Binghamton BAT Program 2017-2018

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I am applying to Binghamton's BAT program for 2017-2018. I will be graduating from Stony Brook University in May 2017. Is anyone else applying? Is there anyone who is currently in the program who can tell me what Binghamton admissions looks for? Thanks!

I applied to the traditional program even though I have a bachelors because I knew I wouldn't be able to handle the fast pace. Also I'm definitely going to get a masters however I'm not sure what specialty yet. Right now I'm interested in psychiatry and obgyn.

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Has anybody from wait list got accepted? I'm still waiting....

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Did anyone from the BAT waiting list hear back from the school?

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Hey guys! I'm currently waitlisted, is anyone else still waitlisted? They said May 15, which is today is when all decisions would be released? Is anyone still waiting to hear back? I've been checking my status everyday!!

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Hello! I was wondering if anyone who was accepted to the program had a C in one of the science prerequisites (Chemistry, A and P, microbiology)?

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I am looking to apply to the traditional transfer program vs BAT for Fall 2019, but I am hesitant about the number of people they accept as transfers to the Traditional program. I currently a medical scribe and have all my preregs comeplete and am a graduated with a Bachelors in Bio. Would you be able to give me any information about your stats for comparison I guess. Also when did tou apply to the Traditional Transfer program??

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On 4/7/2017 at 3:10 PM, barretta1210 said:

I received my decision on April 1st. I was accepted into the traditional transfer program starting in the fall!

Hi @barretta1210 I’ve been accepted to the transfer program for fall 2019 but haven’t committed yet. Do you mind sharing what you thought of the program? Thanks!

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On 4/7/2017 at 3:10 PM, barretta1210 said:

I received my decision on April 1st. I was accepted into the traditional transfer program starting in the fall!

Hi!

Congrats on getting in, you should be super proud! I absolutely loved the program, I was a transfer into the traditional program and everyone was so welcoming. The professors are absolutely amazing and always willing to help. I wouldn’t have wanted to spend my time in nursing school anywhere else, I’m so glad I chose Binghamton!

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On 4/22/2019 at 11:12 PM, barretta1210 said:

Hi!

Congrats on getting in, you should be super proud! I absolutely loved the program, I was a transfer into the traditional program and everyone was so welcoming. The professors are absolutely amazing and always willing to help. I wouldn’t have wanted to spend my time in nursing school anywhere else, I’m so glad I chose Binghamton!

Hi can you please tell us more about the program/ clinical schedule for the traditional program. Books/things that you do need / don’t need. Thanks

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14 hours ago, NurseSalma said:

Hi can you please tell us more about the program/ clinical schedule for the traditional program. Books/things that you do need / don’t need. Thanks

Hello. The program itself begins Junior year, where it’s strictly all nursing courses. You’ll start out in a fundamentals class where you learn all of the basic/essential skills to do assessments etc. Clinical time for this class begins in the learning or simulation lab, until you pass all of the “sign offs” that say you’re competent in each of the tested skills/categories. After passing each of those labs you will start your first real clinical rotation in a nursing home setting. In the spring you’ll move on to more specific classes and clinical settings for different areas like med-surg, labor and delivery, pediatrics, and psych. Senior year fall will be very similar to spring of junior year where you go through a bunch of different settings, and the classes correspond to what you’re doing in clinical. Those two semesters you’ll generally have two days of clinical per week from 6/7am-1/2pm depending on your instructor. Senior year spring is where you have your capstone, so you get to pick 3 top areas that you are interested in, and then you get placed on one of those units depending on what’s available and the schedule for that is twice a week either on days 7-3 or evenings 3-11. I personally did my capstone in a critical care setting, on a cardiovascular ICU. As far as books, Decker uses a company called Lippincott which all of the books are online and interactive. They assign quizzes and other assignments through that so generally you do need to purchase the books. They will tell you if the book(s) are mandatory or not. Hope this helps! There’s a lot of information that I could talk about, haha!

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2 hours ago, barretta1210 said:

Hello. The program itself begins Junior year, where it’s strictly all nursing courses. You’ll start out in a fundamentals class where you learn all of the basic/essential skills to do assessments etc. Clinical time for this class begins in the learning or simulation lab, until you pass all of the “sign offs” that say you’re competent in each of the tested skills/categories. After passing each of those labs you will start your first real clinical rotation in a nursing home setting. In the spring you’ll move on to more specific classes and clinical settings for different areas like med-surg, labor and delivery, pediatrics, and psych. Senior year fall will be very similar to spring of junior year where you go through a bunch of different settings, and the classes correspond to what you’re doing in clinical. Those two semesters you’ll generally have two days of clinical per week from 6/7am-1/2pm depending on your instructor. Senior year spring is where you have your capstone, so you get to pick 3 top areas that you are interested in, and then you get placed on one of those units depending on what’s available and the schedule for that is twice a week either on days 7-3 or evenings 3-11. I personally did my capstone in a critical care setting, on a cardiovascular ICU. As far as books, Decker uses a company called Lippincott which all of the books are online and interactive. They assign quizzes and other assignments through that so generally you do need to purchase the books. They will tell you if the book(s) are mandatory or not. Hope this helps! There’s a lot of information that I could talk about, haha!

Thank you so much for taking your time and giving us this important information. It really helps because all I see is the BAT program . I tried private messaging you but I couldn’t . Just one more question , how far is the clinical site from the school ?

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9 hours ago, NurseSalma said:

Thank you so much for taking your time and giving us this important information. It really helps because all I see is the BAT program . I tried private messaging you but I couldn’t . Just one more question , how far is the clinical site from the school ?

Not a problem. The clinical sites vary. There are 3 local hospitals here in Binghamton that you can be placed in. Each are about 10-15 mins from BU. Other sites they use are Guthrie (PA) which is about 50 min away and Upstate Medical (Syracuse) which is an hour and a half away. You can be placed at these facilities for psych, pediatrics and some medsurg rotations, so it is pretty essential to have a car or a friend to carpool with!

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