2012 CCP Nursing program

U.S.A. Pennsylvania

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Hi,

Just wondering if anyone has received their acceptance letters for the fall 2012 program yet and if so how many points did you have?

We must learn IV stuff at some point. It looks like weeks 8 and 9 are when we cover that in lab. We might not do all of it in the first semester, but I don't see how we would get away with never doing it.

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My ACE instructor told us that we dont learn to start IVs. We talk about it, but she said we dont actually practice it, on each other or on the dummies. I hope shes wrong. lol.

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Just did some research and found out it's against PA state regulations for students to start IV's in the clinical setting. I guess it's an on the job training thing. If no other PA students are learning it, it's probably not a critical skill for a new nurse.

We could always take a summer phlebotomy class if we want to learn how to draw blood.

Oh, well...

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Yeah my ACE instructor told us the same thing. Its on the job training. I was curious as well. She said there are nurses in most hospitals who's job it is to draw blood and nothing else. I agree though, why would anyone hire you if you don't know how to do that simple kind of stuff but like you said maybe you can just go take a course. I'm liking it so far.The readings are crazy and I feel like I have no time to eat let alone shower and sleep..lol I'm still trying to get a system going to keep my sanity level in check.

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Hi. I was wondering if anyone could help me id really appreciate it! im currently a ccp student and i am taking all of the prereqs for the nursing program. i am appling this upcoming ocotber. last year i went to west chester university and i transfered my credits to CCP. i did get 1 F (i couldnt driop the class becasue i would have been under credits and would lose my housing there) and then one D but i retook the class and got a better grade.I know you can apply to the nursing as a CCP student and they will only look at your CCP gpa that you receive. but then i also know they look at how many fs and withdrawls you have and mayde Ds i am not sure. Since they are only looking at my CCP gpa does that mean they will not look at my f from another school or they will? HELPPPpp please lol ima confused girl lmao

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As far as being a transfer student I'm pretty sure it goes by your overall GPA not just your gpa in your current CCP courses. Whatever courses transferred over would be considered part of your GPA. All W's, D's, or F's will be considered for the points system however if you retook the class and got a better grade the better grade is what is considered. The way the nursing program acceptance works is through a points system. The maximum points you can get is 9. you can get a maximum of 4 points for your gpa. a 3.5-4.0 is 4 points, 3.0-3.49 is 3 points, 2.75-2.99 is two points. Nothing under a 2.75 will be considered. Then there is the Allied Health Test which is worth 3 points. You have to score a minimum of a 15. to get three points your score has to be a 21 or higher, 18-20 gets you two points, and 15-17 gets you one point. Then they take into consideration your W's, D's, or F's. If you have none in the last 2 years they give you two points, if you have one you get one point, and 2 or more get you no points. Normally it works out that they take all 9's and 8's. Depending on how many score in that range they will consider 7's, and so on. This past year the scores were lower than normal and I believe they took some 6's as well. You have to make sure to have bio 106 and chem 110 done prior to applying or take sts101 which is a combo course that counts for both. Without those classes they won't even let you apply into the program.

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thanks so much! yes well i got a D in psychology and then i retook it and im retaking the BIO now cause i couldnt drop it last year casue i was living on campus. is chem 110 equivalent to highschool chemistry? because they told me as long as i had a year of hs biology and a year of highschool chem iwas good. the classes that i took/takingnow are english 101 and 102, math118, sociology, a few electives, bio109, psych, cis103. im like extremely nervous lmao. i REALLY despertately want to get in. Im going to meet with someone for morer information about applying and deadlines becasue they told me that the earler you apply the better because they will start accepting people before others even take the allied health test. any tips/advice would be so great. like i know its going to be hard but i really want to do it.

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I'm sorry..correction...if you haven't had bio or chem in the last 10 yrs its a requirement to retake them. The earlier you apply the better it is. You need to attend the information session in order to get an application. They start mid October. If you go to this website: faculty.ccp.edu/dept/cst that is where you will find all the information about the nursing program. Click the link to Nursing and there will be an option for important dates and deadlines. That will tell you when, where, and what time the information sessions are being held. Once you send in your application they will mail you a letter with the date and time of your Allied health test. It consists of math and english. The test is very fast paced. You only get approx 1 min per question. Most of the questions are not hard but they want to see how quickly and efficiently your brain works. Once you take your test you will be able to get your results in a few weeks from a counselor. Based on your score you will be able to figure out whether your likely to get accepted or not. Acceptance letters go out in February. Try to get as many classes done prior to starting because 1 nursing course is 4 days a week and the amount of reading material is very overwhelming. Good luck!

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thanks so much for all of the info and help, so kind of you. and good luck in the nursing classes

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Hi Deucedst, I have a question for u. For me it seems that the reading a lot, I can't finish!!! how did you study for the tests? all the book reading, power points? thank you.

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Elevated BP, elevated HR, anxiety, headache, confusion...what could it be? Oh, these are the symptoms of having our first test tomorrow.

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So how does everyone feel about there quiz scores? I'm pretty happy with my grade.

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