Gordon College in Barnesville?

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Has any one attended Gordon College all four years? I was considering Gordon as one of my school choices since my time for filling out college applications is coming up soon. I would just really love some input from Alumi of Gordon/ Students. How is the nursing program there? I heard it was really wonderful!

Thanks!!!!!

Specializes in LTC Occupational Med,Internal Med.
i think they are planning on changing this schedule but this how it was/is for me...

first semester: beginning med-surg (half of the semester)

second semester: ob & psych

third semester: advanced med-surg, 2 days in peds, 1 day in or (observation only), 1 day community health (hospice, dialysis, sickle-cell, etc.)

fourth semester: preceptorship or varied clinical experience (you spend a few weeks in er, icu, hospice, doctor's office, dialysis, med-surg, etc.)

or rotation is done at the hospital you do your adv med-surg at. you will understand why you don't spend a lot of days in the or once you see what the rn's role is in that setting, there is not a lot of med-surg type, hands-on work and gordon wants you to have that type of experience above anything else. at least this is what i saw during my or rotation.

clinical sites depend on the rotation... med-surg & ob can be at just about any hospital between atlanta and macon; psych is as far north as decatur and south as macon. psych rotations can be at any psych hospitals or rehab facilities.

you will enjoy clinicals. i loved being at a busy hospital because i feel like a saw everything (gunshot wounds, traction, chest tubes, severe car accidents, and the list goes on...) and i feel more prepared for my preceptorship.

don't worry about clinicals now, you needs to get through skills seminar first.

best of luck to you.

sms80

you have no idea what kind of help you have been to me so far!!!! tuesday i registered for my nursing classes and actually got to meet one me the nursing instructors i will say mr. p. he seemed nice and he was a graduate of the program himself. he spoke highly of the program and the nclex pass rate which is always a good thing to hear!!!:monkeydance: i am very happy about this school and i am smiling on the inside because i feel i have put myself in a good position to succeed becasue i feel gordon is a wonderful school for nursing!!!!! i am very very excited to get started but very nervous as well because i know that it will be very hard work. there is a small part of me that thinks it will be fun though because i really do enjoy learning new things. as far as the skills seminars what happens in those and do you have any suggestions on doing well in the skills and one more thing, i plan on staying in atlanta and commuting with another student. i was wondering are there alot of students in the nursing program commuting from atlanta and since i live there would they always have me at grady(i really want to do most of my clinicals there)

thank you so much!!!!

"the hopefull one"

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Mr. P is a nice guy and I didn't know that he was a Gordon grad.

You are going to have fun but honestly, it's the only fun that another nursing student might understand. Don't be surprised when your friends who are outside of the medical field look at you like you've got nine heads with snakes coming out of your ears when you tell them "man, i saw the craziest thing today in clinicals and it was so cool!" but those are the best moments.

for 1901, lecture is lecture (duh, right ;)), skills seminar is like lecture but you have a quiz right after they lecture on that material (so do your reading, very important), and clinical simulation is where you learn to do the skill that was lectured on in skills seminar. with clinical simulation you will have to check off, demonstrate how to do the procedure in front of the instructor or your lab partner. to be successful in clinical sim, it takes practice, practice, practice, and some more practice. if you do really well, the instructor may give you a clinical excellence. after clinical sim is completed (about halfway through the semester) your clinical rotation begins.

there are people who commute from atlanta, decatur, and conyers area. so, if the determination is there i'm sure you could drive from florida and still do well. but one thing to remember, if you are late don't walk into the class when the instructor is lecturing unless you've called to let them know that you got a flat, were in an accident, etc. wait until there is a break and then go in. this has been an on-going issue. it can be disruptive.

since you live in atlanta they probably will have you at grady for sure. psych you probably will be in decatur at ga regional. OB, maybe grady also or rockdale. peds, probably CHOA. but they are not going to always have you at the same clincal site because then you will only be familar with one system. grady is a wonderful hospital and you really will see a lot there. but you also need to be exposed to a slower hospital, one that has computerized charting, or a hospital that is not a teaching hospital.

enjoy your time in the program, it feels like my time has flown by. hard to believe i'll be graduating in may. it feels like i just started. like i've said before there will be many tears along the way but there will also be many, many triumphs as well.

and of course i always happy to help. a few of the students before me didn't really want to share what they had been through. i guess they kind of felt like "if i had to do it on my own, then you should too." i just don't agree with that. in the healthcare areana we all have to work together for the good of our clients, if we can't work together as nursing students then what does the future of healthcare look like? nurses are the backbone and we have to stick together.

best of luck to you.

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Hi everyone! It seems like u all are from the Gordon college at barnesville. I will be joining you all in January 2008...So I am just curious to know how the ADN program works out there. what type of informations do i need to know while having an associate education before taking any type of Nursing license exam. any help will be appreciated! see u all soon!!!

thanks!

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Hi everyone! It seems like u all are from the Gordon college at barnesville. I will be joining you all in January 2008...So I am just curious to know how the ADN program works out there. what type of informations do i need to know while having an associate education before taking any type of Nursing license exam. any help will be appreciated! see u all soon!!!

thanks!

congrats on getting in :welcome:

actually one of your first lectures will cover this question. nursing students from a BSN, ADN, and diploma programs all sit for the very same exam. the information that you need to know for nclex is the same for all of these different types of programs. i think if you go to the students forum there is a sticky that answers this question more in-depthly.

at gordon if you are entering the program as a generic student, the program is 2 years. if you are an lpn, then it is about a year and half.

once again congrats and welcome.

best of luck to you

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Specializes in LTC Occupational Med,Internal Med.
Mr. P is a nice guy and I didn't know that he was a Gordon grad.

You are going to have fun but honestly, it's the only fun that another nursing student might understand. Don't be surprised when your friends who are outside of the medical field look at you like you've got nine heads with snakes coming out of your ears when you tell them "man, i saw the craziest thing today in clinicals and it was so cool!" but those are the best moments.

for 1901, lecture is lecture (duh, right ;)), skills seminar is like lecture but you have a quiz right after they lecture on that material (so do your reading, very important), and clinical simulation is where you learn to do the skill that was lectured on in skills seminar. with clinical simulation you will have to check off, demonstrate how to do the procedure in front of the instructor or your lab partner. to be successful in clinical sim, it takes practice, practice, practice, and some more practice. if you do really well, the instructor may give you a clinical excellence. after clinical sim is completed (about halfway through the semester) your clinical rotation begins.

there are people who commute from atlanta, decatur, and conyers area. so, if the determination is there i'm sure you could drive from florida and still do well. but one thing to remember, if you are late don't walk into the class when the instructor is lecturing unless you've called to let them know that you got a flat, were in an accident, etc. wait until there is a break and then go in. this has been an on-going issue. it can be disruptive.

since you live in atlanta they probably will have you at grady for sure. psych you probably will be in decatur at ga regional. OB, maybe grady also or rockdale. peds, probably CHOA. but they are not going to always have you at the same clincal site because then you will only be familar with one system. grady is a wonderful hospital and you really will see a lot there. but you also need to be exposed to a slower hospital, one that has computerized charting, or a hospital that is not a teaching hospital.

enjoy your time in the program, it feels like my time has flown by. hard to believe i'll be graduating in may. it feels like i just started. like i've said before there will be many tears along the way but there will also be many, many triumphs as well.

and of course i always happy to help. a few of the students before me didn't really want to share what they had been through. i guess they kind of felt like "if i had to do it on my own, then you should too." i just don't agree with that. in the healthcare areana we all have to work together for the good of our clients, if we can't work together as nursing students then what does the future of healthcare look like? nurses are the backbone and we have to stick together.

best of luck to you.

I just wanted to say thank you again for all the insight you have given me. I know some students can be apprehensive about sharing information for whatever reason but I am glad you are not one of those. If we had more people with your attitude then things wouldnt seem so bad. But again I just wanted to say thanks!!!

"The Hopefull One"

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Specializes in Telemetry/General Surgery.

Mr. P was the best. I just graduated from Gordon last May. It was two of the best years of my life, not to mention two of the hardest!

These professors really care about their students. If it wasn't for Professor Mc. (she recently left) and Ms. C., I probably would have never graduated.

Soak in everything you can. These professors are top-notch!

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Specializes in LTC Occupational Med,Internal Med.
Mr. P was the best. I just graduated from Gordon last May. It was two of the best years of my life, not to mention two of the hardest!

These professors really care about their students. If it wasn't for Professor Mc. (she recently left) and Ms. C., I probably would have never graduated.

Soak in everything you can. These professors are top-notch!

What did you like best about the program and did your class have alot of people failing out??

Thamks

"The Hopefull One"

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So I know I've asked this before to some people but anybody who cares to share the info...what GPA did you have that got you admitted to their program? Thanks bunches! Just trying to see if I need to retake some stuff to turn B's into A's.

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Specializes in Telemetry/General Surgery.
So I know I've asked this before to some people but anybody who cares to share the info...what GPA did you have that got you admitted to their program? Thanks bunches! Just trying to see if I need to retake some stuff to turn B's into A's.

Well, to be honest, I transferred into Gordon from a larger state school. There, my GPA was a 2.2. At Gordon, i managed to finagle a 3.8 or somewhere about.

But, the NET test and the essay can help you out, too.

Good luck to you!

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Specializes in Telemetry/General Surgery.
What did you like best about the program and did your class have alot of people failing out??

Thamks

"The Hopefull One"

I mainly miss the camraderie. I had a lot of good times in Smith Hall.

We started with a class of 125 and graduated 88, I believe. I don't know how that translates to other schools, though.

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Thank you so much!

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So I know I've asked this before to some people but anybody who cares to share the info...what GPA did you have that got you admitted to their program? Thanks bunches! Just trying to see if I need to retake some stuff to turn B's into A's.

just to add to what downstethoscope had to say, gordon's minimum gpa requirement is, i think, a 2.0. but the best thing to do is to just apply and see what happens. that's kind of what happened to me...

my gpa was not the greatest (i have a BS but barely graduated -- was young and thought i was invincible, yeah... not the case :uhoh3:) but i did well on the teas test and took some of my pre-reqs there. and i know of others who don't have a great gpa also and did not take pre-reqs there that got in. it all depends on who applies at the time. since they are now admitting in fall and spring your chances are a lot better then before. and i don't think that there is an essay anymore.

best of luck to you

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