NCCC students help!! Radiology and Nursing

U.S.A. New York

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I've been researching schools in New York for radiology and nursing and I was looking to get advice from people who may know about this school. First off, for both of these programs, do they have entry to the professional program for both fall and spring? How many students does each program take and how competitive is it? Also, according to their website, it seems like they accept credits from almost any school! Thats impressive but I might be wrong. I'm thinking about transferring from Trocaire college to here. The radiology program here is super competitive and only takes students in the fall. If you are an NCCC student, what advice do you have for me?.....P.S. I've already taken my anatomy classes, micro., and a bunch of other classes including physics and ethics, would these classes transfer?

Hi, do you mind if you keep me updated on your experience at NCCC? This might be one of the few schools that might accept me. I called them today and they said that because of the high volume of repeats from second semester, they might hold me back and put me into first semester. I really want to be successful :(

I graduated from NCCC in May of 2014 and passed my NCLEX on the first try in August of 2014. I am in my last semester at Daemen College for my BSN. NCCC's program is tough, however one thing I did like about NCCC is they don't waste your time with busy work. I know a lot of nursing programs make their nursing students write papers and do projects but NCCC doesn't make you do that; but they make up for it in clinical paperwork (the occasional case study, bibliography cards, developmentals, therapeutic communication worksheets, pre-clinical paperwork {they expect you to know a lot depending on the instructor} and of course care plans!)... I've only had to do one group project and that was in my 4th semester for nursing perspectives. The only papers I've written was for classes not related to nursing. While the 2 years I spent there was hell, I'm glad I went there instead of the other schools in the area. I heard that the other community college (and I won't say which one) didn't even teach their students how to do IV's because it was a "liability issue". They explained how to do it in lecture but they never covered it in lab or in clinical.

If i could make a suggestion, I would recommend that you get all your pre-reqs out of the way first (A&P, developmental psych, microbiology, english, sociology, and pharmacology..I think that's it but please excuse me if I forgot any.) I also recommend that you take those classes at NCCC or triple check that they will transfer if you take them elsewhere. Make your course load as light as possible for when you actually get into the nursing courses to make it a little easier. I don't think with nursing classes alone you will reach full time student status (at least not in nursing 1 or 2... I don't quite remember how many credits nursing 3 and 4 are), so if that is an issue with financial aid and you need full time status, I took developmental psych with nursing 1, pharmacology and sociology with nursing 2, microbiology over the summer at NCCC, and I think english with nursing 3 and it wasn't too bad, but it depends on the teachers you get. I already had A&P done from Daemen (I'm in their 1+2+1 nursing program)

good luck!

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Thanks. I'm in Trocaire's lpn program. Rumor is that my teacher will be gone soon. I believe she will be fired just like my clinical instructor for the ridiculously low retention rate. My class mates told me they did a petition last semester so they could pass the course, how sad :(

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Thanks. I'm in Trocaire's lpn program. Rumor is that my teacher will be gone soon. I believe she will be fired just like my clinical instructor for the ridiculously low retention rate. My class mates told me they did a petition last semester so they could pass the course, how sad :(

Aw that is sad! I had one teacher my first year at NCCC but by my 2nd year she was gone. She was an NP and she was a nice lady and I thought she was pretty knowledgeable but she was NOT a good teacher. I don't know if she quit or if she was fired due to student complaints..

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I came into nursing at the wrong time. All the good teachers are losing their jobs and the evil teachers are fired after they do the damage. I only need to pass this med surge course to start the last level.

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Hey sorry for the late response. As for how NCCC is going, there are a ridiculous amount of readmits this semester. I thought nursing 1 was very easy, got an A-, was one point away from an A. Nursing 2 is extremely hard in my opinion. Although I am passing, it's cutting it close, my grades aren't nearly as high as last semester which makes me nervous. There's a lot more paperwork like cumulative care plans and such. I spend all my time studying and still struggle with the questions on the exam. I also am only taking nursing classes. Just trying to stay positive and push through this semester.

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I graduated from NCCC in May of 2014 and passed my NCLEX on the first try in August of 2014. I am in my last semester at Daemen College for my BSN. NCCC's program is tough, however one thing I did like about NCCC is they don't waste your time with busy work. I know a lot of nursing programs make their nursing students write papers and do projects but NCCC doesn't make you do that; but they make up for it in clinical paperwork (the occasional case study, bibliography cards, developmentals, therapeutic communication worksheets, pre-clinical paperwork {they expect you to know a lot depending on the instructor} and of course care plans!)... I've only had to do one group project and that was in my 4th semester for nursing perspectives. The only papers I've written was for classes not related to nursing. While the 2 years I spent there was hell, I'm glad I went there instead of the other schools in the area. I heard that the other community college (and I won't say which one) didn't even teach their students how to do IV's because it was a "liability issue". They explained how to do it in lecture but they never covered it in lab or in clinical.

If i could make a suggestion, I would recommend that you get all your pre-reqs out of the way first (A&P, developmental psych, microbiology, english, sociology, and pharmacology..I think that's it but please excuse me if I forgot any.) I also recommend that you take those classes at NCCC or triple check that they will transfer if you take them elsewhere. Make your course load as light as possible for when you actually get into the nursing courses to make it a little easier. I don't think with nursing classes alone you will reach full time student status (at least not in nursing 1 or 2... I don't quite remember how many credits nursing 3 and 4 are), so if that is an issue with financial aid and you need full time status, I took developmental psych with nursing 1, pharmacology and sociology with nursing 2, microbiology over the summer at NCCC, and I think english with nursing 3 and it wasn't too bad, but it depends on the teachers you get. I already had A&P done from Daemen (I'm in their 1+2+1 nursing program)

good luck!

I am in nursing 2 now..any advice on studying and such? And what did you find harder maternity or med surg? Thanks.

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Hey your're back! I believe that class your're taking is med surge. Nursing 2 is med surge, correct me if I'm wrong. I'm taking that now at the LPN level, it's a tough class, my grades are lower than last semester too, sigh.

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Sorry I've been so consumed with school! And I'm in maternity right now, take my last exam for maternity in a couple weeks and my last maternity rotation is Monday, and then I start med surg 😁 did you apply to the program ?

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I just hate the point system, if it weren't a point system I wouldn't be concerned about failing at all.

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I can't apply yet. In fact, I'm not sure if I'm going there. They told me that because second semester has so many readmissions that I might start at fundamentals of nursing and I took it here already and got a B. Med surge is tough so be on your toes on that class.

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Yeah it would suck to retake it again..but it would give you a feel for nccc's program and the evals and such, and it sounds weird but everyone I've talked to said maternity for NCCC is harder than med surg, so I'm hoping so. I think it's because a lot of schools do med surg first which helps you with maternity.

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Maternity in our school is one month and a week long. My friend said it was easy so I guess our programs are opposite.

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