Spokane Community College Waitlist???

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BarnOwl

32 Posts

Arisha,

If you were #3 ten days ago then you are in. I was #9 ten days ago and now I'm #6. You can email ****** at ******* to ask about your number on the waiting list. ****** no longer works at SCC. She has moved to Maine. To the one who asked about the Nursing information meeting that was last monday, it was mostly about the accreditation issue and also about the current job market. Basically they told us that Spokane is flooded with nurses right now and that is the reason they only took 50 students for fall. They highly recommended that everyone go on to get their BSN. They said that Sacred Heart is only hiring BSN's since they have applied for magnet status which means they guarantee that at least 75% of their staff is BSN or higher. They said that many new gradutates have had to wait up to a year after graduating to find a job. They said that employers will hire from applicants in the following order.....BSN's first, then RN's from Nationally accredited schools and then lastly RN's from non-nationally accredited schools. Currently it is an employer market where they can choose from many many applicants and that everyone is dispensable. The did say that many nurses who had planned to retire were unable to due to the economy crashing. They lost so much in their retirement accounts that they couldn't retire. They have continued to work until they have built up their accounts. This will mean many will retire in the next 3-5 years leaving many job openings. Have you heard anything different about the market 'Student Mike'? Does anyone know when they will have finished evaluating background checks etc. on fall applicants? Congrats Arisha, it looks really good for you! Let us know when you find out.

Arisha

8 Posts

Thank you BarnOwl, I will email ****

Student Mike

24 Posts

BarnOwl,

Today in class *****( ARNP, Instructor, Department Chair, ATI Supervisor, and all around good egg) addressed some of the rumors and myths. Yes, the class was shrunk due to a glut of ADN RN's in Spokane. She says she is 99.9% convinced that we will have our NLN accreditation by the time our class graduates(December 2011). She says the Providence Healthcare(SHMC & HFH) is hiring ADN RN's but that they have decreased their hiring across the board.

Arisha, :yeah:If you got in congrats. BarnOwl, I still think the odds are good that you will get in.

Hope to see both of you in the fall, although I probably wouldn't know who you are if I saw you. I still haven't figured out who dallet6 is and we have been chatting on this board for months and have completed one quarter.:confused:

Mike

:devil:Si Vis Pacem, Parabellum:devil:

BarnOwl

32 Posts

Student Mike,

Glad to hear that Sacred Heart is still hiring ADN nurses. Nice to hear your opptomism about my getting in, in the fall also. I am not feeling so opptomistic at this point. I am actually in a weird state right now. Starting to panic a bit about the difficulty of the program and also the job itself. I have read a few threads here that say nursing classes are twice as hard as our hardest pre-req and that the job itself is horribly difficult. What do you think about comments like these? How hard is nursing school really? I got a 4.0 in both micro and chem and did really well in all of my other pre-reqs but I had to work hard for those grades. Thinking about working twice that hard hurts a little, ya know? I don't know why I am all of a sudden second guessing myself. Maybe because I am so close to getting in or maybe because I have thought about this adventure for so long that the excitement has worn off a bit. Don't know. Like I said, weird state. Anyway, what does SI Vis Pacem, Parabellum mean?

BarnOwl

Student Mike

24 Posts

BarnOwl,

Yes Nursing school is difficult. You get out of it what you put in. If you don't work or study for class than it will be hard to get through the program.

You sound like me, I am a good student but I was worried about nursing school. I had heard all the doom and gloom stories. Once I got her I found that it is at par with the prereqs.

"Si Vis Pacem, Parabellum" is an old Latin adage. It means if you want peace prepare for war. Peace through superior firepower. You can interpret it many ways. I see it as hope for the best plan for the worst.

Mike

:devil:Si Vis Pacem, Parabellum:devil:

:twocents:Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. Benjamin Franklin, 1759:up:

BarnOwl

32 Posts

Student Mike,

I talked to my old lab partner from micro today and she said that they have until the first day of class to turn in their background checks. She said that the background checks are only required by the clinical sites. Did you have until the first day of class to turn in your background check? Seems they would want that info sooner than that.

BarnOwl

Student Mike

24 Posts

BarnOwl,

Most people turned in the Background check paperwork on the first day, I turned in my paperwork much earlier. I also had to fill out additional paperwork for a federal background check for my practicals site, the VAMC.

Mike

Arisha

8 Posts

I got an email from Connie and she said that I'm still 3rd on the waitlist...:uhoh3: I'm officialy freeking out.

BarnOwl

32 Posts

Student Mike,

Seems like the background check wouldn't be a reason then that some of us would move up on the list since they would need to know that info before the first day of class in order to offer someone else the spot if needed. I was told that they wouldn't add anyone to the class once the first day had commenced.

Arisha,

I'm surprised to hear that you are still #3. If we don't start this fall it will only postpone our graduation date by 6 months. That's not that big of a difference. We would, however, have to take 2 summer quarters if we start in the Spring. This could be good or bad. We'll have to ask Mike how summer quarter was in September.

joanngs11

1 Post

Student MIke:

I am a graduate of SCC as of dec. 07 and am working at SHMC, have been for years and recently they have posted ALOT of positions, we are actually hurting a little for nurses. Here is my question, I was there when we lost the nursing accred. that prevented people from working at federal jobs but that was the only one. At work this week I heard that SCC has now lost State accred.!!! as in students not being able to take bourds!! Is this true or are people just repeating the same rumour that has been around for a year (fed by ICN students). And as far as SHMC, they have never had an issue hireing ADN's, same bourds, same job, same pay! whether the BSN's like it or not!

Student Mike

24 Posts

joan,

no, scc did not lose state accreditation. grads can stand for boards. misty covered alot of the rumors in class last tuesday.

mike

:devil:si vis pacem, parabellum:devil:

democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. benjamin franklin, 1759

texaslizard

1 Post

I am a December 2010 Grad. The waitlist changes from quarter to quarter, but most students wait about a year before getting into the program.

As for accredidation. It was lost before I started, we were told the school had it just needed a form to be signed. Found out it was lost at least a year before that. So don't believe a word anyone at the school tells you about getting accredidation back. How does it affect me? I can't get a federal job - VA or some out of state jobs - Kootenai Medical won't hire SCC grads.

I will agree with the program that cut back in students because of the flood of nurses unemployed, but I think that is their choice. I was able to get a long-term care job no problem. I think a lot of the new grads don't want to work in long-term care, so they just apply to the hospitals. I have about 50 applications out there for a hospital job and haven't had an interview yet, but I won't give up.

I guess that would be my advice to everyone, from pre-reqs to employment, don't give up....it will happen eventually!

Good luck to all

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