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1. Calling all Truman College Nursing Students

   gonnabeanurse11 replied to 4hana9's topic in Illinois

   Yes buy it! you need the pockets to carry a pocket guide, money, your stethascope, all sorts of things my pockets are always overflowing. If you take Kipnis she requires it anyway. Plus you will look much better wearing it then not, and you will defi...

2. Calling all Truman College Nursing Students

   gonnabeanurse11 replied to 4hana9's topic in Illinois

   The first year at Truman flew by incredibly fast. I cant believe that I am starting second year in a few months, its amazing! I feel like it was yesterday that I was frantically searching the threads here for info on Truman and advice on how to prepa...

3. Calling all Truman College Nursing Students

   gonnabeanurse11 replied to 4hana9's topic in Illinois

   Relax Everyone! I do not think you all need to get a CBC, why in the world woud you need that? Why would they need to know how many Bands you have and your RBC count? I did not need one of those when i started last year. I needed to get a titer done ...

4. Calling all Truman College Nursing Students

   gonnabeanurse11 replied to 4hana9's topic in Illinois

   Yes just make sure that you never miss class or clinical ever because it will really put you at a disadvantage. Also, make sure that you volunteer to do things in clinical or see things or whatever is offered take it! I would purchase the Fundamental...

5. Calling all Truman College Nursing Students

   gonnabeanurse11 replied to 4hana9's topic in Illinois

   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 hospita...

6. Calling all Truman College Nursing Students

   gonnabeanurse11 replied to 4hana9's topic in Illinois

   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.

7. Calling all Truman College Nursing Students

   gonnabeanurse11 replied to 4hana9's topic in Illinois

   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 d...

8. Calling all Truman College Nursing Students

   gonnabeanurse11 replied to 4hana9's topic in Illinois

   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.

9. How many of your schools require a pharmacology class?

   gonnabeanurse11 replied to Coruscatedgirl's topic in General Students

   I am in an ADN program with the City Colleges of Chicago and they do not require Pharm! It is an optional summer course and I am taking it over the summer, I figured it couldnt hurt. I must admit though, I am very scared based on all of the posts abo...

10. Calling all Truman College Nursing Students

    gonnabeanurse11 replied to 4hana9's topic in Illinois

    You can look at the schedule online for Nursing 101 Im not sure when classes are next semester, it was 8-950 mon and wednesday for me. The two books I suggested are not required and not in the packet. They are supplementary books that everyone has bu...

11. Calling all Truman College Nursing Students

    gonnabeanurse11 replied to 4hana9's topic in Illinois

    Yes I think that they have a good program however it is extremely disorganized and they have no respect for your time in terms of changing things last minute etc. I have only had two instructors so far, one for 101 and one for 102 and they were two c...

12. Calling all Truman College Nursing Students

    gonnabeanurse11 replied to 4hana9's topic in Illinois

    Truman is going exceptionally well. I can answer any questions you have, and in regards to the Pharmacology class it is Pharm 104 that they want the nursing students to take. I am taking it over the summer, it is from 8-1050 on Wednesdays.

13. nursing(RN or BSN) school in IL that has a high acceptance rate

    gonnabeanurse11 replied to arevalo's topic in Illinois

    Just to clarify, there is absolutely no waitlist at any of the city colleges of Chicago. None of the RN programs at any of the city colleges of Chicago have a wait list. If you do not get in, you have to reapply the next year. They do not keep your a...

14. nursing(RN or BSN) school in IL that has a high acceptance rate

    gonnabeanurse11 replied to arevalo's topic in Illinois

    Any of the City colleges of Chicago are super easy to get into. I have a friend that had the lowest required GPA 2.7 I think and only got C's in the pre reqs as well as a very low score on the compass test(too low for admission to the program, she ha...

15. Anyone know any schools without insane wait lists?

    gonnabeanurse11 replied to nyhoneydew's topic in Pre-Nursing

    There are no wait lists at any of the city colleges for ADN programs in Chicago!! I applied at all 4 of the city colleges that have RN programs here and got in first try, to all of them! Just a thought...