college of new rochelle accelerated nursing program 2014

MurseJJ · Apr 11, 2015

Hello Everyone ,
I got accepted to the CNR accelerated Nursing program and was wondering if anyone who is already in the program can give me any insights on what the program is currently like. I was looking online and some of the reviews in 2010 was pretty bad pertaining to some of the professors. any insights would be awesome . Thanks in advance.

Congrats on your acceptance! I'm currently a student at CNR (not in the accelerated, though it's all the same classes/professors), in my second semester. So far, I have enjoyed the program, though it is a lot of work, as any nursing program is. If you consistently study, and do lots of practicing questions (NCLEX-style questions), you will do well in the program.

The professors I've had so far have been great (the one professor that was a little...difficult in personality retired). They are very approachable, and want to help you get through the program and be a well prepared novice nurse.

As you may have seen in my other posts, there is a new dean for the school of nursing, who comes from Drexel University, where he was a co-director of the BSN programs there. He has made a number of changes to the program to help students pass the NCLEX-RN exam at a much higher first time rate than the current pass rates (keeping in mind that the passing standard changed in 2013, which can account for some of the drop in pass rates seen, which are found in most schools).

In your first semester clinical course (foundations), you'll basically learn the fundamentals of nursing. Clinical will be at a nursing home/rehab facility, and you'll be doing things like vital signs, practicing physical assessments and interviewing patients for a health history, and assisting them with their activities of daily living (such as eating and toileting). In the second clinical course, you'll be in the hospital (I'm currently at Montefiore), and that's where you start to see and do a lot more. You will be allowed to administer most types of medications (except IV push), you'll do many of the skills and techniques you learned in the first semester (plus the ones you learn in the second), and you'll start to feel more like a nurse (though you'll still realize there's so much to learn and that you really don't know anything yet, haha).

Overall, I like the program, and think I made the right choice going to CNR. I work part time at NYP, and there are many CNR grads there. Many state that their CNR nursing education prepared them well to begin their nursing careers there. It's a lot of time and work, but as long as you put in the work, you'll be fine.

Feel free to ask me any specific questions.