Re: Iowa Western Community College vs. Metro Community College

I have been taking two at a time, but I am going to try to take three this fall. I have A&P set up for Summer and Fall Quarters, Winter quarter will run over the start date for IWCC, so I am not sure how I will handle it. I will be short Comp II, Chemistry and Intermediate Algebra for Metro's program at this point, but if I don't make the January start date for LPN at IWCC, I can finish those relatively quickly.
If you think you can finish up the ones you need for IWCC for January, I would do that... Then you always have the option to finish up the rest to get into the Metro program if needed.
My only fear is the clinicals... I work for a competing Hospital to the Alegent system, and I really like it there. I will feel like I'm cheating! LOL
I am taking my CNA at Metro. 5 weekends in July and August, two 12 hour clinicals. I am freaked out by that. Did you do it at Metro? If so, how was it? What did you need as far as uniforms and such? I can't get anyone to answer me at Metro, and I like to be prepared! ( I like this little guy, lol, he sums up my feelings well once in awhile!)

Re: Iowa Western Community College vs. Metro Community College

Wondering if this comes through as a personal message or on the forum.

Re: Iowa Western Community College vs. Metro Community College

Okay I guess I can't send a PM until I have 15 or more posts. I won't be able to get all of the general ed classes done by January so I am waiting until the fall one. I didn't want to be overwhelmed in their program since it sounds pretty intense, so figured I better get those general ed ones done first before I apply. I am still back and forth between the two courses, but will apply to both if I can get all of the classes done or pretty much done. I would have Microbiology to do in spring of 2010 and one/two others. You will need white scrubs for the clinicals at Metro but that is not until your last week and they will give you all the info when that times comes. You just need a watch with a third hand by the 2nd day of class or so just in case you start practicing your skills. I wouldn't worry about the hospital thing as you are only going to nursing school and not really competing against your hospital. You don't really have any control where they go. The class part of the CNA was fine, but the clinicals was pretty stressful. I think it just depends on your instructor and how fast she pushes you to be on your own. I thought ours pushed too quickly and our patients were fully dependent. I got an A in the class though so I survived.

Re: Iowa Western Community College vs. Metro Community College

Ah... the start of classes. Yeah! Keeps me busy.
That's good to know about the scrubs and watch for the CNA... I have the watch and will start looking for scrubs to get ahead. I am hoping that I can get an A... my GPA actually matters to me, unlike high school!

Re: Iowa Western Community College vs. Metro Community College

I am not sure which LPN program to attend to. I am having the same exact debate iowa vs Metro.....I live in Kansas and have done all the pre requeset classes-a&p-1 public speaking,microbiology,comp 1-2,college algebra,basic nutrion...so many more and graduated with an associates in science but chemistry and a&p-2 are not required here. My bf wants to go back to bellevue university and finish up there so we will live in Omaha. I know zero people there so unsure about the drive or schools. I have lowered it down to Clarkson which there program requires you to have basic nutrition and comp 1, I think to get accepted, however the program is 2 yrs long 2 days out of the week (part time) its so you can work full time and do school part time. Its at the most 2,000 per semester so basically you can pay 8 grand for the 2 yrs while you can do it in one at metro for 3,500 same at Iowa, not including books. Clarkson would be a great choice so you do not have to deal with all the pre required classes however since I busted myself to get them all done i'd feel much better if my classes that I took here would count for something. If I go to Metro I would have to take basic chemistry then college chemistry then A&P-2 so I would have to wait a yr to apply(plus have to be a CNA). If I attend Iowa Western they require no Chemistry but would have to take A&P-2 in the fall and am able to attend the LPN program in January. I have not been able to get up there to talk with any advisors so am planning to see all three colleges to see what they think about my transcript which I am praying all will transfer. I have not yet done my CNA I am hoping to do it here so I can work part time there in Nebraska but Ks requires 120 hrs of it and Nebraska only requires 75 and I may have to re test since my CNA license won't be issued in Nebraska. I am really lost because I would not have to take any more classes here and can do my LPN as soon as I apply here, here you do not need to be a CNA or have Chemistry or A&P-2. I am about to give up on LPN and just do surgical technician. Its 4,900 with no pre required classes at Iowa and the program starts August 17 and goes till the end of July. You are required however to re-new your license every four yrs since your working with the tools and technology changes so rapidly, but its an 6 to 3 job and you do not have to deal with patients family or bodily fluids and work no weekends. You have no 12hr shifts and basically only work durings surgery. Clarkson, Metro, and Iowa are the 3 best community colleges for the LPN programs I have researched and called all the other colleges in Omaha and near Omaha and the rest have no pre-required classes but are 24 grand for the one yr including books, scrubs, and tools.

Re: Iowa Western Community College vs. Metro Community College

I'm a current student in the LPN program at Metro. I got in without having A & P I or II. I managed to take A&P I the quarter before the LPN program, and thank God because it is intense in the program!!! I was going to try to take Human Relations during my first quarter of the LPN program, but it was just too much. There is a LOT of studying and self teaching in this program, so it leaves little time for much else. There are 4 classes first quarter and only 2 second quarter (but pharm is one of them!), so I'm going to try to take A & P II then. The brochure for the program is deceiving; don't plan on working full time while going, it just isn't possible. Also, take A & P I and II before starting, so you only have to worry about the nursing classes. Any other questions about the program, just ask...I'm living it!!

Re: Iowa Western Community College vs. Metro Community College

How did you manage to get in without the core classes being done? Were you on the waitlist? Did you have a previous bachelor degree?
I guess I am confused.

Re: Iowa Western Community College vs. Metro Community College

A & P I & II is not a core requirement to get in. It gives you 2 extra points per class toward your total points to get in. I scored really high on the TEAS test and had straight a's, so I got in without needing the 4 extra points. They actually have A&P I & II wrote into the schedule for the 1st and 2nd quarter of the LPN program. Take my word for it, it is very very difficult to try to fit it in with the other classes for the program, so get it done before you go through.

Re: Iowa Western Community College vs. Metro Community College

So you got in without having all the pre--req's done? thats great! some people do get in I guess I just have bad luck because I applied here in Kansas twice and never got in the program because I had some more classes to finish. I have decided to do the LPN program at Iowa Western the only pre-required class that I am missing is A&P-2 I took 1 in the summer two years ago, sucks because I took it online first and passed but the college I was applying for required it to be a 5hr credit and mine was 4 so re-did it . I am taking A&P 2 online runs May 25 to July 25. My old nursing adviser said its better to get all those classes out of the way and I figured I don't need to rush myself and stress out so its best to take it easy and do them first. I have never had Chemistry so since Metro asks for college Chemistry I figured i'm going to have to take pre-chemistry then college chemistry and A&P-2, Iowa only asks for A&P-2 and no chemistry. My plans are to take a&p-2 and do CNA when I get to Nebraska in August and then start the program in January. Do you know if the Iowa LPN program is different from the Metro program? Cost wise? self teching wise? Iowa's LPN program page said it had 94% graduation rating so seems pretty okay. I also was wondering, well I always hear bad things about nursing programs such as that they are time consuming and teachers are really rude and mean, so do you study 24/7 and have time for nothing else? or is it that clinicals and being in nursing classes require long hours? let me no what you think thanx!!

Re: Iowa Western Community College vs. Metro Community College

I have a 4.0 GPA- have not done A&P yet, doing my CNA and TEAS this summer. I was told there is no way to get into the program without A&P, and you would not succeed in the program without it. That's why I wondered if you had been waitlisted for awhile and maybe got in before the reqs changed.
http://www.mccneb.edu/catalog/progra...?program=LPNCE

That is the list of core reqs, and I called to verify just to be sure, since I could get in without them if they were included in the coursework. It's interesting how all of that works. Are they letting you transfer straight into the RN program the following semester?