Anyone considering other options in healthcare if you don't get accepted into nursing

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What do you do in the following fields:

physical therapy

respiratory therapy

ultrasonography

I've googled them but have not gotten the information I need. Like how long is each program, and the demand for it

I want to go into nursing but I want to keep my options open if I don't get accepted into any nursing programs

Specializes in Med-Surg/Trauma.
Cool. Their program is 4 years or is that counting the pre reqs if you take them at the university?

The program takes three years after you are admitted. The four years comes from assuming you did all your prereqs in one year (although I took two to do them; everyone else I have spoken to in the program took 2 or more years to complete them) I also got a lot of the other classes out of the way that weren't prereqs but I need them to graduate (nutrition, history, blah blah blah) so now I just have to take only the nursing courses. When I graduate with my BSN I will have spent 5 years between doing prereqs and the program but I'm not full time all of those semesters which allows me time to work.

The nursing program is 3 fall and 3 winter semesters after you're admitted. There are no summer nursing courses in the traditional sequence. Let me know if you have any more questions about the program!

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And I know this was a hot topic a few months so please don't flame me, but in my personal experience I have found Wayne's classes to be much more rigorous than courses I took at community college. I took classes at OCC and did exceptionally well with no to little studying. I had to put in 10 times as much effort in the classes I took at Wayne vs those at OCC to earn an A. Those experiences are based on prereqs only and not the nursing programs itself (and probably a lot of it has to do with teachers. You're going to get easy teachers and hard teachers anywhere you go. Perhaps I just lucked out and got the easier instructors at OCC and had the hard ones at wayne)

NOT FLAMING, but....

Sorry your pre-reqs were so easy at OCC. That is disappointing, a waste of money, a waste of time, and not going to prepare you for what you need.

I had the opposite experience. The instructors I had for my science classes at my community college were all professors, not teaching assistants, and taught full time, even the labs. These classes were not easy. I can compare them to classes I took (a few years ago) at U of M, (bio and chem, unfortunately without labs) and I got much more out of my community college classes than at U of M. I am glad that Wayne State has a good program for the pre-reqs, but that is not the case in all universities!

Frankly, I think it is sad that Wayne State is practically forcing students to take all the pre-reqs there. I understand why ($$$$$$$$$$$), but lots of students will not be able to afford to go this route. You are fortunate. I was admitted to Wayne State's CD2 program. I chose to go the community college route because of money, and I don't regret that decision.

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I hope I dont come off the wrong way, but if nursing is what you really want to do then do it. You should look at the criteria of the nsg program you want and do whatever it takes. I applied at MCC one time. My goal was a 4.0 in the prereqs and score at least 92% on the Hesi. I sacrificed many things b/c I needed to study, etc. to achieve my goal. IMO, it's competitive but NOT impossible. Many of my fellow rn students did the same thing and some may have taken a longer, but they made it. So, while many blame admission tests, schools, instructors, advisors, etc. take responsibility for your actions. Are you doing everything necessary to make it into the program and be a notch better then the competition? I am not pointing a finger at anyone, but it seems many do not want to put in everything it takes to get there.

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The program takes three years after you are admitted. The four years comes from assuming you did all your prereqs in one year (although I took two to do them; everyone else I have spoken to in the program took 2 or more years to complete them) I also got a lot of the other classes out of the way that weren't prereqs but I need them to graduate (nutrition, history, blah blah blah) so now I just have to take only the nursing courses. When I graduate with my BSN I will have spent 5 years between doing prereqs and the program but I'm not full time all of those semesters which allows me time to work.

The nursing program is 3 fall and 3 winter semesters after you're admitted. There are no summer nursing courses in the traditional sequence. Let me know if you have any more questions about the program!

Okay, that sounds good. With their RN program do you have to go 5 days a week?

I initially attended Wayne State from but left because my grades started to slack off. I didn't like the large auditorium classes. You kinda get lost and can't really relate to the professor. i had a nurtrition class and flunked it horribly:cry: I swear I did not know what was going on, and she was very rude and dismissive when I asked her questions about the class

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Specializes in Med-Surg/Trauma.
Okay, that sounds good. With their RN program do you have to go 5 days a week?

I initially attended Wayne State from but left because my grades started to slack off. I didn't like the large auditorium classes. You kinda get lost and can't really relate to the professor. i had a nurtrition class and flunked it horribly:cry: I swear I did not know what was going on, and she was very rude and dismissive when I asked her questions about the class

I know what you mean-- I HATED those large auditorium classes too. It's nice to go from a class of 400 something in prereqs to a class of 40 something in the program.

Last semester I only had class on monday tuesday and wednesday (although I did have class from 10 till 7 on monday making for a long day). This semester I only have one nursing class and the lecture is 3 hours wed morning and I have skills lab/ clinical 2 others.

Both semesters thus far I've only had to go to school 3 days a week which leaves me time to study and work. Future semesters I'll probably have school/clinical on more days. I'm sorry you had a bad experience at wayne. I'd take a stab at nutrition again with another prof.

Good luck and let me know if there is anything I can do to help!

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I know what you mean-- I HATED those large auditorium classes too. It's nice to go from a class of 400 something in prereqs to a class of 40 something in the program.

Last semester I only had class on monday tuesday and wednesday (although I did have class from 10 till 7 on monday making for a long day). This semester I only have one nursing class and the lecture is 3 hours wed morning and I have skills lab/ clinical 2 others.

Both semesters thus far I've only had to go to school 3 days a week which leaves me time to study and work. Future semesters I'll probably have school/clinical on more days. I'm sorry you had a bad experience at wayne. I'd take a stab at nutrition again with another prof.

Good luck and let me know if there is anything I can do to help!

I would love to go back to Wayne State but i dont think they'll accept me into their nursing program because I have pre reqs from another college. I LOVED the school, I really like all the people and how it feels so collegy, there's a lot of opportunities to network and meet people more than at a smaller school. Plenty of cute guys too:wink2:

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Specializes in Psychiatry.

I would consider ultrasound. tech. before respiratory.

There are NO open positions (that I've seen) around SW Michigan for Resp. Therapists.

Nursing can do most if not all of the tasks that respiratory does.

Ultrasound would be cool, because technology is always changing. there are tons of

jobs in the area for ultrasound/radiology techs.

Good Luck,

Diane

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I would consider ultrasound. tech. before respiratory.

There are NO open positions (that I've seen) around SW Michigan for Resp. Therapists.

Nursing can do most if not all of the tasks that respiratory does.

Ultrasound would be cool, because technology is always changing. there are tons of

jobs in the area for ultrasound/radiology techs.

Good Luck,

Diane

Actually most of the hospitals have open respiratory positions. Henry Ford has aprox. 10 right now and beaumont also has some.
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Specializes in Psychiatry.
Actually most of the hospitals have open respiratory positions. Henry Ford has aprox. 10 right now and beaumont also has some.

That's awesome. There are NONE in SW Michigan.

Some of our major hospitals are on hiring freezes :(

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