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For all of you RN's and future RN's what was/is the size of the school your getting/got your degree in? How many spots were there to be had each semester? Were you waitlisted, and for how long? What did you end up doing in the meantime?

At my university, its 11,000 students. The college of nursing has 40 spots open each semester. How many students do you think are going to be going after those spots?

Also, I will be doing a 4 yr program to be an RN. While on that course, can you a CNA and if so, how do you become one? And can you do that while in the first 2 years?

I'm sorry I'm asking so many questions. Just trying to get my ducks in a row.

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Specializes in Pulmonary med/surg/telemetry.

My school has 10,000 students. We have both full-time and part-time nursing tracts. The full-time has 48 spots open two times per year and part-time has 22 once a year. I don't know how many apply for each one, but I am entering the PT tract and it will have been a 2 year wait for me. It's about a 2 semester wait for the FT tract.

At my school you are eligible to test for your CNA after your first FT semester (or 2nd semester PT) which covers "Fundamentals of Nursing."

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Specializes in ICU/CCU, Home Health/Hospice, Cath Lab,.

I got my degree at a community college - not sure of the student size but probably less than 10,000. Wait time could be none(I got in first time I applied - but had 4.0) to 3 or more months. They accepted 20 students a quarter to start the program (7 quarters). If you were an LPN you could join in quarter 4 and go on to your RN (amount that could join I guess would be up to the 20 class limit size.

We started with 20. 1 quit before class even started so down to 19. Lost 4 the first quarter (15). Lost 5 the second quarter (10). Lost 5 more 3rd quarter (5). Gained 3 in 4th quarter and lost 2 (6). Graduated with 6 in my class.

You could get your CNA after the first quarter - graduating from 1st quarter gave you a cna license (not sure if you had to test afterwards - I remember getting a certificate that said I was now a licensed CNA)

Hope that helps

Pat

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