Georgia Baptist College of Nursing Fall 2015

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Hey Guys! I wanted to start at threat for those who have applied or been accepted to Georgia Baptist College of Nursing for 2015. I applied in October and was accepted last week. The reason I heard back so soon is because I have completed all of my prerequisite classes. Has anyone else applied or heard a response yet? If you all don't mind we could share our stats as well (Teas and GPA) that would be helpful to others viewing the thread. I applied with a 3.6 and a C on my teas. I was afraid that I was going to be denied but I think my essay helped out a ton. I was going to retake a class or my teas but they accepted me before I had to go through all of that. I hope to hear back from you all as we begin this process together. Thank you all so much and good luck to everyone.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Congrats on getting accepted to school!

There will be some more posters along to help you get the stats you want. Take care.

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Hi Coleduck, Did they send you an email or did they call you? I applied back in november.

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Hey there. They actually sent me a letter in the Mail. Have you heard anything from

them since you posted?

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Specializes in Psychiatry.

Congratulations on your acceptance! I am a current student at GBCN. You are correct - a stellar essay will make up for an average TEAS/GPA. If you have any questions, ask away!

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Thank you meeep for commenting. I read over the thread from your incoming class and gathered a lot of information. I read about a mentor program that I was interested in. Do you have more information on that? Also where do you recommend living? I found several apartments a few exits up from

the campus. Also any other information you think would be useful. Thank you so much :)

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Specializes in Psychiatry.

At orientation, you will have the opportunity to sign up for the mentor program. You will fill out a short survey about your personality, likes/dislikes, what you are looking for in a mentor, etc. This information is used to hopefully make the best match between both mentor and mentee, though there will always be outliers.

Most people commute to campus. I think the closest place you can get to campus whilst still remaining affordable is best, but we have people commuting from as far away as Macon and Kennesaw and are able to make it work. There is also housing available on campus, but the rates are a bit higher since the apartments are all-inclusive.

I would advise you to get your titers/immunizations out of the way before you start so you will not be scrambling to complete them later on. The Hep B series alone takes upwards of 6 months to complete, so the sooner you can start on it the better. Note: They will let you start classes as long as you are on schedule with the series, but you MUST keep up with it in order to remain compliant for clinical.

If there is anything you are curious about (schedule, curriculum, clinicals, etc?), please don't be shy! :)

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Thanks for the information once again. You are such a great source of information. What are the schedules like? When do you being clinicals? Also are the professors looking out for the students best interest? Do they want everyone to be successful?

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Specializes in Psychiatry.

You are welcome! For your first few weeks, count on being in class or lab pretty much every day 8-4 (+/- an hour here and there, but for the most part it's around that). Once your clinical groups are assigned, you will have one day a week that is your lab/clinical day and one day off. However, you will have clinical simulations scheduled on that "off" day at different times during the semester, as well as really needing that day to catch up on Pathophysiology/Pharmacology lectures (it's a hybrid class at GBCN, so you must watch the lectures online during your own time). So try not to get to used to having it off as far as childcare/work schedules go.

If you can afford it, I would not work at all the first few weeks of school. It is a BIG adjustment and you will be overwhelmed as it is. The first half of the semester is spent in lab learning all of your skills and assessments, so that you may hit the ground running when you start clinical as you will have already been checked off on everything. You have a community health clinical the second month of school, but clinical in the hospital will not start until mid/late October. Most of us went to ortho or rehab floors everywhere from Gwinnett Medical to Emory St. Joseph's to Piedmont Fayetteville, and everywhere in between.

If I could pick out just one thing GBCN excels at, it's their faculty. They TRULY want to see succeed and will bend over backwards to help you do so - as long as you are doing your part. They are extremely down to earth and welcoming though, and make themselves available at all hours, be it in person, by Facebook, or text message/phone call. Once the deadline passes, a Facebook group for your cohort will be created, and all of your professors are members. They're wonderful about answering questions or clarifying issues that might be slightly confusing re: certain assignments, etc. They are also really good about working with you when you have serious issues that come up. Trust me - anything that can go wrong will go wrong in nursing school! We had a few people with serious illnesses/injury, deaths in the family, etc, and the professors and the school itself have been very accommodating and supportive.

We have a pretty high retention rate, and I attribute most of that to an environment that is thoroughly supportive and encouraging from day one.

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You do not know how thankful I am to have you giving me all of this information. I am so very excited to being the program. I'm an ready to give it my all and being doing what I enjoy. If I think of addition questions I will let you know. Also I will keep you updated on my process. Have a wonderful Christmas Break. :)

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Specializes in Psychiatry.

No problem. Feel free to reply here or send me a PM if you think of anything else!

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COLEDUCK,

Congratulations!

Were you a transfer student? I'm considering Mercer and there are a few courses (Religion, Nutrition) that I've don't have because I'm transferring.

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