Ca pre-licensure

Is this for WGU Pre-BSN Licensure in CA?

Yes it is [emoji4]

I just applied for that program as well-woohoo! :) Is the clinical portion in LA at Cedars Sinai? Sure wish they used the Cottage Hospital System near Goleta/Santa Barbara-I am only about 45 minutes north of SB! There are quite a few RN's in the hospital system for which I work that are finished their BSN or Masters through there as well and they seem to really like it. I was kind of thinking the commute for clinical might be daunting but you know-its better than being on a darn community college waitlist for three years or more; it seems to take forever to get in in my area!

I think this is the Cedars group but not 100% sure. Cottage would be awesome, but I'm in the Bakersfield area so it's going to be quite a commute for me no matter where lol. But Cedars is a great hospital to learn at. But sadly things have come up with one of my kids and I don't think I'm going to make the deadline and this is the last cohort of the year I believe so I will probably have to wait till next year but I'm going to keep pushing until the last second praying to make it lol.

Well I sure hope it works out for you and you get into the cohort you hope for! I am in Lompoc so a bit closer to LA- but still; if the cohort location changes to anything farther I would probably reconsider. Again good luck to you!

I'm currently aiming for the Oct 1st deadline for a Jan 17 start date :)

I just took my first TEAS test this morning, and am finishing up my last pre-reqs with Straighterline for AP1 and AP1L

Really hoping I am competitive enough to be seriously considered.

I have a B.S. in Physiology from 2009, a MS-HCM from 2014, and am also currently a certified case manager with 5 yrs of Healthcare experience. Got my fingers crossed so hard - I know its ultra hard to get into the CA Cohorts.

What are your guys' profiles like?

Bets luck to all!

Es

HI! I worked as a school nurse and in public health in Fairfax County VA when we were stationed in the DC area, then we PCS'd to Vandenberg AFB in California and I worked as an LVN for about 12 years in SNF/LTC, obtained a BS in SOcial Psychology from Park University during that time, then lectured and taught lab and clinical as an LVN instructor here in California and went back to my place of work in LTC after my husband retired from the AF last June. Now I'm hopefully going to begin my RN! :) I had to take the PN predictor for this particular merit based program BUT other Cali programs require the TEAS instead.

Esj87 I think you have a high possibility of getting in. I got in for the sept 16 cohort and didn't think I would due to a lousy teas score.... but I did!!! I think my medical experience and gpa is what got me in because the teas sure didn't lol

Hi CaRT2RN - thank you for the kind words!!!

I actually got a 92.7% on my first Teas try so I was super relieved to say the least! My GPA isn't so hot, it's like 3.3 or so- so I'm actually hoping my Teas improves my file for their selections...

Im about 35% done with the StraighterLine AP1+Lab course.... It is a doozy! So much darn work, I moved in the end of July so I haven't done much for the last 6 weeks or so... gearing up again to power through! I have a 95% in both of the classes right now but I'm worried about the midterm and final!!

Esj87

Only the straighterline final A&P is moderated, and the final doesn't have much weight. I finished it in may, good luck!

Can you share your experience with straightliner a/p lab?

I loved it, I did it in combination with the A&P class. If done this way I recommend doing them together instead of one then the other, because some of the labs are timed.... I did use youtube a lot for the fetal pig dissection so I knew exactly what cuts and what the anatomy I was looking for would look like so not to mess up my pig for future labs and they were very detailed and helpful. In all the class and lab combined took me 17 days to complete with 89%, I was very angry with myself because it would have been a solid A if I followed youtube from the first lab and researched some of the questions better. After the 3rd lab I began to really expand on my answers and I think that's what they are looking for. Hope this helps you, take your time and look ahead on some of the labs, so you have everything needed such as lab print outs (I pruned out everything so I could write out everything first) and can assess how much time you need to set aside. I could get 2-3 labs done in a productive afternoon & would type out everything online after my kids went to bed.

Hope this helps