Calling all Truman College Nursing Students

[4hana9]

Hi,

Are there any nursing students from Truman on here? Past or present. I have some questions that I can't seem to find the answer to on their website.

1. Is the admission still "lottery system" based? How would that exactly work? I saw on their website that they award points on GPA (ex: "4 X 4 = 16 pts for an A in A&P"). If it's a lottery, how come they look at GPA?

2. What GPA did you have when you got in? Are you a current or past student?

3. If it's GPA based, I think I'll have more luck getting in like that than the lottery. One last thing I wanted to ask, would any of you Truman students, past or present, be willing to sell or let me borrow your notes from Truman's Nursing School? I know you might think I'm trying to find an easy way out or cheat or something. What I really want to do, since I have the summer off, is to study ahead. I have done this in the past with Anatomy and Physiology and it has helped me tons. That's just how I learn. When I have free time, I just like to look at things from a non rushed way. Once school starts, I'll have 17 credit hours of classes and plus work. I will also be studying ahead for Microbiology and A&P this summer so I can really have a lot of time to digest the material.

*Please if you know anyone that would let me use their notes, contact me and I'll work someting out with them.

Thanks

[RUBY2623RN]

Thank you 4hana9 do you know by any chance what hospital Mrs. Preston goes to?

[4hana9]

I believe it's St. Joseph's in Evanston.

[gonnabeanurse11]

Preston went to Holy Cross on the south side last year for 101. There is no hospital in Evanston that Truman goes to. Kipnis goes to St. Josephs which is on lake shore drive and Diversey.

[RUBY2623RN]

Thank you for the info. Gonnabeanurse11, when we go to registration, do they ask you which instructor you want? do they have the instructor's names and the hospital they go to next to them? since I live on the south side, maybe I can do my clinicals close to home instead of going way north?. Since Mrs. Preston is a good teacher, if she goes to Holy Cross this year, maybe I should take her what do you think?

[gonnabeanurse11]

Yes when you register they will ask you what section you want meaning what teacher and each teacher goes to a certain hospital. They will tell you this info in the beginning before you register. Dont forget to get there early so you will have first dibs. Ms. Preston is a good teacher from what Ive heard, I have two friends that are taking her and love her so you should do whatever is most convenient for you. Second year you dont have a choice at all and will have to go wherever the clinicals are, so take advantage of it in 101 and 102.

[RUBY2623RN]

Thanks a ton Gonnabeanurse11!!!

[4hana9]

Preston went to Holy Cross on the south side last year for 101. There is no hospital in Evanston that Truman goes to. Kipnis goes to St. Josephs which is on lake shore drive and Diversey.

Okay, I stand corrected. Do you know which hospital Romba and Murphy go to?

[gonnabeanurse11]

Murphy goes to Illinois Masonic and Romba I believe went to Our Lady of Ressurection. The hospitals change every semester but Murphy always goes to Illinois Masonic and Kipnis to St. Josephs.

[Chinis_R_N_]

gonnabeanurse11-

I was accepted into the RN program starting in the fall & am looking over the class schedule listed in the Fall 2010 book. I notice the classes are set up in blocks, and Professor Kipnis is listed as having class from 9-10:50am MW. Is that correct? Are our lectures only going to be less than 2 hrs long each day? It seems that the other professors are set up doing 11-12:50. I need to know as I am coordinating school with work & babysitting schedules....

Any info would be greatly appreciated! (all the info you've given already has been really useful!)

Congratulations on all of your hard work in RN school

[gonnabeanurse11]

Yes Kipnis has class from 9-1050 MW and the other teachers from 11-1250. That is all the lecture for 101 but you also have to attend a skills lab each week. There is a 2 hour skills lab that you have to take each week where you go to the mock hospital and demonstrate all the skills you learn. This is done for the first and second semester only. You have to sign up for it and it is first come first serve, well at least it was last year when i signed up. There are only 10 people per skills lab so there are tons of different time slots for it, each day of the week. Let me know if you have anymore questions.

[Chinis_R_N_]

Thanks so much!! Your quick reply is extremely appreciated... School begins in almost 3 months & I already have to get my schedule straight LOL Your info on the skills lab is also helpful for me to figure out what free time I will have to do them....

Are there any other suggestions you have about RN Orientation or Nursing 101 in general? (Yup I'm def planning on getting to the Orientation EARLY!! )

[RUBY2623RN]

chinis RN, and everybody else, I am so exited that in two weeks we have our orientation!!