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Ok, those of you be at the ready in case they call. They called SO many people last minute when I started the program, me included.
It's a definite long shot for me to get in this Spring since I've ONLY been on the waiting list for 1 year, but could you please tell us what they require in order to start. I'm desparately trying to locate my yellow immunization card, but will probably need to do something else. Someone else mentioned a CPR class...
You have to have a current CPR certification.
Vaccinations that you need are a clear TB test, that you will have to wait on though because it has to be within a certain # of months I believe. MMR, either proof or you can get the titer done, which I did. You need the whole Hep B course 3 doses. Tetorifice/Diphterhia, dated within 10 years. And then Varicella vaccine or showing seropositivity, meaning you've had it.
You'll need a doctors exam and a dental exam. The school gives you forms that need to be filled out, so you might have to wait on that. But id suggest getting any dental work done and out of the way.
Now something else they are doing, which we had to do before the start of the fall semester are background checks and drug tests. That is something you'll have to wait on as well.
I think that's it! But imagine being called the week of school, I know they let deadlines go beyond with the students just called in.
a little update: i emailed the grossmont nursing dept contact lady & asked how long the waiting list is & she emailed back to say that since my application was completed in may of 2005, that my "possible" start date would be fall of 2007 & that they hope to send me an invitation to the program at that time.
now, i don't want to get my hopes up, but do you think they'd even go as far as to say fall was my "possible" start date if it weren't more like a "probable" start date?
katilynn
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I've been on the Grossmont waiting list for a year and a half now. Estimated start date is fall of 2007...anyone else?? I mainly see posts from people in programs or people still taking pre req's. Looking for others in limbo here in san diego like myself.