Hi everyone! I noticed there hasn't been a topic started for CSUEB (Hayward), so I thought I'd get things rolling. I've already applied and thought it would be great for us to share stats and ask any questions we might have.
For my stats:
Paid Medical Experience: Over 550 hours
Science GPA: 4.0
Overall GPA: 3.7
TEAS Score: 85.4%
CSUEB is the only BSN program I applied to—everything else is ADN. Wishing everyone the best of luck! 😊
Yes @khazixlovr that would be great thank you, what your schedule was typically like ? I have two little ones, I am trying to gauge what my child care arrangements would look like 🙏
I would love to know what the schedule/clinical sites are like. I couldn't find any info on what the schedule looks like
First semester you have four theory classes which are:
Foundations of Nursing
Health Assessment
Pathophysiology
Mental Health
You'll also have a seminar class which is Community Engagement. You will only meet 3x per semester. For this class you will have to write a two-page photoessay.
And then your first clinical which is Mental Health. The schedules for this clinical are all held in the morning. Also, you won't start clinical until after a month you start the semester. It's split in two parts, so first half of the semester you're either gonna start in outpatient(community) or inpatient hospital. In the outpatient setting, you will get to practice all the therapeutic techniques you've learned in your theory classes, take vitals, learn how to do a mental status examination(MSE), how to start your Care Plan, and many more. All of the residents here are medically stable. In the inpatient setting, you're obviously gonna be in the hospital and see a wide variety of patients. My clinical site was in John Muir Behavioral Health in Concord and we rotated to four different units which were: Detox, Adolescent, Adults, & Peds. We were only able to rotate between three units but it was still a wonderful experience nonetheless.
First day of clinical will pretty much be an orientation. You might do badging, online modules, and a hospital tour.
The clinical sites we had last semester were
Inpatient: CCRMC, John Muir Behavioral Health Center
Outpatient: Woodrow (Hayward) BACS (Oakland)
For classes registration, you will be given a priority number on your orientation and for us, it was based on our last name. So if your last name starts with a Z you will be at the very bottom of the list and will pick last. (48th) But for second semester, it will be reversed. So the 48th person who picked last time will now be the first to pick. And don't worry, all your nursing classes will be reserved for you.
I would say Patho was the hardest class last sem. I managed to get an A but that's also because I studied sooooo much for it. It's gonna be packed with a lot of info. And you have Patho twice a week! Right now, I'm taking Pharm and it's kicking my butt. But it's only once a week thankfully (though the content is STILL a lot LOL)
But ALL of the instructors have been amazing so far. They are VERY VERY VERY accomodating and understanding of your situation. It's a great program and highly recommend it!
Yes @khazixlovr that would be great thank you, what your schedule was typically like ? I have two little ones, I am trying to gauge what my child care arrangements would look like 🙏
My schedule last sem was
Monday - Interventions lab (9am-12pm) (other schedule was 1-4pm)
Tuesday- Mental Health theory (0800-0940)
Pathophysiology (1000-1115)
Foundations (1315-1455)
Community Engagement (1515-1655) you'll only go to this class 3x per semester.
so Tuesday is your busiest day.
Wednesday:
clinicals (in patient) - 0630-1600 but sometimes instructor lets you leave early (depends on who)
outpatient - we went. 0900-1300/1400 again depends on the instructor
Thursday:
Health Assessment theory 0800-0940
Pathophysiology 1000-1115
Friday:
health assessment lab 0900-1200 (other schedule for this lab is Thursday 1300-1600)
@khazixlovr omgggggg pharmacology (pre-requisite level at that) about killed me! I think it's the only part of nursing school I'm genuinely nervous about LOL imagine how great you'll feel when you're done!
50% of me is telling myself we'll find out in the next few mins and the other half is saying we'll hear next week
its most probably going to be next week. from what I know they usually send acceptance letters in first half of the week (mon-wed) around 9-11am ish. so def look out for those times
Check your emails. It looks like acceptance emails are out! I just got mine this morning! Totally didn't expect Sunday email. So excited! Hope you all heard something as well.
Ljm
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I would love to know what the schedule/clinical sites are like. I couldn't find any info on what the schedule looks like