Lowenberg School of Nursing Fall 2012

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Hi! I am new to the site and I haven't been getting as many replies as I expected/ wanted to. I am currently completing my pre-requisites for the program at the U of Memphis and I plan on applying for the actual program for Fall 2012. I wanted to know if there are any other students applying then as well? Also can someone who is in the program tell me a little about it and how they like the program. Could you share your experience with professors, clinicals (especially those because I am most nervous about that), the work load and how you handle dealing with the load and having a life outside of the nursing program. I would greatly appreciate any replies. Thanks! :)

I took it over the summer to get it out of the way but I got a 79.3% overall. If you study the ATI manual for the TEAS V then you will do pretty good. I think it helped me a lot. I also got the two practice test that came along with it to get an idea of how the real test is.

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Hi i know im kind of late but im applying to u of memphis this fall 2012.. I dont know if you all are taking yall pre-requisite coursese there or somewhere else before yall apply to the nursing? Do yall think i should take my pre-requiste there even though the classes are huge

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Hi! I'm taking the rest of my pre-reqs at Memphis now. The huge class sizes don't bother me much at all. I think you'll be fine. What year are you?

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Im year 2012! It want bother me with the class size, but i want to know are you able to get help if you need it?

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Mean I get help when I need it, all you have to do is ask for help. A lot of teachers are able to answer questions during and after class becausew many others may have the same questions you have. But maybe you should go to like Southwest if you really want that one on one connection with your professor.

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I had the same question as you did a year ago. I had a very nice person write this for me, so I am passing it on to you:

I attend the University of Memphis right now so I can tell u a little bit about it. 1st semester you will take Intro to Med/Surg, Skills lab, Pharmacology, Patho, Health Assessment, Health Assessment lab, and a clinical. Yes this is a large load and was probably one of the worst semesters for me because you are new and are thrown into it. I think all of these classes are to basically weed people out because a lot of these classes are preq's at Baptist! The schedule was Patho on Tuesdays', Health Assessment on Wednesday's, Pharm on Thursday's and Intro to Med/Surg on Friday's. Each class was 3 hours long and everyone also had their two labs and clinical at some point during the week.

edit:I think things have a changed a little bit and from what I've heard 1st semester students no longer go to clinical every week, but every other week is a clinical day and the week not at clinical you do a simulation in the lab.

2nd semester there are less classes but the material seems to get a little bit harder. You will take Med/Surg I, Nursing psych, skills lab, and 2 clinicals (1 for Med/Surg and 1 for Psych). Classes were still 3 hours long but if I remember correctly they were on 2 diff days.

3rd semester you will focus on O.B. and Pediatrics. I loved this semester and I thought it was a breeze. I actually had time to have a social life on the weekends! We take O.B., Peds, Geriatrics (online class), plus 2 clinicals (O.B. and Peds). They also at the last minute added in Ethics so I had to take that 3rd semester as well.

4th semester....This is the semester I am in now and it focuses on Critical care. We are in the ICU. We take Med/Surg II, Community nursing, Research (online class) plus 2 clinicals (ICU and community).

5th semester is Leadership. You will work with a preceptor and make your own schedule. The classes are Leadership, Issues and Trends and then Leadership the clinical. You are required to complete 100 and something hours prior to graduation.

Over all I think it is a good program. It is hard, but I do feel like I learn alot in the end. I think the passing rate is 98% last time I checked. They also offer a NCLEX review/practice class that you can take 5th semester. Clinicals are fun, we get to do more and more each semester as we pass check off's. We can chart our own assessments and give medications. The only thing I hate are the care plans because they take forever! But that you can't escape no matter what nursing school you go to so you better get used to it!:nurse:

Ohh, also to answer the other part of your question you pretty much have a test every week. For example, the first test will be Med/Surg then the next week you will have a Patho test, and the week after that a Pharmacology test, ect until you have had your 1st round of tests for each class and then it starts over. Then during those weeks you also have tests in clinical and in skills lab (1st/2nd semester) over whatever skill you are supposed to be learning. All of our exams are taken on the computer and you can only see one question at a time, and you also can not go back and change your answers (the screen only lets u move forward). The teachers are okay, some I cant stand because they are kind of discouraging, while others I love.

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Assuming you are young, then you will fit in at UoM. There are so many different viewpoints about everything. You may want to really think what is most important to you. Another thing is that UT offers a Masters in about the same time you would earn a BSN.

Just remember-nursing school will test your endurance/sanity to the nth degree. Get ready to give a lot up. It is nothing like what you have experienced so far. Good luck.

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Thank you msturn1975! Your response was very helpful.

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Hi Future Nurses:nurse: I just graduated in August 2011 from LSON. I agree with msturn, especially the fact that they pretty much throw you in the first semester. I began the program in 2009 and they did not require us to pass the TEAS test, but we took it for preliminary purposes. Overall this program prepares and graduates the best nurses. As a LSON graduate I receive the utmost respect and recognition from the staff on the unit I currently work. One of the nurses told me they could recognize LSON graduates from graduates of other programs, because of our preparedness. You all are considering the best nursing school, yet you may not feel that way while in the program...... just stay focused and pray, pray, pray (It is a light at the end of the road). Oh and by the way I did all but one of my prereqs at Southwest (I took statistics online at U of M).

My advice to you all is learning how to manage your time; this is something all nursing students need to perfect (even before getting into nursing school). I know time management is hard to focus on when you have so many things to do in so little time; however by the time you get to Leadership (5th semester of nursing school) you will understand where I am coming from.

Wish you all well and I am praying for ya!!

Sorry I wasnt specific but feel free to ask me questions and I will answer them to the best of my ability

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Thank you for responses! Very helpful. :)

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I already have a BA but I graduated with a low GPA(2.64) and really want to go the nursing route. I haven't taken any of my pre reqs yet but plan on taking them at Southwest. I would like to go through the accelerated BSN. Any advice on how to make my application strong or should I just not even think of applying?

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Specializes in LAD.

Have you heard anything about the accelerated nursing program at Memphis? I graduated from U of M last year with education and am currently a pre-nursing student at memphis. I really want to know what it is like before I hop on board...you know? I have two options, the traditional route (2.5 years with summer breaks or the 1 year program straight through). congrats on your job and I'm glad to hear that people can recognize LSON graduates. I hope you go far! Are you considering a masters yet?

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