Are there any Oklahoma students on board?!

Rootbear76 · Mar 11, 2003

On this site http://www.osuokc.edu/prospects/facts.htm it says OSU-OKC has a 92% pass rate! That's excellent! If Rose State is lower than that, I'll probably go to OSU(it's WAY closer to me than Rose State). Thanks for asking the student in advance!

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rstewart · Mar 12, 2003

Hi there fellow Okies

I work in St Anthony's CCU and live in Edmond. Have fun in nursing school. lol

Cynthiann · Mar 12, 2003

Originally posted by Just_wondering
On this site http://www.osuokc.edu/prospects/facts.htm it says OSU-OKC has a 92% pass rate! That's excellent! If Rose State is lower than that, I'll probably go to OSU(it's WAY closer to me than Rose State). Thanks for asking the student in advance!

v

If I can recall, last year they said their pass rate was right under 90% (somewhere in between 85-90) at Rose State, but I'm not completely sure.

I've already told Marilyn about my plans, I'm going to apply to Rose for this fall so I can get working asap. I too am planning on getting my bachelor's (probably at OU) and also my master's to become a CRNA. Since I will need ICU experience anyways, it doesn't matter if it takes me a couple more years to get my Bachelor's.

stewart,

How is it working at St. Anthony's? I thought about it as a possible place to work when I graduate since I heard it's a good idea to work in a teaching hospital for my ICU experience. Actually my youngest son was born there and it's not to far from where I live.

marilynmom, LPN, NP · Mar 12, 2003

I bet St Anthonys is good. I do know that the OU Med Center is *not* a good place to work. My husband works down there and he said its pretty bad, most of the nurses hate it and they have a HUGE turnover in nurses.

That girl that goes to OSU was still sick tonight so I didnt ask her, hopefully she will be there thursday night

I thought about getting my degree from Rose but the only thing I didn't like or wondered about was why go through all that (unless you need to start working soon) is why go through 2 year of nursing school there (at Rose or wherever) and then have to do it all over (for BSN) again plus more pre reqs to get into OU Nursing School. Does that make sense? Or can you work part time right out of Nursing School? Someone told me you cant cause you have to do an orenitation process or something like that. Now if I knew I could work PT right out of nursing school I think I too would get my ADN and then the BSN (cause I could still go to school full time). But its still so much more time....

To go to school for CRNA you only need 1 year of ICU experience and from all those who I have talked to (there is a CRNA who works for Norman Reginal that I know somewhere) she said you just want to do your 1 year and apply, she said you dont need anymore than a year...they just want you to have some experience. CRNA Im interested in that as well or Forensic Nursing. I have heard Practitioners are being phased out slowely

There is so much info on Nursing sometimes its hard to get a grasp on it all ya know?

Marilyn

marilynmom, LPN, NP · Mar 12, 2003

I do know she said that the OSU OKC program is not hard to get into. They dont require as many points as Rose does so that is good. I think she said they either take 60 students a year or a semester which is not bad at all. Im not sure how many Rose takes? Cynthiann might know that one.

What hours is the OSU one? I wish they had more freakin evening classes, etc.

Marilyn

Cynthiann · Mar 12, 2003

On the Rose website it said 30 for Beginning track, 30 for career ladder (LPNs) and 10 for distance learning.

Marilyn, did you know that once you have all your pre-requisites and you are a RN it only takes 9 months to get your Bachelor's at OU? That's what I'm planning on doing. When I graduate from Rose I'm going to take a couple of classes each semester to finish the pre-requisites(I have them half done now for BSN). I also plan on finding a job with a Baylor shift (work 2-12s Sat and Sun and get paid for 36) so I have time for school. I prefer to get more than one year experience in ICU to make sure I learn everything really well. Plus I also need that time to save up some money since I won't be working while in graduate school.

Have you heard how it is to work at Presbyterian? I was considering there too since they have a NICU.

marilynmom, LPN, NP · Mar 12, 2003

Ya I had read that it only takes 9 months full time to get the BSN for OU after all the pre reqs. I was just worried how long it would take me to get all my pre reqs while working part time as a nurse (Im sure that is not easy but maybe its not as hard as I think I dont know). Crap maybe its actually quicker to get my ADN and then my BSN? But I dont know with kids and working PT as an RN and going to school full time to finish my pre reqs that seems like a LOT (for me anyways). Its enogh for me now to be going to school full time and not working. I'm sure you understand what Im saying, I know you have kids too.

Hmm Ill ask him about Presby. I know for CRNA school I dont think you can do NICU though, I think they want MICU and others but not NICU (who knows why but I did read that over on the CRNA BB here). I asked a Q over there as well about what exactly is so exciting about working as a CRNA but so fr no response. I dont want to to it just for the money, I would to have a job that I really really enjoy to ya know?

Have you put in your application yet? I'm excited for you! I think you will do great!!!

Marilyn

marilynmom, LPN, NP · Mar 12, 2003

Originally posted by Cynthiann
On the Rose website it said 30 for Beginning track, 30 for career ladder (LPNs) and 10 for distance learning.

Boy that isnt much is it? Im pretty sure she said 60 at OSU-OKC. I wonder how many people apply at Rose for the Nursing program? I wonder what all except points they look at?

Marilyn

marilynmom, LPN, NP · Mar 12, 2003

Im going to look up and see right quick whether it would be quicker for me to get my ADN and then BSN or to just get my BSN.

Im not sure why IM typing this, I am bored I guess.....lol

Marilyn

marilynmom, LPN, NP · Mar 12, 2003

OK for me (can you tell Im really bored tonight? lol) here is the difference:

With Rose:

*1 semester (this fall) for: Nutrition, A&P, and Micro

*Plus 2 years Nursing School

*Plus 2 year pre req to get into OU (like Chem, Spanish 1 and 2 which are 5 credit hours a PIECE ugh I am dreading that, Zoology, Statistics, Micro, Physiology (have to have Chem and Zoology to take that), West Civi, Non-West Civil)

*Plus 9 months at OU to get my BSN

-So that would be close to 5 years for all that

If I just stayed on track now and went straight to OU for my BSN it would only take me (3 years):

*3 more semesters of pre reqs

*2 years of Nursing School

So for me that 2 year difference would be my masters. Plus I am worried if I started working as a nurse before I am totally done with school I would probably loose my financial aid and that would not be good for me

What all pre req classes do you still have to take Cynthiann? When I type it all out like that it looks like so much....lol But I guess it is really not that bad. I am just dreading my summer classes...are you all taking anything this summer?

Marilyn

marilynmom, LPN, NP · Mar 12, 2003

From what I have read about going to CRNA school once you gt accepted you will get all kinda of job offers and if you accept one they will give you a stipend to live off os while in school. That is pretty groovy I thought!!

Marilyn

ok Im off to bed...lol

Cynthiann · Mar 12, 2003

I was looking at the website for the OU RN-BSN and I saw they had the list of additional requirements for those starting college after 1990. When I called up there a few months ago they never mentioned those classes needed as pre-requisites. I assumed that finishing your Associates in Pre-Nursing is all that is needed. Maybe I'll call them today and find out to make sure. At least I already have foreign language from high school.

Other than that I will have 21 credits left to take after nursing school. I plan on doing my Anatomy/Physiology separate so I don't have to retake it but I'm going to take Clinical Micro instead of Princ. Micro for now. And since the nursing program is not fulltime (12 hours) every semester I need to take a an extra class to qualify for my full grant/loans. So after finishing my ADN I will have Zoology, Micro, College Chem, Humanities and Sociology. That's enough to finish in two years with 5-6 credits per semester and no summer classes. By the time I graduate from Rose my oldest son will be in kindergarten and youngest in pre-school so that will give me the time to go to school. And as I mentioned before I am going to do Baylor shift so I can be home during the week with the kids. I think this will be manageable working weekends and going to school part time when the kids are in school themselves. Since I am trying to work Baylor which is only 24 hours a week I will need close to 2 years to get a full year of experience anyways. After finishing those pre-requisites I will then apply to the BSN program and by this time both my kids will be in school full time (1st and 2nd grade) giving me the time to go to school. At this point I'm not sure if I will work much, I'll just have to wait and see.

When I graduate from Rose my two main requirements when looking for a job is that I can get Baylor shift and they will help me go to school to finish my BSN. So that way even if I don't qualify for grants I can have my employer pay for my school. But if I absolutely cannot get tuition assistance (which I doubt) it would be worth it for me to pay for it myself.

About the NICU for CRNA school, I have read previous posts in the CRNA forum about people who have had classmates with only NICU experience. I think many schools may prefer adult ICU but on every school website I look at they only say ICU and do not specify NICU as not being acceptable or not. I should try contacting all the programs in Texas and find out how they feel about it to make sure.

Someone once told me that it is very hard to get into ICU here in OKC and usually it's people who have been working at the hospital already that get in. This guy was referring to a hospital he once worked at (I can't remember which one). So I'm wondering is it like that just there or all over OKC.

I was in your position not to long ago; trying to sort out all the information and find the best route to take to reach my end goal. My first plan was to do it the quickest way which was go straight for my BSN work a year, maybe two, and apply to CRNA school. I changed my mind on that idea more for financial reasons than anything else. If my husband made a lot of money than I would still do that (He's an orderly, not much money there). But since we are struggling to pay the bills (my left over grant and loan money helps tremendously with the bills but is still not enough) I decided to do it this way so I am not having the stress of bills throughout my whole time in school- BSN and graduate. Showing you my plan may give insight to another way of reaching that goal. But it greatly depends on your situation and what will work best with it.