Lady of the Lake Accelerated ASN

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Hi. I am very interested in the accelerated ASN program at Our Lady of the Lake in Baton Rouge. Can anyone give me any information on this program? I've seen the information that is available online. However, I am looking for information from experienced insiders such as: getting accepted, true level of difficulty, etc. This will be a major career change for me, and I do not want to make a bad decision. I have a 3.6 gpa from SLU w/ AA in OSH and BA in Gen Studies. I consider myself a capable, hard working student but all I have heard is HORROR stories.

Thanks!

I forgot to answer your 2nd question regarding working. There were several students in the class that were single parents and at least 5-6 that I knew had other jobs. One was a bartender near tulane and a few worked at the hostipal as CNA's. One was an employee but didnt take any hours until after they got through Pharma.

I made the mistake about not moving to the 2nd or 3rd test material until after the previous section test. MISTAKE. The last two sections move at the rate of about 20 chapters per week. It is almost impossible to keep up. The first test was given after about 3 days of test two material was given. Albert also had a great idea record the lectures so you can re-listen to it later. There are some comment made in class that will be on the test. If you disregard them, you may not recall them while taking the test.

bundi356 - wow I thought that as long as you have a C or better in the courses, you passed! Thanks for letting us know the toughness of the program.

Thats true, but C's end at 80.

OMG! I'm glad you told me, I'm thinking a C is at the least a 75, that's what most health care programs require, at least it is like that where I live. Thanks again for the info!

Ok fellow tulane January, Just remember we will be covering 15-20 chapters for each test. Test one takes two weeks since that also includes most of the instruction for dosage calculations. There is also an ATI system, If you have used blackboard you may want to get some instruction on day 1 out side of class. Also there is something called ATI it takes your testing process. The tests for Pharma are only practice. The real Prama test is take in late 2nd term or early 3rd term. Out fees for the first semester were about $4200. The Second term I think was higher $6500 and the 3rd semester was about 4000 or 5000.

As for apts. There are a bunch of places with a few miles of the tulane medical center. If you dont know where it is, it is next door to the superdome. There are some warehouse apartments that are nice and near the hospital but they are about 1000 to 1400 for a two bedroom . I found a few places in the Qtr but they are $600-$800 for a small (300 sq ft) apt. The rest of the places are either apartments 1-2 blocks off St. Charles (nice area) or near Tulane/Loyola - but those are more room for rent then actual apartments.

There are a few one bedroom apts that I lived looked at was going to move in at the end of the semester run on TOnti There is one on Lake in Meterare and one about 1 mile from East Jefferson General Hospital. They had 1 brs for $450 per month will to sign a 6 month student lease then month to month after. My landlord was a crook that I will probably have to take to court to get my security and last days of rent along with my furniture that I left there. I didnt have a lease and the prick is try to charge me not only the secruity and the last 10 days of rent, but also additional money to change a step clean fees of $10 per day and money to fix a pump. The cleaning, pump and etc. are cmpletely disputable since they did happend and he said he doesnt have to share the info with me.

they usually talk about uniforms after the 2nd test. There is no reason to get the shoes and 150 dollars in uniforms if your are not progressing. The showes have to be all white and cannot have any canvas on them including the tongue. Not to many size 13/14 white shoes out there. You might want to start looking. There are some mens tennis shoes that qualify. Most are a form of crocs.

Kenner is another 5-8 miles from the school. The highway from Tulane to a mess in the morning west bound. Not sure how east bound going downtown is. If I cant score a rental more near the school will be looking at Tonti in Metarie for a one bedroom. The one nearest EJGH dint have a pool. the one on Lake had a pool.

As for working, I think you would be able to have a prn type job especially weekends. In funds I not sure one you are in clinicals.

Anyone hit me up if you would like to share an apartment. You have to comfortable to a gay roomate. I have a committed and civially united partner for over 12 years and he will be coming to NOLA every two or three weeks. He will be spending a lot more time in June - early August when he is off for the summer.

So now, 1) do you know the difference between generic and brand names, How about who or what chooses the genaric name and brand name. Do you what the adrenergic, antiadrenergic, colenergic and anticolenergic drugs do?

Need to know all that for the first test if I recall. compeleted all of chapter 1-5 and also 16-19. have to finish chapter 20 and 21. and then take all the questions in the book, in the study guide and in the Online examples on The Point which you get in the book and then the test questions on the ATI study guide. Different the others.

Haave good one. Hope all are ready and psyched.

Im asking my partner for white shoes and good stethiscope for christmas this year and maybe a inside cabin on a cruise to the Mexico. we did that 3-4 years ago and had a blast. If anyone is coming into the nola for the orientation you can get a hotel in or near the qtr on priceline for about 45-60 per night. met a few of my class mates before and after the orientation. Parking is the problem. You can try to park at different places, but I would recommend one of the central parking lots one to two blocks off of the qtr. The hotel was charging $30/day or over night. You can park at the central lot for about 8 dollars. They werent attended were within two blocks of the hotel and you had in out without have to pay extra. If you are driving in, you will be using the car for the orientation. I might come in for some of the days since I havent been to the tulane med center. There will be free parking for student near the class area per Dr. chauvin.

AJC

bundi356-Awesome you rock! I'm not starting until July or Sept, I have a 6yr old and he is in school, so I want the transition to be as smooth as possible, so waiting until this school year is up is best! Luckily for me I'm very familiar with NOLA, I went to undergrad there and my boyfriend (soon to be fiance wink wink) lives there now, so I won't have to worry about living arrangements.

How was the attendance policies? That was a good idea about recording the lecture. So is it like a week between tests or days? That's a lot of chapters to read through, I hope I can be successful! I know I said this a thousand times before but thanks for all your information. I know a scrub place near me, I will inquire about the shoes, I already have a stethoscope. I'm hoping to pick up a PRN job, there are openings in my field right now, hope that stays the same when I start.

I wish I was starting with you all, I seem like the only one starting this summer or fall, bummer!

Glad you are getting a chance to reenter the program, also one more question, would you say once you pass pharm, you should be ok? The schools here offer a nursing pharm class, but they said they won't accept that as a transfer credit, I'm thinking of taking it, so @least I can have a heads up on what to expect.

Would anyone mind posting the ISBN number for the pharma book? I read that its the Adams 9th edition, but I just want to verify before ordering. Thanks!

Thanks for all the information... I cant wait to start in January. I got a few of the books from a friend who was in the program a year or two ago. Does anyone know where we have to park for orientation and if it costs, also where is the classroom located?

To everyone that's starting in January or have already been in the program, could you please reply back with the names of the books needed, of course once you know, please include title, author and edition. I would greatly appreciate it!

Does anyone know where I can get CPR certification for the program in New Orleans area? Thanks! :)

Well, hello again everyone, the past two weeks weeks have been kind of rough. My 80 yo mom was in the hospital again for another infection. She couldnt use her legs at all. I put my CNA knowledge to work and helped her out for about 3 days each of the past two weeks. We also lost our HS football star nephew to a driver that fell asleep at the wheel. It was the largest funeral I ever attended. We had over 100 firefighters at the wake and the fort Wayne Fire Dept bag pipes at the end of the service. He was a good kid and a good man. He had a finance and a child on way. It was very sad.

This week is about the respiratory system and finding an apartment. I have a few options - a few in Metaire and a few in the QTR and a couple along the St. Charles and tulane area. I also have to write and send my "Calkins Chronicles" The first one was written in I think 1991 while on vacation in Cancun. This year I am hoping to have it completed by Sunday and sent the 100+ people that are on my "card list". Coming from a large family and having over 60 1st cousins and a ton of brothers in the fraternity calls for a ton of mailings. Two years ago, I decided that the more distant friends and family would only get a email with the Chronicles included.

As for a few of the questions,

Books, If you are registered, you could go directly to the Chimes Bookstore and they will have a listing of the books and you can order them directly from them and they will ship them within a day or two.

The books that I got from them in August are:

Main Text: Clinical Drug therapy - Rationales for Nursing Practice 9th Edition. By Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins

Suplement : Study Guide for Abrams' Clinical Drug therapy - An inch thick soft cover full of test questions and different formats from fill in the blank, multiple choice and the NClEX style of "all that apply" type of questions. Alll answers are in the book.

Main text: Dosage Calculations 8th Edition. By Gloria D. Pickar. Paperback with dosage calculation quesitons and tons of visual aids. Not sure you absolutely need it. There are several chapters and example pages that can be used. If you have one book for a group of 3-4 that would probably be good. There some abbreviations, equivlents, etc. on the front cover that is helpful.

Reference: Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. Not sure if this is needed if you have an app on your phone to one of the online medical dictionaries.

Are you OK after Pharm? Im not sure you could say that the rest is easy going. I am hearing fundementals is also a bit rough and after that a ton of care plans have to be written. I've seen the schedule for fundimentals and I think the amount of reading seems to be just and high with the similar speed. It looks like all of us should be reading about 2-3 chapters every day to keep up with the current class requirements. If possible we all should read the material prior to the lecture.

Bundi: I'm so sorry to hear that you'd been going through such rough times. May God make it easy on you and the rest of your family. It is a really sad, indeed :(

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