Eastwick College or Jersey College? Bridge program

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Members are discussing the accreditation of the LPN-RN program at Eastwick College, with some confusion about the difference between accreditation by the Board of Nursing (BON) and regional accreditation. Some members express concerns about the program not being specifically accredited for nursing, while others share study resources and advice for those starting the LPN-RN bridge program. There is also discussion about class schedules and experiences at the school.

Hi has anyone tried out eastwick college in nj or jersey college in teterboro for the RN program? I am trying to figure out which would be the best to go to?  

hadeskitten said:

Do they call him Noli? Does he always ask the class "What.. else??" Noli left for awhile and then came back but I swore he came back to Ramsey Campus. If he is who I am thinking of, his tests are always really hard and it is very much like you said. He is a very very good clinical instructor tho.  

 Students *should* be able to review their exams or go over the big questions missed (providing there isn't students that haven't taken that exam). This should be done during their office hours, but as alums can tell you.. most professors won't keep office hours. You can take it up with the director and if she won't, then try Dr. G. Best of luck to you! 

No they don't call him that. This is first term so that's what he said his name is. First Name niel. And he does does say " what else" 

We complained to nurse director thats why I think we were able to go over our second test. Nothing else. He is hard teacher, no reviews and  no pinpoints. And he always put things we never went over. It's crazy with this class.

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hunbun said:

OMG this is so crazy I just happened to check my email and saw this when I had clinical with him today ??? he's not Noli but people say he reminds them of him. from the way @Maria30 describes it I'm glad I don't have him for lecture. clinical with him is more than enough. my cohort is broken into three groups with different teachers and my group with him as instructor does the MOST work. I'm talking he has us there from 2p-6:30p doing 5pm med pass and of course he would quiz you before giving the meds. we have to submit a typed head to toe on our patient. and today at post conference he had us present our head to toe then prompted us to do care plans like on the spot. so glad we just have one more clinical in this term left ??

Yeah he's bad. We do care plans in our class too. And he always want to do lecture before exam, like sir please don't confuse us with all the18 topics we have to remember for exam

hunbun said:

OMG this is so crazy I just happened to check my email and saw this when I had clinical with him today ??? he's not Noli but people say he reminds them of him. from the way @Maria30 describes it I'm glad I don't have him for lecture. clinical with him is more than enough. my cohort is broken into three groups with different teachers and my group with him as instructor does the MOST work. I'm talking he has us there from 2p-6:30p doing 5pm med pass and of course he would quiz you before giving the meds. we have to submit a typed head to toe on our patient. and today at post conference he had us present our head to toe then prompted us to do care plans like on the spot. so glad we just have one more clinical in this term left ??

Everyone is saying they don't want him as a teacher again. It's bad when your arguing with both groups of class because of your exams and the back and forth

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Maria30 said:

Yeah he's bad. We do care plans in our class too. And he always want to do lecture before exam, like sir please don't confuse us with all the18 topics we have to remember for exam

Everyone is saying they don't want him as a teacher again. It's bad when your arguing with both groups of class because of your exams and the back and forth

 This is a known problem with this college. It is hit or miss with instructors. We had one that legit made us all feel like garbage about ourselves all of the time. She was very snide. Her exams were very also very difficult. Lots of people complained about her too and lucky she's not there anymore. 

Do you guys actually go to clinical sites now??

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hadeskitten said:

 This is a known problem with this college. It is hit or miss with instructors. We had one that legit made us all feel like garbage about ourselves all of the time. She was very snide. Her exams were very also very difficult. Lots of people complained about her too and lucky she's not there anymore. 

Do you guys actually go to clinical sites now??

No clinicals yet. This our first class for the term. Next class will be pharm

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I'm in term 5. this was our first term with in person clinicals. we started going at wk 6 our last wk is 10. then have finals for wks 11&12. we went to new bridge bergen medical center. we were limited to two floors. long term vent unit and I think a locked behavioral unit on the 4th floor. it's literally a joke I feel like I'm working for free and even worse neil's group is the only one that actually does work. the other groups just observe and leave early LOL smh but I'm glad this is our last term then NCLEX prep. 

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hunbun said:

I'm in term 5. this was our first term with in person clinicals. we started going at wk 6 our last wk is 10. then have finals for wks 11&12. we went to new bridge bergen medical center. we were limited to two floors. long term vent unit and I think a locked behavioral unit on the 4th floor. it's literally a joke I feel like I'm working for free and even worse neil's group is the only one that actually does work. the other groups just observe and leave early LOL smh but I'm glad this is our last term then NCLEX prep. 

   Man that sucks. I am sorry. I am surprised that they got you guys in there. I wonder if that is because our cohort complained about the lack of in person clinicals. 

     I get the working for free part. You guys aren't learning any RN skills at all, just using your LPN skills? Good news at least  you can put it on your resume under your clinical experience and when you are asked at interviews you can refer to it and it sounds better. It might help if you want to go into peds at all since new bridge is the only hospital in the area that has a psych unit for adolescents. 

Keep me updated and if you need help, feel free to reach out! The Capstone is pretty breezy IMHO with the exception of Concepts 2 (its a lot of leadership) and Leadership. 

As far as I am aware, almost all of my class has passed their NCLEX and there were 28 +of us. A few are still waiting to test because of the ATT situation but I am not worried about them. The ones I was worried about already passed. haha. 

 

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hunbun said:

I'm in term 5. this was our first term with in person clinicals. we started going at wk 6 our last wk is 10. then have finals for wks 11&12. we went to new bridge bergen medical center. we were limited to two floors. long term vent unit and I think a locked behavioral unit on the 4th floor. it's literally a joke I feel like I'm working for free and even worse neil's group is the only one that actually does work. the other groups just observe and leave early LOL smh but I'm glad this is our last term then NCLEX prep. 

That amazing your almost done. But clinicals does seem.like a joke. Long term is different than hospital setting, but at least your almost finish. congrads

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hadeskitten said:

@SRpn21 and  @hunbun How did the rest of your term go??

Hi!!

I'm looking to get into this school, actually I already spoke to admissions and I have schedule the fundamentals test next Friday, BUT after I reading this trend I have doubts, I know there is no perfect program and I'm very interested in this one because I heard I can have class  only 1 or 2 days at most and it works for me that way, I am disappointed about not learning that much skills as I already work in long term. I don't think there is another program that offers only 2 days for 18 months, right ? Plus, I am planning to get some prereq online as ACE credits and I can save also money (like 31 credits) since I don't have any pre reqs 

I'll appreciate any advice and I wish you the best in this hard journey, I may be there soon too, 

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luvallejoc said:

Hi!!

I'm looking to get into this school, actually I already spoke to admissions and I have schedule the fundamentals test next Friday, BUT after I reading this trend I have doubts, I know there is no perfect program and I'm very interested in this one because I heard I can have class  only 1 or 2 days at most and it works for me that way, I am disappointed about not learning that much skills as I already work in long term. I don't think there is another program that offers only 2 days for 18 months, right ? Plus, I am planning to get some prereq online as ACE credits and I can save also money (like 31 credits) since I don't have any pre reqs 

I'll appreciate any advice and I wish you the best in this hard journey, I may be there soon too, 

There isn't any perfect school. Yes class is only one or two days depending on pre requirements completed before admitted.

They don't except any pre req after admission so do them before.

Class is rough due to loads of topics your learning in less than 2 wks. 

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Maria30 said:

There isn't any perfect school. Yes class is only one or two days depending on pre requirements completed before admitted.

They don't except any pre req after admission so do them before.

Class is rough due to loads of topics your learning in less than 2 wks. 

Do u live in jersey 

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Thank you for the reply, Yes, I'm NJ, 40 min away from the school 

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luvallejoc said:

Thank you for the reply, Yes, I'm NJ, 40 min away from the school 

Same here.

Maria30 said:

Same here.

I'm in jersey 40 to 45mins as well

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