BMCC Spring 2023

undisclosedandsecured · Dec 20, 2022

Hi guys im new here and also waiting for the results, extremely nervous.. has she reached out to anyone yet?

FutureRN_Nat · Dec 20, 2022

3 hours ago, undisclosedandsecured said:

Hi guys im new here and also waiting for the results, extremely nervous.. has she reached out to anyone yet?

Hey there! The advisor said that she will try to reach out to those who got accepted some time after Christmas. She also said that she wasn’t sure if she would do it by email or phone, but was leaning towards email. Hopefully we will find out by next week.

Did you apply for the day or evening program?

undisclosedandsecured · Dec 21, 2022

1 hour ago, FutureRN_Nat said:

Hey there! The advisor said that she will try to reach out to those who got accepted some time after Christmas. She also said that she wasn’t sure if she would do it by email or phone, but was leaning towards email. Hopefully we will find out by next week.

Did you apply for the day or evening program?

Hello! Thank you for this information, it has put my anxiety at ease for the time being... I applied for the day program.. hopefully we all get in ??

bRNe · Dec 22, 2022

On 7/22/2022 at 7:23 PM, FutureRN_Nat said:

Hi there! I just completed AP I and plan to submit my checklist soon in the hopes of taking HESI 2 this December. I currently have a 3.83 GPA for my PCI’s (I have A’s in everything but AP I for which I received a B+). I hope to do well on the HESI and be accepted to the Nursing program for the Spring of 2023 day program. I wanted to touch base with other people here who plan on doing the same so we can exchange tips and even work together if some of us get accepted to the same program. I look forward to speaking with everyone!

Hey FutureRN_Nat!

Joining allnurses late but I'm hopefully not completely out of the discourse!

I also have a 3.83 pci GPA and this is killing me softly by I'm actually wondering how yvonne came up with that number bc if an (A) is 4 pts. and a (B+) is 3.3 pts. -- per the BMCC college grade rubric -- the avg of our pre-reqs should be 3.86 and not 3.83. The math ain't mathin' unless I am missing something? Do you happen to know the trick? Thanks!

FutureRN_Nat · Dec 22, 2022

12 minutes ago, bRNe said:

Hey FutureRN_Nat!

Joining allnurses late but I'm hopefully not completely out of the discourse!

I also have a 3.83 pci GPA and this is killing me softly by I'm actually wondering how yvonne came up with that number bc if an (A) is 4 pts. and a (B+) is 3.3 pts. -- per the BMCC college grade rubric -- the avg of our pre-reqs should be 3.86 and not 3.83. The math ain't mathin' unless I am missing something? Do you happen to know the trick? Thanks!

Hey there! I believe it has something to do with the credits. The B+ I received was in a 4 credit course, while the A’s were in 3 credit courses and the other A was in a 4 credit course. When I use the GPA calculator I get a 3.84. 3.835 was the total calculation on my transcript, so it’s close.

bRNe · Dec 23, 2022

On 12/5/2022 at 8:17 PM, tiramisu said:

Congrats! You guys are in. I'm 110% sure for anyone with a 90% and 4.0. Do not stress over Winter break worrying. The advisor probably won't even bother till January to send acceptances. Spend time reading the material once you get it instead. The whole course is almost self taught so don't be too upset if you don't get the better professor. It makes almost no difference between day/afternoon section.

Hey Tiramisu!

Who's the better professor?

Editorial Team / Admin · Dec 23, 2022

31 minutes ago, bRNe said:

Hey Tiramisu!

Who's the better professor?

Just a reminder, from the Terms of Service, "Please do not give out personal identifying information about yourself or others. Do not name names where anyone could identify any person in any facility including your nursing programs or place of employment."

bRNe · Dec 23, 2022

56 minutes ago, dianah said:

Just a reminder, from the Terms of Service, "Please do not give out personal identifying information about yourself or others. Do not name names where anyone could identify any person in any facility including your nursing programs or place of employment."

Thank you! Received and noted.

Editorial Team / Admin · Dec 24, 2022

9 hours ago, bRNe said:

Thank you! Received and noted.

Thank YOU! ?

tiramisu · Dec 27, 2022

The morning section is harder to get. If you guys wonder how clinicals work, they don't just throw you at a site. You start your first 5-6 weeks at Bmcc 9am->3pm on clinical days in the lab room. You practice skills (vitals, bed transfer, medication admin, wound cleaning, etc), and get tested on the 5/6th week. You start at the hospital/nursing home on the 7th week. It runs from 8am->3/4pm.

FutureRN_Nat · Dec 27, 2022

1 hour ago, tiramisu said:

The morning section is harder to get. If you guys wonder how clinicals work, they don't just throw you at a site. You start your first 5-6 weeks at Bmcc 9am->3pm on clinical days in the lab room. You practice skills (vitals, bed transfer, medication admin, wound cleaning, etc), and get tested on the 5/6th week. You start at the hospital/nursing home on the 7th week. It runs from 8am->3/4pm.

Thanks for this info! I was wondering about the dosage calculation test. I read that we get one within the first 3 weeks of the semester. Do we get a refresher or is it something we have to study on our own?

I would actually prefer the afternoon class, how does the lottery work? Is it two separate lotteries for each section?

Lastly, are we to wear the scrubs just for clinicals or are we expected to wear them to lecture/lab classes as well? Thanks again for your help.

tiramisu · Dec 27, 2022

7 hours ago, FutureRN_Nat said:

Thanks for this info! I was wondering about the dosage calculation test. I read that we get one within the first 3 weeks of the semester. Do we get a refresher or is it something we have to study on our own?

I would actually prefer the afternoon class, how does the lottery work? Is it two separate lotteries for each section?

Lastly, are we to wear the scrubs just for clinicals or are we expected to wear them to lecture/lab classes as well? Thanks again for your help.

I looked on my blackboard and there is a refresher for it on the third week of January. It’s over zoom for two days. 8 hours each day to learn all of it. I did it over the Summer and let’s just say I regret going. Sure it helped, but I realized dimensional analysis is much easier. I can find YouTube links that have exactly the same info instead of going for 16 hours over the weekend. Just look up medication math comprehensive on registered nurse RN. Don’t worry about it because everyone passes it. The professors are so caring and will make sure you do even if you don’t the first time.

The lottery works like this. Last time around 50-60 of us showed up and each got a ticket with a number. The ticket comes in two pieces. They keep one half and throw it in a bag while you have the other with the same number. They shake it and call it out. So you get to pick if you want morning or afternoon. Usually everyone goes for morning for the professor so by the 30-35th ticket, almost all the morning sections are filled and everyone else gets put in afternoons. Night program just has one professor so no lottery.

You don’t have to be in scrubs the first two weeks or so in the lab because everyone is getting the uniforms but they make you bring your stethoscope. Don’t worry because they have extras there to practice if you forget. Most of us wore our uniforms when doing the skills. You always have it on clinical days but never on lectures. Most lectures were on zoom. The professor is going to tell you it’s not but we went to campus maybe 3 times for inperson lectures. Exams are always in person though. You get to leave right after and don’t get lectured.

If you guys want a head start the chapters usually go like this 15-20(nursing process), 28(infection control). This is on the first exam for any professor. Look up nursing process on YouTube. It’s 5 steps and you have to know it backwards and forwards. The chapters are from the 10th/11th edition of potter. You can find it online.