Any other Calhoun RN students out there?

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Well, it's that time of year again, and I've finally been accepted into the RN program at Calhoun Community College! Got my acceptance letter yesterday. I am VERY stoked, to say the least. I have waited a LONG time for this, especially considering the fact that I was initially given a lot of incorrect information by several advisers, which resulted in my admission being delayed by over a year. Consequently I wasn't able to start along with my fellow classmates from all of my BIO classes. :( However, I'm just glad that this is all finally in motion now.

Anyway - any other Calhoun students out there (first year or otherwise)? Any Huntsville Hospital people out there?

Thank you for all your help and insight rnbubbles! you've really eased a few of my worries, I have the saunders nclex review, and I think I will go ahead and purchase the Lipponcott and Kaplan to help study for tests, I bought the Lipponcott NCLEX review cards that are on a giant metal ring, I'm wondering if its very similar to the book, I wouldn't want to waste any money....and I have another question (again THANK YOU for helping us and answering our Q's), Reading here on allnurses.com, particularly in the student section, I've seen people talk about how awful careplans are and that their up ALL night the night before clinicals, and ect....How hard are our clinical preparations? Do they except alot of us, did you find you were up all night, or do they give us plenty of time to get it done? Thanks

-jamie

And welcome Kimberly... :-)

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I'm starting classes in Jan. to complete all of my pre-reqs before I apply to the nursing program. I figure, since I can only go part time, I should get these done so that when I have NUR classes and clinicals, I don't have to worry about any other classes. Did anyone else do it this way?

I'm excited to get started, but I don't even know if the nursing program has a waiting list or even what the NCLEX pass rates are. I just moved here and have decided that nursing will be a great career change for me (I'm old). I've read RN posts on this site that make me wonder if I really want to do it. They seem to hate their careers as much as I hated my old one.

Any seasoned Calhoun veterans with thoughts/advice?

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I'm starting classes in Jan. to complete all of my pre-reqs before I apply to the nursing program. I figure, since I can only go part time, I should get these done so that when I have NUR classes and clinicals, I don't have to worry about any other classes. Did anyone else do it this way?

I'm excited to get started, but I don't even know if the nursing program has a waiting list or even what the NCLEX pass rates are. I just moved here and have decided that nursing will be a great career change for me (I'm old). I've read RN posts on this site that make me wonder if I really want to do it. They seem to hate their careers as much as I hated my old one.

Any seasoned Calhoun veterans with thoughts/advice?

I finished all my pre-reqs and then started nursing school at Calhoun this August, so that I wouldnt have to take other classes with my nursing classes, which is the smartest thing I have done, I hear other people groaning about having to study for english and anatomy and nursing all in one night, no thank you. I absolutely LOVE calhoun's nursing program, but it does have a reputation of being tough to get into, they look at your reading compass score, anatomy I, anatomy II, and microbiology, or high school courses if you choose to take the previous named ones while in the program....so just focus on getting good grades in those 3 courses and you should be fine, many people this summer applied to both the LPN program and RN so that if they didnt get accepted to RN, they had LPN to fall back on. And dont always pay attention to the negative comments on this site, I think alot of those people choose nursing for the wrong profession (money) and wern't going to like it no matter what they did, If you truely like helping people, you will make it through even the roughest days. GOOD LUCK!

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Hey, thanks for the words of wisdom, Jamie. Do you happen to know if there is a waiting list? I can't wait to get started, but I can only go part time because of kids and work. It would really suck to have to wait an extra year.

Do you plan on going straight to a BSN/MSN program after your RN? I definitely am. I'm afraid that Huntsville's job market might be over saturated with RN's by the time I get finished at Calhoun, so the more school the better. I plan to go NP, but if I really had my wish, I'd apply to med school after my BSN. I just don't think I can afford it. (Organic chemistry scares the heck out of me, too).

Sorry to pummel you with questions. I'm just trying to plan my whole life and the future of my entire family all at once. :bugeyes:

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I don't know about a "waiting list" persay, they don't put you on a list if you dont get accepted the first time you apply, they just have you apply again the next year (a few people from my microbiology class have to do this), and yes I plan on going to UAH for my BSN, they offer a 2 semester online bridge program, and then I plan on getting my masters so that when I retire I can teach nursing students. They do have the delayed progression nursing program, I'm not sure how many people they accept, but you do most from your home, and I beileve they have classes at night, and offer night/weekend clinicals, but it is 7 semesters opposed to 5, because for instance they took 2 classes this semester, and we had 3. hope this helps!

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Thanks again.

I have researched the UAH bridge program, too. It looks like a great deal and easy to work around. Maybe I'll see you around campus. I can't wait to get started.

Happy holidays!

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