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Hi everyone - I am new here but am starting at DNI in the night program in August. I saw some old feedback, and was wondering if anyone has some recent feedback?

The fight in the parking lot was with another 2 other companyies in the building. It was not a nursing student. Please don't park in their spaces! LOL!

Dr.* is excellent, but I promise you if you read and and try to understand the process it is so much easier. Does she still give a study guide? I heard they were not allowed to anymore. If not, I can give you mine.

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so tx starr how much homework am i looking at completing every night? How are the test/exams? have you done any clinicals yet?

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Specializes in Dialysis.

2 nights a week IS a lot if you have a full-time job. You have 2 lectures (one week of class) then you have a test. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Clinicals made me want to rip my eyeballs out, but they were required. They don't get many good sites because they are all taken by the RN schools in the area. We didn't even get a Peds rotation. Or psych.

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oh my. I do have a full time job and right now I am enrolled in Richland with 2 classes a week. I'm only taking Hist and Math and it's hard. I can only imagine what nursing school is going to be like. I am striving for the DEC 1st class which will be a Tues/Thurs class. They said clinicals may be all day Saturday or on Mon and Wed night.

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Oh man, I hope they don't take our Peds rotation away...it's on my schedule, and I eventually want to work in pediatrics, so I'm really looking forward to it.

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Specializes in Dialysis.

yep, our Peds clinicals were all virtuals, in the computer lab. I hope it has improved since then for you guys!

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Hi GeuxNurse!

Thank you for all of your advice in the past : ) School is going well.

Yes, they have changed soooo much and they are still changing alot. All the classes before ours won't feel much of the changes, but the one's going forward will.

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Hey yall whats going on at DNI they said they postponed the Dec 1 evening class to February and they said that the clinical was sunday instead of saturday. UGH!!!!!! This is crazy i have taken my test and every thing. Who goes to school on a Sunday?

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Specializes in Dialysis.

DNI students do, apparently. They gave the option to do double clinicals Sat/Sun for the first half of the semester then you'd be off the second half every Saturday. about half my class did it.

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seems like they are making a lot of changes...my class is apparently the first class to not get study guides for all the tests, and i believe we might get to be the first ones going to wear the new clinical uniforms (HOPEFULLY...i really do not want to wear all white!!)

i will warn potential students that the "drama and the unprofessionalism" does not always come from the students! most of my classmates are fine, though a little cliquey. i think some of the skills instructors need to get their act together, and though dr. * is funny she might go a little too far sometimes. she doesn't bother me, but some people are offended by it. however, she's an excellant teacher and she really wants everyone to actually understand the material, not just regurgitate, which more than makes up for it IMO. she definitely keeps everyone awake, even when the material is dry!

also, if you have any problems hearing i'd recommend getting your own stethoscope before starting vital signs. the one they give us is cheap and crappy (for 26k a year you'd think they'd manage more than a $15 steth.....), and a lot of people, including myself, couldn't hear a thing out of it.

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Specializes in Peds, Med-Surg, Disaster Nsg, Parish Nsg.

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Specializes in Dialysis.

wow 26k now? I graduated in January and ours was 18,5.

We had royal blue uniforms. Very clean and sharp looking. They switched back to white after us. I am a white scrub proponent; they are professional looking. And we are professionals.

Shout out to Steven Hicks! You da man! :yeah:

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