the first person, nor will she be the last, to transition from a completely unrelated field. If Jacki (and myself, as I am doing the same) were not qualified for an accelerated program, then we would not be applying for them. Actually, if universities and the medical field in general did not think that an accelerated program resulted in adequately trained nurses, then these programs would not exist at all.

Jacki, I think it is great that you are transitioning to nursing and I hope to be studying with you come May. I am confident that the program will prepare us adequately, just as much so as the 21 year olds who are graduating from a university for the first time...

RN In FL · Jan 18, 2012

I understand what the accelerated program is all about. But I guess it just seemed like such a drastic change from being a Social Studies teacher to becoming a nurse. And when I saw the accelerated program, all I could think about was just that...."going fast". I believe I have made that clear to Jacki. And after further reading Jacki's post, I understand her desire for wanting to give nursing a try.

:yelclap:

I say good luck to you too Nikki on your transition as well. And you ae absolutely correct. Tons of folk are choosing nursing as their career change, however, nursing is far more than getting accepted into a program and maining a GPA. Thats the easy part.......

RN In FL · Jan 18, 2012

OK OK OK.....lets all grab hands and sing KUM--BY--YA !! I in no way want to offend my fellow soon to be sister nurses!!! We all have a mission we want to accomplish!

Hang tough. I truly hope you all get in. Its competitive everyyyyy where in FL. My daugher has applied to several schools in FL as well. :bow:

<3ZEUS&LINCOLN · Jan 18, 2012

I really appreciate your post. :) Nikki