Dominican College ABSN / WABSN program 2020

[DayWall]

Hello everybody!

I recently applied to Dominican College WABSN 2020 and would like to meet current applicants, current or former students. The weekend program is very convenient for working adults, that is the main reason why I chose it. However, there are no reviews about this program, I would like to read about others experience and thoughts about the school/nursing program in general.

Everybody is welcome to this post, let's share our experience through this process.

Thanks!

[FutureDNPSM]

Oh okay! I am not in the weekend program.  I am in the ABSN 1 year program. Maybe someone from the weekend program will respond! Good luck. 

[DMedeiros1975]

On 1/21/2020 at 11:15 PM, Heena Shaikh said:

Hi!

I took my class at Doane. It was completely online thought their Open Learning Platform. It was definitely manageable with some time management.

Here is the link: https://www.doane.edu/open-learning/get-started

Good luck!

Heena

Hi Ladies!  Did you start the weekend program already for 2020?  I plan to start next year.  I am in the early stages of applying for FAFSA, taking the TEAS and figuring out where to take the last pre-reqs.  Any advice would be wonderful ?

 

[DMedeiros1975]

Hi ladies,

Do you know if you are able to sit for the NCLEX once you've completed the WABSN program?  The Dominican website isn't very clear and I thought that I had asked this question when I first contacted the school...  This is what the website says:

"All four nursing programs are staffed by credentialed experts with advanced nursing degrees who will prepare you to take the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) (Traditional and ABSN students only)."

[Caytee]

On 9/21/2020 at 9:40 PM, Ana123 said:

Hey it's been pretty busy! The Summer was mostly online on zoom and now we're coming to campus and even starting some hospital clinicals. Maybe it's because of covid but communication to us was and is still pretty messy. The professor's are mostly great though and we're learning alot! Overall our grades are really good and we've only lost a few people. The sim lab is super cool. 

I asked the class and 1 person said "beware" and another said "it has been adventurous" LOL probably because of the communication issues

I'm a bit late LOL but thanks so much for your response! I have applied and am currently waiting on an admissions decision.

[Inovus]

DMedeiros1975 said:

Hi ladies,

Do you know if you are able to sit for the NCLEX once you've completed the WABSN program?  The Dominican website isn't very clear and I thought that I had asked this question when I first contacted the school...  This is what the website says:

"All four nursing programs are staffed by credentialed experts with advanced nursing degrees who will prepare you to take the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) (Traditional and ABSN students only)."

Did you happen to find out this answer? I also find that it is very ambiguous.

[Heena Shaikh, BSN, RN]

Inovus said:

Did you happen to find out this answer? I also find that it is very ambiguous.

Hi the answer is YES you can sit for the NCLEX and receive your license. It doesn't seem ambiguous to me as they mention they are credentialed and will prepare you to sit for your license. I graduated from there last year. Hope this helps. 

[Inovus]

Heena Shaikh said:

Hi the answer is YES you can sit for the NCLEX and receive your license. It doesn't seem ambiguous to me as they mention they are credentialed and will prepare you to sit for your license. I graduated from there last year. Hope this helps. 

Thanks for the answer! The wabsn page didn't have any mention of the NCLEX and it got me a bit worried. 
 

As a graduate from the WABSN program, what is your opinion on this program? Just trying to get some insight about the workload because I am working full time at the moment. 
 

Thanks again!

[Sansan]

Hello, 

 I am trying to collect more information about the Week end accelerated program at Dominican College of NY  Please  tell me about the classes ? are they one at the time or 3 classes at the same time.  what is the  passing graded for nursing classes ? How  many hours of clinical per week ?  how long is each class. 

Thank you.

[Caytee]

Inovus said:

Thanks for the answer! The wabsn page didn't have any mention of the NCLEX and it got me a bit worried. 
 

As a graduate from the WABSN program, what is your opinion on this program? Just trying to get some insight about the workload because I am working full time at the moment. 
 

Thanks again!

Hi most of my class worked full time & I would say it's very doable to work fulltime & be successful in the program. If you schedule time to dedicate to studying you'll be fine.

Sansan said:

Hello, 

 I am trying to collect more information about the Week end accelerated program at Dominican College of NY  Please  tell me about the classes ? are they one at the time or 3 classes at the same time.  what is the  passing graded for nursing classes ? How  many hours of clinical per week ?  how long is each class. 

Thank you.

You take multiple classes at one. The course sequence is on the website. First year you take 3 classes at once per trimester. The second year you take 2 at a time per trimester.