College of New Rochelle Summer 2017

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Has anyone applied for the ABSN for Summer 2017 ?

No problem!! I don't mind answering any questions because a year ago when I was considering school I wish I had someone who was willing to give me some more information.

@Lari I am done with this semester first or second week of May and the summer semester begins first week of June for us. Professors are pretty fair, they will adjust exams sometimes if they see it fit. For example if a majority of the class got a certain question wrong then they will drop the question. Material given is fair but can sometimes be a lot. Just start studying early and do your practice questions because they will give you nursing scenarios, not straight forward questions.

@slsu Overall, the school is decent. I would give it a 3/5 because I feel like they can do much better on clinical placements and program organization. For the most part all of our professors have been very knowledge and pleasant which is always a plus. For the price you pay I feel like we should be getting a much more robust education. I think we all feel cheated and feel the school can do more for us but as far as content and professor wise, I think we are all pretty much content with that.

The negatives: The school is EXTREMELY disorganized, we get news very last minute so its really important to stay on top of your game. It is often very hard to get into contact with administration. Ms. Bimbo is the best at keeping in touch. The school is poor and its obvious. Many of the mannequins in the nursing labs on the main campus are broken or have limbs/body parts coming off of them. The equipment is very old and sometimes dirty. There is no fancy simulation like a lot of other nursing schools have. I think we have one simulation doll which is broken. The co-op city campus (where you will be for all semesters except for the summer) has no heat sometimes.

2) Scrub colors are royal blue, you will also need to purchase a white lab coat and white sneakers.

3) Summer semester was honestly complete madness. The workload (in my opinion) was impossible unless you slept very few hours a night, if that. We suggested for them to cut the credits for the summer down but I don't think they listened. Professors were great and tried their best to accommodate us since they knew we had a heavy workload (although we didn't always get out way).

Summer semester was June 27-August 5th

Monday - health assessment lecture from 8-4 (break from 11-11:30)

Tuesday- foundations of nursing from 8-3 (break from 11:15-12) followed by dosage calculation from 3:30-5:45

Wednesday-health assessment lab from 8-11:45, Pharmacology from 12:15-3:45, dosage calculation from 4-5

Thursday- Foundations clinical from 7-2, Pharmacology from 3-5:15

Friday- Foundations clinical from 7-2

(I pulled up my summer schedule so this is accurate)

You spend the first two weeks of clinical in the school lab then the remaining 4 weeks at your clinical site.One thing I hated was that we were watching a bunch of videos instead of actually practicing on the mannequins. It was annoying. For the amount of nursing students the school does not have enough equipment so not all 50 students in my cohort could use the mannequins at the same time, I remember us alternating between the mannequins and videos, which I thought was ridiculous.

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So sorry to hear that ladies. I am not surprised, as I said this school is very disorganized.

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I am honestly not too happy to hear about this. I am really hoping they give me the money back because they charged my credit card 300 dollars with no refund. I am considering other schools to be honest.

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@raspberry1 do students usually do poorly during the first summer semester then?

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Did they tell you that they will not refund your money? I'm looking at other schools as well.

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I will call tomorrow to follow up; they mentioned a wait list for the fall but I feel very disappointed how they manage things. YOU CANT email a student an acceptance letter and they tell them there are no seats. This is very unprofessional !!!

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I am just as furious, but everything happens for a reason @Lari24. I couldn't believe it, especially for a private school and the amount of money we are expected to pay!

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@raspberry1.Thanks for the great information that you shared with us.I have few questions for you.

1.Do the professors allows for audio or video recording?

2 Do they mostly go over the power points or they cover the topics in depth?

3.What do you really mean when you mentioned about school is lil disorganized?

4. Do the students study ingroups?

5. Do you read the textbook word to word to prepare for the class or test.If not, do you mind sharing how you do it or the most time efficient way of studying?

6.Do you mind giving me your personal email address to ask some questions if I have?

Thanks

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Thanks for all the info! I got an email today about orientation and an advisement session.

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@slsu well my cohort was the first in the new curriculum so I can't really say. But in my group we dropped from 50 students to 42 students. Its important to mention that the curriculum has been changed again for the incoming group. I have gotten a chance to see it and may say its way easier than what we had to go through (less classes/less intense). I think you guys will do just fine.

@rkp12

1) Every professor is different, some don't allow it but most do. I would suggest asking your professor about it the first day of school to make sure.

2) Again, every professor is different but most teach from a powerpoint done by the manufacturers of the textbooks. You are expected to have read the chapters before class so its not really an in-depth lecture. Its more of a chance to review and ask whatever questions you have about the content. Some professors take time to do a case study where you will apply what you learned in a nursing scenario.

3) The school is very disorganized mostly with notifying us about things such as advising or clincial clearence, course planning, registration. The professors themselves are pretty good its just the administration. So anything administration related is likely to be disorganized. It can sometimes be difficult to get in contact with someone and sometimes your emails go unanswered. If you run into problems the day you are supposed to register it is almost impossible to get a hold of someone. One example is last year we were only giving a short time to have our clinical forms renewed, without which a student is unable to register for clinical.

4)Yes, many students use study groups. I personally don't because I study better individually. Many people have found that study groups are only helpful if you have read and understood the material, that way when you get into the group its for a sense of clarity. Your classmates may have an easy way of understanding material that you can use for yourself.

5) Yes, I read the textbook word for word. I also use a lot of supplemental materials such as youtube videos for clarity. Some of my favorite youtube personals are simplenursing (Micheal Linares) and ResigterdNuseRN. I also sometimes read from 2 separate books because sometimes the book assigned for the course doesn't explain the material well.

6) I sent you a private message.

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Raspberry, thank you for that post. You made me a little less nervous about CNR after reading some of the other posts. I know it was mentioned earlier about where the clinical can be. Where have you done clinicals specifically?

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@raspberry1 Thankyou for your valuable time and response.

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