Any Walters State people out there?

Granolagirl17 · Mar 13, 2008

Southernurse, you are going to love WSCC! :loveya:

I'm a non-traditional student returning to school - I have a previous degree and one year's master's degree program experience - went to college both in US and in Canada - so I've been around the block a time or two on college campuses and I'm am HIGHLY impressed with this school.

I took my pre-req's of AP and Micro here and was blown away by the caliber of instructors at this small community college - fully as qualified, passionate and knowledgeable as the bigger state universities I've come from. :up:

The nursing school is phenominal. I had a choice of several programs in the area - with my previous degree, in fact I could have gone straight into a Master's program in nursing in Knoxville. I checked around and BY FAR the reputation of WSCC graduates is stellar - time and time again I've heard from floor nurses and hiring officials that they LOVE having a WSCC graduate apply/work with them.

Our instructors team teach - each in her own specialty/background. We actually DO clinicals - I've read on this board how some folks only have computer sim's for say, OB - I can't even imagine that! We start IV's, we do it all - from being assigned patients to rotating through surgery, ER, ICU, etc.

Our school's NCLEX pass rate is one of the highest - we are well prepared when we get out of here.

The instructors are approachable and receptive - I've not run into the horror stories like instructors I've read about on this site - yelling, disrespectful, trying to "weed out" students - our instructors WANT us to pass and do what they can to assist.

Is everything perfect? Well, no - I don't like our schools "improved" online class program - the old one worked much better, in my opinion (that was a college wide change, not nursing school change). So far all but one of our instructors are at the minimum "good" platform instructors - many of them are truly EXCELLENT and we actually ENJOY and look forward to their lectures. (The one whose strength does not lie in platform lecturing is wonderful one on one - can't expect everyone to be strong in every area).

The biggest beef I hear other students express is the amount of material covered - I guess since we cover the same NCLEX material in 4 semesters as the BSN programs cover in 4 years - you have to expect a rather concentrated program - it can sometimes feel more like the information is being "presented to us" rather than "being taught to us" - there is a fair amount of learning on your own that is expected to occur - I don't know how the school can get around that given the time constraints of an ADN program. Again, though - if I get confused or need clarification, the instructors are approachable and easy to reach out and contact via email, phone or office hours.

Hope that helps - welcome aboard and enjoy the program! :specs:

Southernurse · Mar 13, 2008

thank you! it sounds very different from past experiences i have had. my lpn school in florida was tough and definitely made us better nurses for the trouble. i had a mediocre experience at lmu and am really looking forward to finally finishing my rn. i only had 5 months to go to finish my lpn to rn bridge program, but had knee surgery and it put everything to a halt. i probably have to start from scratch at wscc, but it will be worth it. thank you so much for the input! :anpom: