Oregon Health and Science University 2014 cohort

Ari0 · Jun 30, 2014

Are you supposed to make a payment for the background check at the time placing your order? In the last step, I got a confirmation and an email too, but it didn't give me an option to make a payment! I m not sure if my order has gone through properly as their FAQ section talks about making a payment at the end!

StudentG · Aug 16, 2014

I was told that by the end of the first or second term you will need to know 100 medications. You wouldn't happen to have that list?

StudentG · Aug 17, 2014

1) Transportation/Parking: Parking on the hill is a nightmare. There ARE parking passes, but it's hard to get one (I think there's a lottery or a wait list?) and they're crazy expensive. There's also some pay-to-park spots, but most of them are only 2 hours, which won't get you through classes. And they love giving you a parking ticket up there as soon as your meter's expired. Most of us take some form of public transit, bike, or live on the hill. There are express buses that come in from different areas that make fewer stops, run only during rush hour in the AM/PM, and are mostly full of OHSU people. I take the 61 from Beaverton (it takes me about an hour to get there going from Max --> bus). I think the 64 runs from Tigard, and I believe there's one that goes to Hollywood? The 8 also serves Marquam Hill from downtown, and runs really regularly. You can get a heavily discounted Trimet pass at Public Safety where you also get your badge. I believe it was about $300 for the year. I personally found that to be the best option for me. The long commute's a pain, but sometimes it's also the only time of day that I get to put my headphones in and relax, so I try to take it as downtime :) A couple people have managed to finagle parking passes at the bottom of the hill (through friends who live down there and let them use their spot during the work day mostly) and they take the tram up. OHSU students can use the tram for free whether or not you have a Trimet pass, and the streetcar too, so you can always take the streetcar to the bottom of the hill and tram it up, too.
2) School days. This is a full time deal yall. I know some people who work part-time, but I don't know how they do it. Here's how our class schedules have been so far:
First Term: Health Promotions
Monday: 8-5: Health Promotions "Clinical" (all in the Simulation lab, no hospital work till second term)
Tuesday: 9-12 HP theory, 1-4 Pathophysiology
Wednesday: 9-12 HP theory, 1-4 Pharmacology
Thursday: "off" (do homework)
Friday: 1-4 HP "clinical" in SIM lab
Second Term: Chronic/End of Life
Monday: 9-12 Pharmacology, then you have to stick around to do patient prep for clinical the next day on OHSU computers
Tuesday: 6:45-2:20 Clinical in hospital, post conference until 5ish with your clinical group
Wednesday: off, or post conferencing if that's what your clinical instructor does instead of Tuesdays (I think most didn't)
Thursday: 9-3 Chronic theory
Friday: 1-4 Pharmacology
Term 3: Acute
Monday: Leadership 1-4
Tues-Thurs: Clinical/post-conferencing (depends on placement)
Friday: 9-4 Acute theory
That's as far as I've gotten in the program, so I don't know exactly how the other terms shake out, but that should give you a general idea of what you're looking at :) We had a full day of orientation and then began classes the next Monday. I will warn you: all the teachers will be SUPER nice about how no one has done any of the reading, and they really mean it! You are overwhelmed, you're just getting started, they totally get it. Unfortunately, that reading doesn't go away, so all of a sudden I found myself in week 2 with two weeks worth of material to get through since I was pretty much just deer-in-the-headlights-ing it the whole first week. Pathophysiology and Pharmacology especially it's important to keep up on, the theory I'd really recommend doing some kind of reading group where you split them and summarize them. We did that second term and it was a lifesaver. You will start to get a feel for what you need to read and what you don't, and how to find the info you need to fill in the gaps. You don't have time to read it all! But anyway, my point was that if you have the stamina to even start some of the coursework (esp. for Pathophys/Pharm) in the first week, you will be glad you did later. But still enjoy taking it all in!
omg... this is really long. I'm sorry!
3) Clinicals: First term, clinicals are all in the Simulation lab. You'll wear your scrubs, it's sort of half lecture, half practicing skills. The focus is on basic assessment of a healthy person and learning to observe, interpret and generally think like a nurse. You'll learn to take vitals, give injections (I think... although now I can't remember if that was actually in second term?), and do assessments. It's a good pace. In the second term you'll move into the hospitals. Placements are mostly at OHSU, although some are also at Providence in SE (and everyone who goes there loves it and says wonderful things about it). You are assigned to one patient for the day and are working with an RN or your instructor. You do one day a week in the first term, 2-3 in the second.
Ok... I hope that answered everything, was helpful, and not tooooooo lengthy and long-winded! Anything else I can answer, just let me know :)
Congrats to all who've been accepted, and fingers crossed for the wait-listers!

@reginaphalange9 I was told by another OHSU student that students are given like a list of 100 medications that they will need to know for one of the quarters. Is this true and if so would mind sharing that list/document/etc?

lmmccauley · Oct 3, 2014

I am applying for the 2015 cohort for the Accelerated BSN. I'm really nervous and not sure if I even stand a chance. My undergrad was in Art History and my GPA was 3.64. I have taken all of my prerequisites so far except for Micro, which I plan on taking this winter. So far my pre-nursing GPA is 3.76. Does anyone have an idea of whether or not I stand a chance?

Also, this year, instead of an essay they will be conducting interviews for the Accelerated BSN (Portland campus). Does anyone know what to expect? Is getting an interview based solely on grades?

gemini23425 · Feb 27, 2015

I also applied to the ABSN program from Summer 2015, and I have my interview/proctored essay a week from today. Does anyone have any advice whatsoever on things to do/things not to do? I know they cut the pool down from about 800 applications to 150 interviews for 45 spots, so it's definitely not in the bag yet! Anyone else interviewing?

seattleite188 · Mar 5, 2015

Has anyone been accepted to PMHNP?

AbbyVee · Jun 7, 2015

I am not sure if this thread is still active but I thought I would try. I was accepted into the Ashland OHSU program starting this fall. I was wondering what Fridays were like. On the scheduled it says it is simulations. How long is the day?

buttercupp85 · Jun 15, 2015

It really depends on the quarter what Fridays are like. For simulations, they are usually 4 hours, either in the morning or afternoon. I think I only had one simulation that was more of an all day thing. Some terms, you'll either have clinicals Thursdays or Friday's, and they'll take into consideration if you prefer one over the other because of work or something.