ECPI Orlando ABSN Program January 2018

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Hi everyone,

I was recently accepted to ECPI University's Accelerated BSN program in Orlando. I couldn't find a thread for this start date, so I was just posting to see if anyone else has been accepted or is planning on attending this program! :)

Specializes in Metabolic disease.

If I may provide a suggestion for those moving here from out of town. It's very easy to find a place in the Lake Mary area and be close to school, however, when you start clinical, they are not all located in Lake Mary. In fact, most are not (I believe only 16 spots are), most are in the Winter park/downtown or South Orlando area--and traveling to these areas from Lake Mary is very time consuming (tons of traffic). Remember that you will need to pick up patient information the afternoon/evening before and then be there at 6am on Fridays. Also, driving to Lake Mary from Maitland/WP is going against usual traffic and only take about 15-20 minutes to and from.

Consider Maitland or Winter Park areas close to I-4. This really will make your life easier. I'm a local and will be happy to help you identify a safe area to live, just let me know.

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Hey Happy818! I'm assuming you must be in the program seeing as you have a lot of useful info. Would you be able to tell me a little about what my schedule might look like each week? For instance, is it Monday-Friday every week? Are Fridays always our clincical days? Etc.... Any useful information you might provide would be much appreciated. Thanks!

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Specializes in Metabolic disease.

This was our first quarter:

M: Pharma 8-12, lab either 1-3:30 or 3:30-6 for the first 6 weeks of school, no labs after

T: Essentials 9-3

W: Health Assm't 8-12, lab either 1-3 or 3-5

Th: Patho 9-1, need to pick up patient info on Thurs afternoon once you start at the hospital

F: full day lab, 8-5 for first 6 weeks, then start hospital clinical 6:00-3:30

This could change, and we have provided feedback to the school on organizing lab time to be more efficient.

Q2 is:

M: Med/Surg 9-4

T: Public health clinical, only 4 days for the whole quarter

W: Topics 9-12, and Pharm Apps bi-weekly 1-5

Th: Public Health 9-12, pick up hospital patient in afternoon

F: hospital clinical 6-6:30

I will say the first quarter is crazy busy- don't expect to have too much of a life. But if you can keep your sanity and make it through, it does get much easier in Q2. I'll let you know about Q3 soon. ;-)

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Hello, I am current student at SSC and going back to school for nursing. I am almost done with my prerequisites and looking at what schools to apply to for RN/BSN. I was curious to hear from students currently in or previous students at ECPI Lake Mary, FL. Do you like their program?

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