Galen College

U.S.A. Kentucky

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Just thought I would start a new thread about Galen. Anything and everything Galen can be posted here! Please feel free to share, or ask questions!

I am still waiting on my acceptance letter, and am going crazy:bugeyes:! Hopefully, I will be starting July 27th.:yeah:

is there like a forum thing for Galen at San Antonio. Sure you talk about relevant things here but I cant relate lol. Like these inexpensive schools you talk about. Its very useful. Well ill keep on looking.

umm.. the money thing is one issue. I havent had a horrible experiance but not a wonderful one either. I am still weighin my options. Right now i stay at home w/ my son while my hub works during the day so the evening program has worked perfect for us. If i go to another school i'll have to go during the day and have to depend on other ppl to keep my kid. So i'm still tryin to decide if i will return to Galen for my RN. Galen is a school that excepts anyone and everyone. They need to go back to interviewing before accepting ppl. Like we just had a school threat last week. Some guy was going to do another Virginia Tech shooting on the students if the instructor didnt pass him.. And there is a lot of drama at that school. Its like High School all over!! LoL...The school seems to only care about $! Parking is HORRIBLE!!! But towards the end of the program your class will be a lot smaller, they seem to wheen a lot of ppl out. My class started w/ 62 and we will graduate w/ 30..Hope this helps a little.One good thing is the enroll new classes every 3 months, not much of a waiting list, like some other schools.. And i've heard if you are bridgeing over to RN ivy tech isnt hard to get into. So we'll see, Best of Luck to you all!!!

Hey Lauren! Don't get yourself worried over the CPAT!! It is ridiculously EASY! I am like you; just did 2 years at U of L and they wanted me to take it because my ACT and SAT scores are too old. My husband has been out of school since 1986 though, so I got online and found some CPAT practice tests and studied with him for about 2 weeks. NEEDLESSLY!! The question were so easy! The math was simple like fractions and decimals and stuff.

So if you do study the online CPAT practice tests, you'll be extremely overprepared for the test; but I guess that's not a bad thing. Good luck to you!

Thanks for the info CNicholsLPN! I guess when we get close to finishing our LPN at Galen, I will see how Ivy Tech is looking as far as the wait and admissions deadlines go. Good luck to you also!

Specializes in none yet!.

CnicholsLPN: do you have any idea why your class lost so many? Personal issues, Finances, partying too much, just couldn't handle the course load? It always makes me cringe to hear a program lost so many students.

Also, could you tell us how clinicals work? Will we be reqired to go to the facility the day before clinicals to pick our patient, and then write a careplan? Do you have any helpful information about clinicals for us?

Thanks!

Our class lost so many because ppl failed classes and had to fall back a quarter. We also picked up 6 students who failed the quarter before us and got held back to our class. Almost everyone we lost was because of grades, one for a pregnancy, and 1 or 2 because they didnt like Galen.

The day you go 2 clinicals your instructor will tell you how pt.'s you will have and what you will be doing w/ them. Usually at the beginning you dont really do much at clinicals, just your packet and maybe a care plan, nothing really hard. Clinicals aren't real hard, and the instructors help you through everything. Dont sweat over it.. Just keep your fingers crossed you dont get put @ Kindred. ITS NASTY THERE... HORRIBLE...i was lucky, never had to go there, but i've heard plenty of horror stories from other classmates..

Hi all! My husband and I went to Cardinal Uniform and got our learning lab scrubs today. I like the men's a lot better; their shirts are a normal length. Mine is really long with 2 big pockets. They are kind of stiff too. They are not bad looking though; nice color. It wasn't too bad, $63 for both of us to get a uniform.

Hey slmcdo05! Where is Cardinal Uniforms located? Also, is Galen's logo already on the uniforms or do they put it on and you come back to get them later?

Hi lasdrs07! We went to the Indiana location in Jeffersonville. There are 3 locations in Louisville also. The Galen logos were already embroidered on them, so were were able to bring them home with us. Let me know if you don't have the sheet with the store addresses and I will get my sheet and list the locations on here for you.

From what I've heard, you should also get your white scrub pants for clinicals there too, instead of on-line. The uniform that we get from Nanco online is optional for the pants. I think that their pants run around $20 and Cardinal uniforms sells them for $10. The main thing is that we get the white clinical shirt from Nanco online.

Nanco does have very reasonable stethoscope prices though.:yeah:

Thank you so much slmcdo05!! I live in Indiana, so going to the Jeffersonville location would probably be way easier for me. I didn't realize there was one in Jeffersonville. Did the sheet with the addresses come in our packet? If it did, then I'm sure I have it. If I don't then I'll ask you for the address! I found a stethoscope online for only $13. It's pink!! Haha! Thanks again!! :)

Hi again Ladsdrs07! I will send you a message on facebook. Just check your inbox when you get a chance. I am not 100% sure, but I think that you have to have the paper with you to get the Galen discount. We took ours with us and the lady gave us the price listed on the sheet plus another %20 off.

I got your message on Facebook. I replied back to you! Thanks for the info about the discount!! I'll be sure to take my paper with me when I go. Have a great weekend! :)

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