Brookhaven Spring 2010

Hey, I also accepted in Spring 2010. From tomorrow we can register spring semester, so I tried to find what we're gonna learn.

I just graduated from Brookhavens Nursing Program yesterday. When I started success camp was the week before classes started, and was 3 days long, and pretty much all day each day. The books for the most part came all together in a box. I think it was about $1200 for the entire set. This included evolve so you could put the whole thing on your laptop. Most everyone does that because its too difficult to bring every book to class everyday. If you buy them on your own you wont have that option.

During success camp you will find out whats going to happen next, where to get your books, and what hospital and clinical group you will be in for clinicals.

The best advice I can give you is to stay flexible. Throughout the whole program things were not always told to us until the last minute. Things changed at the last minute, class schedules, times, things we had to do that they forgot, money that needed to be paid for extra stuff. So get ready for it now, and make your schedule flexible, and put money back for extras that you will need to buy at a moments notice.

Thanks for the reply CoolPeach! That info was very helpful! Congratulations on graduating from the program! I'm sure you are very happy to be finished! Do you already have a job lined up?

Hi to all that just started your program...can you give insight as to what your class schedule is like for the week? Also, how is everything going thus far for you? Thank you for your input.

I just started two weeks ago. We were given the option to do our clinicals on Mondays or Fridays, from 7AM-7PM. Then we have lecture from 9AM-2PM on Wednesdays and Skills Lab on Thursdays from 9AM-12PM. Then, any other classes that you are taking are on top of that (ex. dosage calc, pharm, etc.). That is by no means the only times that we are at school, there is a TON of studying and practicing that is on top of that. So far, I'm loving it though! I hope that helps... :-)

sounds awesome! thanks for your quick reply chelsea. That sounds like a good and breathable schedule to start off the program with. What hospital are you doing your clinicals at? Does the hospital change from time to time or is it specific to one semester?

My first semester clinicals are at Medical Center of Plano. We had the choice between Baylor Garland, Baylor Irving, or MCP. It changes from semester to semester.

May I ask how many points you had? I would just love a range..

I can't remember exactly...I think I had 31.4 points. From the info that I've gathered from others in the group, I think that somewhere around 31 was the cutoff for this semester. Every semester is different. There have been semesters where 20 was the cutoff...so it just depends on the group of applicants.

Thank you so much for the info... I know you are well into semester one. Are you overwhlemed yet? Also is it true they require 10 hours of volunteer work every week while in the program? I also know it goes through the summer, do you actually get any time off for summer? I am full of questions, sorry...It is just so nice to talk to someone who is in the program.Thanks

Hello! It can be overwhelming...some weeks are better than others. There is a ton of reading and studying involved. That is the most stressful part. It's so awesome though! Regarding the volunteer hours, we are required to have 15 hours per semester. From what I understand, there are only a few days off between the end of this semester and the beginning of the summer semester.

I am happy to answer any questions you might have. I was the same way... :-)

I am full of questions, thank you so much for being so open and answering them. Have you started your clinicals yet? if so what day's are they and what hospitals? Did you get to pick the hospitals you work at? Have you heard of anyone having problems finding a job after graduation? Any tips are aceing the hesi? I do have the evolve study guide.Did you get in the first try or was this the second. I have heard so many horror stories about people flunking once they are in the program. I can't imagine, we work so hard to get accepted to think of losing it all is crazy. I am so sorry to bombard you with all these questions, but I am just so thankful to talk to someone who has made it in. One more, do you see it being feasible to work and be sucessful in the program?