Has anyone done LPN or RN programs at SVCC, Keysville, Va?

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Hello,

I'm looking into Nursing programs but I'm finding out that there are waiting lists. I'll be finishing up my pre-reqs in the Fall (JTCC) with the exception of A&P 2 which I will do in the spring of 2011. The LPN program starts their clinicals in the spring but the RN program will not have openings until the fall of 2011! I thought maybe if I got my foot in the door with the LPN program and get some experience that I could go the the transition program at JTCC(while working as an LPN) and get an RN job easier after graduation. Right now I run a small cleaning business and I really need to get out of it. (I'm 46 and getting older) Thanks for any help you all can give me!!:redbeathe

Let me know HLT 230 goes if you don't mind. I heard that it has a lot of Chemistry in it.

I wish you success in the program!:D Do you know where the clinical sites will be yet?

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Yeah, I'll let you know how it goes!

Which campus are you applying for? For the Daniel Campus the clinicals are either at Southside Community Hospital in Farmville, or at Halifax Regional in South Boston. For the Alberta campus its either South Hill or Emporia.

Good luck to you as well!

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I'll be applying at the Daniel Campus.

South Boston...that sounds far. I'll have to use google maps to figure the miles.

I'm only about 35 minutes from Farmville.

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Yeah South Boston would probably be far for you. I would say probably like an hour and half from Amelia...

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I am moving to the South Hill area soon and want to get into an RN program. I was wondering if you have to do an exit exam in order to graduate.

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Hi there,

I think to get into the program that you take the NLN test and to get regestered you take the NCLEX but I

don't know of a graduation test.

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Oh ok...Thanks!!! How long is the program if your already an LPN?

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I'm not sure at Southside. I know at John Tyler it is 4 semesters for their bridge program...LPN to RN.

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They all graduate at the same time, however the LPN's are able to sit out of a few classes and clinicals during the beginning.

After the fall semester, the LPN's join the rest of the students as one class.

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Thanks everyone!!

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Not sure where you got your info from but the applicants for the Spring and Fall 2011 RN students have not been picked yet. The applications for the spring 2011 semester are due between Aug. 30 to Sept. 3. The Fall 2011 is due sometime in Feb. You can still apply for the Spring 2011 and do A&P 2. If you don't get in one semester you have to reapply the following semester, so there is no waiting list. It is based on gpa and pre-reqs done.

I have attend both SVCC and Tyler. At SVCC (alberta campus) I was an A student and left during the first semester (still having an A in the nursing class) because I felt the teachers were not effective and I felt bullied not only by them but also some other students. I wasn't the only person being bullied, we went to the school and nothing was done. SVCC is also not NLN accredited, so your nursing credits will not transfer to many 4 yr universities, and they have one of the worst retention rates in the state while I was there, with only 5-12 students graduating from each campus, thats only a 17-40% graduation rate.

I'm also in Tylers hybrid program which rocks! I do all my class work online and only go in for clinicals and lab. You can't beat that if you are a self learner and motivated.

At Tyler I am a 2nd semester RN student and love it. I recently saw a girl that was with me in the SVCC RN program. At SVCC she was told to give up at mid-terms because she wasn't going to make during first semester and failed. At Tyler she is a thrid semester student in the LPN to RN program and graduating this Dec and is a solid B student. The program at SVCC is not harder, acutally I found that the SVCC tests were easier. The biggest difference in my opinion and in people who have switched from SVCC to Tyler is the instructors. I feel that the Tyler instructors are more considerate, professional, and better suited for nursing education.

Another plus side to Tyler is that their LPN to RN program follows consecutive semesters, so you go during the summer. It is also only on nights and weekends; which is better for an LPN because she can work during the weekdays.

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Thank you for sharing this. I still haven't made a decision on which school to go to. I am just taking pre-reqs right now at Tyler on-line. I was hoping to try the A&P online as well but wasn't sure how well I would do.

Thanks for the input. I was considering SVCC because the traffic was so much better.

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