OU-Tulsa Accelerated BSN

babygirlboo28 · Mar 26, 2008

I URGE you to check into RSU (Rogers State University) in Claremore BEFORE deciding on a BSN program. RSU has the best nursing program in the state based on scores. I would encourage you to call an advisor from the nursing program before you make a decision to go somewhere else.

ffweste · Mar 28, 2008

The only other things that you will need: CPR... They don't require anything else.

I graduate from OU-Tulsa on August 1. I have really liked the program. The speed especially. Don't get me wrong, it's time demanding - but now that we are almost finished I am so glad.

Your hours will be crazy but it is definitely doable.

If you have any questions - let me know.

JALMT3 · Apr 7, 2008

i wasn't aware that cpr was required prior to applying for admission. can anyone tell me if there is an order in which someone should complete prerequisites if there are a few that will be taken during or after applications are due?

JALMT3 · Apr 7, 2008

also, ffweste, how intense is the study program? could you tell us a little about what the schedule is like?

ffweste · Apr 8, 2008

Sure. The summer (the first one) is really jammed. Remember your fall and spring semester = regular course load. I won't lie - summer is hard- you are getting the hang of nursing school - ACK! Fall is hard because the course content is difficult. Winter is fine - the course is online ( I was able to work an externship- 36 hours/week). Spring - well we were told that this semester was the easiest - I wouldn't say that. There is just a lot of what we feel is busy work - lots of group work, projects, papers etc.

Not sure about May or the 2nd summer just yet. Spring Intersession, we have a research class. Summer we have leadership and our evidence based practice presentation and I think that we might have something else.

Schedule - Every semester you have community hours - summer - 20, fall - 40, spring - 65!!!!

During the summer you are in class for the first half (4 weeks) almost everyday. Then, you start going to clinicals but you finish your assessment class. So, somewhat better but now you learn about the careplan - and those don't write themselves :)

All of the semesters are front loaded - every semester you have a short course at the beginning that is over by now. For instance our Community Focused Health Class is over (last week was our last class with presentations) and our community hours are due soon - so that is almost over.

Basically - every semester for the first 2-3 months (Fall & Spring) expect to be somewhere Monday through Friday. Then you will find that you have a day off once a week. During the initial summer - you have somewhere to be the first 4 weeks or so everyday.

They are changing things up from what I hear. From what I understand they are changing some of the classes ie breaking pharm into pharm I and pharm II (I think that is a great decision). As it is right now - pharm is a 3 credit hour class but you spend your whole fall studying pharm in your "spare" time.

Sorry this is so long - if you have any other questions don't hesitate to ask...

oh, here is one that you may or may not know - ABSN's do ALL of their clinicals at St. Francis Hospital, except for your psych rotation in which you may attend a different facility.

JALMT3 · Apr 8, 2008

Thank you for replying! That is very helpful. I do have a few more questions...

1) What do you do to fulfill your community hour requirements?

2) Can you tell me a little more about the care plan?

3) When you say you have to be somewhere everyday, do you mean Monday-Friday or Sunday-Saturday?

4) I graduated 6 years ago with an unrelated degree, but some biology background. I have 6 prereqs to take - Anatomy, Physiology, Microbiology, Nutrition, Stat, and Developmental Psychology. I am enrolled in anatomy and stat for the summer, and was planning to be enrolled in physiology and nutrition by fall application time, and take microbiology and psychology in the spring after applications are submitted. Regarding admissions, do you recommend a specific order to take these classes? Also, do you know anything about the percentage of applicants admitted in the accelerated program, or how applicants are selected?

5) How is working at Saint Francis?

ffweste · Apr 8, 2008

1. There are a number of different options. I really enjoyed working at the Bedlam clinic on Tuesday and Thursday nights 5-9. This semester we worked a lot with the Tulsa Health Department (there are a number of different options), DreamCenter, and others. Last semester, we spent a good deal of time in the outreaching Bedlam clinics, there are also school programs.

2. The careplan is your assessment of the patient and based on the patient's prioritized nursing diagnoses (you will be buying a book on that) you develop a plan of care for the patient and list the steps, rationale, and effectiveness of your "interventions" of your goals. Hard to condense a definition of a care plan

3. Monday through Friday. There have a been a couple things on Saturday but very RAIRLY and some things in the evening (also very rarely - unless you like Bedlam like me)

4. Not sure if I can answer all of your question on admissions. I am not sure that the order really matters. I had all of the science pre-reqs to take -but I think that your plan sounds fine. In my class, if I remember, they said over 100 applicants and took 32. No clue on how the applicants were accepted. We did not all have 4.0's or anything like that.

5. Saint Francis funds a portion of the program. You spend a lot of time there. You have a mentor from St. Francis and every semester or so, we attend a lunch there. It is usually a lunch with a talk ie managing stress etc. I enjoyed my time at St. Francis. The only downside - is you don't get to see other hospitals - it isn't that we don't like St. Francis but we have nothing to compare it too.