HCC Coleman Spring 15

NurseMeg91 · Oct 20, 2014

Hi, I also applied for the spring 2015 semester. Did you apply for the ADN or the LVN? I applied for LVN in September and I just got my letter yesterday.

gelibean · Oct 21, 2014

They didn't ask you to take pharmacology?

Rhimariexoxo · Oct 21, 2014

Hi! I applied for the ADN program, but still haven't received an acceptance letter. And congrats on your acceptance into the LVN program!!

gelibean · Oct 21, 2014

Usually they will send you an invite to take pharmacology the semester before starting. So in your case this fall pharmacology then start the program in the spring. You did not receive an email about it?

Rhimariexoxo · Oct 21, 2014

Yes I received an e-mail from Wanda January saying to sign up for Pharmacology. (which I'm taking now)

gelibean · Oct 21, 2014

Ok perfect!

let me give you the scoop. If they accepted you into pharmacology then you pretty much are in the program. You don't necesarily get a letter saying congrats you're in the program. As long as you are passing pharm, usually around November maybe early December, you will get an email about some of the requirements they want or need for you to complete (immunizations, cpr , background check etc). Then once the semester is over they will send an email informing you how to register for classes and when orientation will be. Usually during orientation is when you will have to turn your info by. Orientation is right in the beginning of January. Like january 2-4 and it's one day only.

This is has been the process in the past unless they changed it. So just go with the flow and try to stay on top of everything.

Rhimariexoxo · Oct 21, 2014

Thank you for replying! Yeah there have been nursing advisors coming into our class giving instructions on what needs to be done. Have you gone through the program or are you in it now? I'm trying to figure out if it's a good program and if people like it!

gelibean · Oct 21, 2014

I graduated in August. So I've been through the WHOLE experience. Trust me, you'll get an experience. But that's the way it always is in nursing school. Lol. However you feel how pharm is working out now, it's how it's going to be the rest of the way. I liked it because it was the quickest program to get into. It's non stop and you don't take break in between semesters unless you personally want to. You'll have your highs and lows but you can do it. The program will weed out the weak and the ones who can't handle it. In the beginning of pharm, it was 140 students. By the time I graduated, it was 45 students. People start dropping like flies throughout the program. Extra credit does not exist. So my advice is to get a group of buddies and stick together/keep each other in check. You'll be able to support each other

Rhimariexoxo · Oct 21, 2014

Congrats on your graduation! I'm sure you're going to be an amazing nurse! Would you say Pharm is one of the harder classes in nursing school? I find it a little challenging, but I think I might average a B, possibly an A. My class keeps getting smaller and smaller each time, it's kind of scary. But I love study groups-they are SO helpful! How were the clinicals? You always hear the horror stories about clinicals but are they really that bad?

gelibean · Oct 22, 2014

Thank you so much! It was very rewarding graduating after going through nursing school. There is so much work that goes into it. Personally, I was not sweating pharm very much. Then again I was only taking one class during that semester so I could dedicate some good time into it. I ended up with a B. Hhhmmm the hardest course... They are all difficult in their own way but I am cracked in pedi/OB semester, well really it was pedi that almost broke me. It's a good thing that they counted pedi 50% and OB 50%, so if you do bad in one section you can recover your grade with the other course.

ok the trick to clinicals is to go to ratemyprofessor.com and search the teachers that are available for that semester. Choose a teacher that has better reviews because it'll make the clinical experience better. I don't think my clinicals were that bad, except the first semester when I went to a nursing home. It was depressing because half of the staff would not care for the residents. It was sad hearing them yell, cry and scream for help but the cna would just walk past them.

Rhimariexoxo · Oct 22, 2014

Thank you for the advice! I love ratemyprofessor, but I wasn't sure if you could choose your nursing professors. And that is so sad about the nursing home, I probably would have cried. You have to have a really good heart to be a nurse, and if people don't care about patients they have no business being in the healthcare field.