CSULA ABSN Summer 2021

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Hi Everyone!

This is a forum for CSULA's Accelerated BSN program starting June (Summer) 2021. 

Applications just opened & are due in January. I was surprised that there wasn't a forum already created so thought I’d create one so we can keep each other updated ?

On 3/30/2021 at 8:03 AM, RoadtoBSN_ said:

Hello! Thank you for your advice. I have another question for you, where we’re all of your clinicals located? I have to move to LA And I’m not sure where I should move because I don’t know where my clinical will be. Did you have multiple clinical sites?

At what point in the semester did you start clinicals? 
 

Thank you for your help! 

Great question, and I’m sure they’ll answer that better during orientation (which I might drop in on ? ) but from what I remember atleast for our cohort, our clinicals were always different sites each semester (rarely the same). You’re a class of 30 and each site can mostly only take 10, so you’re going to divide your class into three groups each time (which you as a class decides on, not --------------------). In addition, you gradually carry on more clinicals a week- Summer is 1 clinical a week, fall is 2, Spring is 3 etc. Some of our sites included Kaiser (Woodland Hills, Baldwin Park), LAC USC (if you want trauma, this is the place for you), Cedars Sinai, Keck USC, Gateways, BHC Alhambra, Huntington Hospital, Children’s Hospital LA, Valley Presbyterian, Keck Verdugo Hills, and Pasadena Health Dept. So to answer your question on where to live- well it’s hard to know that now since you don’t know where your clinicals are (but when you’re deciding as a class on how to divide your groups, you can always mention that you want a clinical site in proximity to where you live. People may prioritize location sometimes and that’s okay). And clinicals start right when you start the program, so get those health paperwork items ASAP so that everything goes smoothly ?

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^ in addition: these are only sites our cohort had. Other cohorts may or may not have had the same sites. But the ones that are almost always constant are: LAC USC, Cedars, Huntington, and Children’s.

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36 minutes ago, etchensketch said:

Great question, and I’m sure they’ll answer that better during orientation (which I might drop in on ? ) but from what I remember atleast for our cohort, our clinicals were always different sites each semester (rarely the same). You’re a class of 30 and each site can mostly only take 10, so you’re going to divide your class into three groups each time (which you as a class decides on, not KH). In addition, you gradually carry on more clinicals a week- Summer is 1 clinical a week, fall is 2, Spring is 3 etc. Some of our sites included Kaiser (Woodland Hills, Baldwin Park), LAC USC (if you want trauma, this is the place for you), Cedars Sinai, Keck USC, Gateways, BHC Alhambra, Huntington Hospital, Children’s Hospital LA, Valley Presbyterian, Keck Verdugo Hills, and Pasadena Health Dept. So to answer your question on where to live- well it’s hard to know that now since you don’t know where your clinicals are (but when you’re deciding as a class on how to divide your groups, you can always mention that you want a clinical site in proximity to where you live. People may prioritize location sometimes and that’s okay). And clinicals start right when you start the program, so get those health paperwork items ASAP so that everything goes smoothly ?

Thank you so much for such a detailed response! It would be awesome to meet you and thank you in person at orientation haha. Quick follow-up question, which days do clinicals typically fall on? And how soon into the Summer would we start with clinicals? 

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2 hours ago, ultimatefrijol4 said:

Im curious, for those of you who were accepted, has she given you a deadline to commit to the college?  I am on the waitlist and I am trying to figure out when she plans on finalizing the cohort.  Thanks!

I think I got my acceptance a bit later than the others (3/25), and I was told to respond by 3/29. Not sure if others got it around the same time/after or if they're just not on this forum.. hope this helps! 

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On 3/30/2021 at 5:16 PM, nurseala said:

Thank you so much for such a detailed response! It would be awesome to meet you and thank you in person at orientation haha. Quick follow-up question, which days do clinicals typically fall on? And how soon into the Summer would we start with clinicals? 

I think ------------------------- tries to schedule lectures Mon-Wed then clinicals Thu-Fri (and maybe a weekend day). And if I remember correctly, it was only a few weeks into starting the program that we actually started clinicals...

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On 3/30/2021 at 4:37 PM, etchensketch said:

Great question, and I’m sure they’ll answer that better during orientation (which I might drop in on ? ) but from what I remember atleast for our cohort, our clinicals were always different sites each semester (rarely the same). You’re a class of 30 and each site can mostly only take 10, so you’re going to divide your class into three groups each time (which you as a class decides on, not KH). In addition, you gradually carry on more clinicals a week- Summer is 1 clinical a week, fall is 2, Spring is 3 etc. Some of our sites included Kaiser (Woodland Hills, Baldwin Park), LAC USC (if you want trauma, this is the place for you), Cedars Sinai, Keck USC, Gateways, BHC Alhambra, Huntington Hospital, Children’s Hospital LA, Valley Presbyterian, Keck Verdugo Hills, and Pasadena Health Dept. So to answer your question on where to live- well it’s hard to know that now since you don’t know where your clinicals are (but when you’re deciding as a class on how to divide your groups, you can always mention that you want a clinical site in proximity to where you live. People may prioritize location sometimes and that’s okay). And clinicals start right when you start the program, so get those health paperwork items ASAP so that everything goes smoothly ?

First of all, you are amazing. Thank so you much for taking the time to help us figure this out. Seriously thank you. One LAST question haha, how often do you switch clinical sites? Like if I start at Woodland Hills, can I finish there or do we switch clinical sites often? I'm trying to figure out if moving is worth it if we will just switch clinical sites only a few weeks later. 

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3 hours ago, RoadtoBSN_ said:

First of all, you are amazing. Thank so you much for taking the time to help us figure this out. Seriously thank you. One LAST question haha, how often do you switch clinical sites? Like if I start at Woodland Hills, can I finish there or do we switch clinical sites often? I'm trying to figure out if moving is worth it if we will just switch clinical sites only a few weeks later. 

You’re assigned the clinical site for the duration of that semester, so again for example: I was at Kaiser Woodland Hills for Nursing Fundamentals in the Summer, then at Cedars for Med Surg 1 and Huntington in Pasadena for Psych. Unless it’s Spring semester then you’re at your assigned Advanced Med Surg site (LAC USC for me) for the entire semester and then you have Peds for the first 5 weeks then OB for the last 5 weeks. Peds, OB, and Public Health are the shorter clinicals (in duration) whereas Med Surg are the longer ones. You usually change sites each semester depending on availability. In rare occasions will you have the same clinical site again in the following semesters, though it does happen. For example for me I was at LAC USC for Advanced Med Surg (they have an excellent ICU rotation), Public Health, and OB. But that’s only because at the beginning of the surge LAC USC was one of the only sites accepting nursing students at the time. I’m sure it’ll be better availabilities for you guys ? Hope that helps!

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Is anyone still in the process of deciding to accept their admittance to the program or not?  I’m wondering if y’all might open up the waitlist for me ??

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1 hour ago, ultimatefrijol4 said:

Is anyone still in the process of deciding to accept their admittance to the program or not?  I’m wondering if y’all might open up the waitlist for me ??

LOL im on the waitlist too!! did you get any email updates yet?! 

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Anybody know next steps after getting admitted ? Are we just waiting for an email? 

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I checked my GET just now and it no longer says complete but admitted. Thought you guys would want to know. Also I called castlebranch cause I also bought it before the new cohort was created for it and they told me to call them back once it's been created. All documents are transferable so I've been uploading them and they're getting reviewed and completed.

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On 3/26/2021 at 9:54 PM, papasfritas said:

The link is probably deep in the thread but here is the fb group for this years cohort: https://www.facebook.com/groups/879810226174312/?ref=share

@papasfritasThank you for sharing this link!!

I just sent the request to join the group, would you kindly tell the group admin Adrienne to add me in? It's Xander Xu

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