I'm a Fall 2010 applicant at ACC and thought it would be nice for all the Fall 2010 hopefuls to have our own thread to share exciting news, information, and support with each other.
I turned in my application last Friday (Dec. 18th) after taking the HESI exam. I feel good about my scores but I anticipate competition for the Fall spots is going to be quite fierce. After that large applicant pool for Spring I think we will see a lot of re-applicants applying with the 5 extra re-application points. Not sure what that will mean for the ranking scores but it will be interesting to see . . .
I work as a tech at a hospital here in town - many of the nurses I work with have their ADN, but not their BSN. This includes nurses in ICU, Intermediate Care and ED, as well as medsurg. In addition I know nurses at 3 other hospitals in town that do bedside nursing and are ADNs. You don't need a BSN to do bedside nursing. The nurses tell me that starting out as a new RN, an ADN gets the same pay as a BSN.
I'm in the ACC nursing program and love it. Although ACC does have a great reputation for graduating nurses with strong clinical skills, I don't think you can go wrong with any nursing program here in Austin - whether it's ACC, UT, or TX State - or whether you go for ADN or BSN.
There is a higher demand for ACC nurses here in Austin and are preferred over UT. HOWEVER, there is a current movement right now by the ANA i believe to have BSN as entry level for nursing. From what I see experience is preffered more over education but if you want to rise in your ranks to like be a supervisor or do management then a BSN is the minmial. Many people who have their ADN go back and get their BSN because they want to rise in rank but cant because they don't have a BSN. ALthough ACC nurses are preffered here, i know some hospitals won't hire adn nurses elsewhere and ACC is puting out alot more nurses now and we may have to by the time we graduate go somewhere else to find a job. I've already finished my bsn pre-reqs so i can start my bsn after i graduate. i want my BSN, acute care np and DNP because i want to rise in rank and i really want to provide the best care for clients. If i were you and get accepted into a BSN program go ahead or do acc then to a rn-bsn program. There is a saying that we never graduate from nursing school and thats true. If money is tight now do the adn program and you can do like UT's rn-bsn program where you take all your pre-reqs here at acc and after you get you rn license you take like a year-2years to do some additional upper division work to get your bsn and texas tech has a 10 class online rn-bsn program. I would get my bsn because it opens up the door to many other oppotunities and can lead to higher paying positions and perhaps even you masters. There's just so many fields in nursing and i don't want to be limited because I have an ADN. I can tell you want your bsn, peope regret the things they DON'T do, like not getting their bsn, then over the things they DO DO. You will ultimatly choose what you want to do but i encourage you to get your bsn. You can ALWAYS do an rn-bsn program after you graduate if you worried about shelling out money, i know seton has paid their adn nurses to go back for the bsn when i talked to a UT advisor
Okay I need some really good advise..... I am currently taking Anatomy. This class is kicking my butt. I constantly feel I am disorganized in studying for this class. I study about 10 hours a week for this class. Nothing I am doing is working. I have made 74 on my 2 lec exams and failed both lab exams. Seriously, I am not dumb but apparently something I am doing is not working. Several of my class mates are in the same boat and they already have a degree. Any advice would really be great. I really want to do well in this class and really want to me a nurse. HELP HELP HELP
Help! I feel like I'm sinking! Up to now I've had a 4.0. I start my anatomy pre-req this spring. I've been doing well in every class but now my ethics teachers seems to have it in for me and half way through the term has "created" out of the blue a new grading system for her on-line discussion board, which enables her to be as subjective as she likes in grading this (which is NOT on the syllabus by the way). Now I'm worried I'm going to get a "B" in ethics. Does this totally take me out of the running to get into the nursing programme? I heard that even with one "b" you can get wait listed. Please...I'm 46 yrs old...I CAN'T be wait listed. I'm so depressed about this and I really need some honest answers. Thanks.
Help! I feel like I'm sinking! Up to now I've had a 4.0. I start my anatomy pre-req this spring. I've been doing well in every class but now my ethics teachers seems to have it in for me and half way through the term has "created" out of the blue a new grading system for her on-line discussion board, which enables her to be as subjective as she likes in grading this (which is NOT on the syllabus by the way). Now I'm worried I'm going to get a "B" in ethics. Does this totally take me out of the running to get into the nursing programme? I heard that even with one "b" you can get wait listed. Please...I'm 46 yrs old...I CAN'T be wait listed. I'm so depressed about this and I really need some honest answers. Thanks.
Hey ed66,
Sorry your ethics teacher decided to change things up on you but as for getting a B in the class I do not think it will hurt you. I had a 4.0 up until Pharmacology where I got a B because I had to have surgery and they would not let me make up the test. I missed an A by just a few points but I applied to the nursing program for spring and got in on the first round so I wouldn't be too worried if I were you. You sound like you're doing great! :)
Okay I need some really good advise..... I am currently taking Anatomy. This class is kicking my butt. I constantly feel I am disorganized in studying for this class. I study about 10 hours a week for this class. Nothing I am doing is working. I have made 74 on my 2 lec exams and failed both lab exams. Seriously, I am not dumb but apparently something I am doing is not working. Several of my class mates are in the same boat and they already have a degree. Any advice would really be great. I really want to do well in this class and really want to me a nurse. HELP HELP HELP
It honestly depends on what professor you take. If you have a bad professor it doesn't matter how much you study it still won't help. I'm in Anatomy right now and one of my classmates had to re-take this course because the first time she took it her professor was horrible at teaching the students. I would recommend ratemyprofessor.com for reviews on professors. Also you can pm me if you would like to know a great Anatomy professor.
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I work as a tech at a hospital here in town - many of the nurses I work with have their ADN, but not their BSN. This includes nurses in ICU, Intermediate Care and ED, as well as medsurg. In addition I know nurses at 3 other hospitals in town that do bedside nursing and are ADNs. You don't need a BSN to do bedside nursing. The nurses tell me that starting out as a new RN, an ADN gets the same pay as a BSN.
I'm in the ACC nursing program and love it. Although ACC does have a great reputation for graduating nurses with strong clinical skills, I don't think you can go wrong with any nursing program here in Austin - whether it's ACC, UT, or TX State - or whether you go for ADN or BSN.