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Anyone here attending nursing school at estrella mountain or have that as one of their choices? Estrella is my first choice and gcc is my second, but I just got on the waitlist this month!

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Will be starting at EMCC on the 25th block 3. Was a choice between GCC and EMCC, I chose EMCC, because I went to LPN there. How long is their waiting list to start?

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I was told by the nursing advisor 2 years, so we'll see! How do you like the nursing program there? I don't know anyone whose gone through estrella so I'm curious to know! I know it varies by semester but would you mind sharing with me what your class and clinical times are? Just trying to get a baseline for what to expect as I have two kiddos. I do hope my youngest will be in all day kindergarten by the time I get in but if the wait is truly only two years she'll likely be in half day preschool and I'll be relying on family members to help cover child care for us when I'm at school. Good luck in block 3!! I just keep hearing how hard nursing blocks are!! But I'm up for the challenge :)

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2 years, wow I got so lucky, did the lpn with no waitlist, worked for a couple years while finishing prereqs, applied for block 3 and got accepted within 2 weeks. Nursing school to this point has been challenging, I enjoy medical and have a background in it, so I found the prereqs harder than LPN school. However, I have no kids and do not have to work during school, so I am spoiled and have time for the studying.

The schedule for block 3 is pretty scattered, one week I go 3 days for 3-4 hours, some weeks I go 4-5 days with 2 clinicals in same week as well as 2 classes and a hands on lab. So schedule is screwy, lots of info thrown at you all at once, but still had classmates that had kids,worked full time and passed LPN,so it is doable. Sounds like you have a positive attitude and approach, so study and you should do fine

Good luck to you, I njoyed EMCC especially being a smaller school with the nursing classes and lab being confined to one area, no major rush between classes and few hassle.

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BTW, clinicals for this block 3 are on Sunday, saturday and Friday (at least for my group), Thank goodness not back to back at this point,so should have time to do a good care plan and paperwork, I am sure it will vary,depending on the block and difficulty getting clinical sites scheduled. 2 clinicals are downtown PHX, one site is more central west phx, so again not too bad, these clinicals are scheduled for 630-1830 I believe.

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Thanks for the info! :)

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Hi crispy critter, was just wondering how your nursing block is going!

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Going good, finished OB and PEDs,just started Medsurg. Passing so far, and clinicals have been good so far also. Any word on your start date?

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Going good, finished OB and PEDs,just started Medsurg. Passing so far, and clinicals have been good so far also. Any word on your start date?

Nope not yet, but I am contemplating doing the franklin pierce CEP through estrella, I'd be able to apply next May and could get in for next fall if that's what I happen to do! I want to visit the sim lab at estrella and see what it's like...I did the CEP info meeting at PC and wow, that building is so nice! I know it's a lot bigger than other colleges have but I'd just like to compare it to estrella and see what my options are. Glad your semester is going good so far!

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Specializes in Labor and Delivery.

Hi, I was wondering Crispycritter if you would recommend Estrella to other nursing students? I have heard some good and some not so good things so I'd love to hear from someone in the program there right now. Looks like this would be your last semester?

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Yes I will be finished with capstone and all done may 14, so almost there. Yes I would recommend estrella for nursing school. They have worked with me on a few issues, have good instructors. I know a lot of the CEP students and they like it also, there will be good and bad o matter where you go and depending on who you talk to. I also went there for LPN, so I knew what it would be like in advance. Hope this helps some.

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Also no matter where you go it is what you are willing to put into it, it hasn't been easy, but worth it. Good luck

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