Kingwood Quest Basic Track 2014

scavila10 · Dec 10, 2013

Hello,

I'm also applying for the Quest basic nursing program for Spring 2014. If anybody who has been through the program has had any insight, on this program please share!

scavila10 · Dec 10, 2013

Hey have you completed all your prerequisites for the program yet??

Jmon714 · Dec 14, 2013

I just finished my last prerequisite-- pharmacology. Did you attend an information session at the college? When I went, they couldn't tell me much about the program.... I'm hoping the labs are only once a month or so

Mal3Sm · Dec 31, 2013

I am also applying to the quest program. I hope the office is open tomorrow so I can turn in my application. I have been told that you go to campus one day a week for lab and you have clinicals another day of the week all else is online. I will be applying with 11.73. Hoping it is good enough. I will post after I speak to someone at the Kingwood office.

iamleeann · Jan 13, 2014

I'm currently in the Quest program. The website doesn't give the best information or much at all but the program works like this: you will go summer, fall, spring, summer. You will have assignments and tests throughout each semester - just like a regular class. You can get assignments done ahead of time, but you really can't work at your own pace, sort of speak. You usually get 2 weeks for a module - it is closed, and the next module is opened up. The class stays on a schedule, just as any other class would, your learning is just online. You basically have to teach yourself nursing concepts from the book. Then you go to lab for skills and clinical is to apply and work on those skills. I don't want to deter you, but it can be frustrating and the support you will get is limited. If you want to complain, just know and remember that you signed up for an online nursing program. The faculty and staff will remind you of that. For the first 3 semesters, you will have a clinical every week and labs (labs during the first semester are generally every other week and then for the next 2 semesters, you will have to go about 6-7 times total during the semester. Many of us in the program work. It is possible to work full-time but it isn't easy. There is a lot of information in such a short period of time. You have to be ready to change your schedule at the drop of a hat but I heard this is characteristic of most nursing programs, so just make sure your employer will let you off with short notice. It isn't a bad program and I'll be the first to tell you that I would choose this program again because they do try and work around your schedule (they just can't work around everyone's schedule). Most of the professors are very good and will help in any way they can. Hope that helps.

Angie:RN: · Jan 14, 2014

Hi Leeann,

i was just wondering how many people were enrolled in your class? Do you always study by yourself for the tests or you formed a study group? Did you have to submit all your documents to CertifiedProfile Background Check company? Is this program better than BSN? Did they interview you for this program? Do you have a dosage calculation test every semester? How realistic is this program? Can you work at least 32 hours each week while taking online classes? Do they have clinicals in the Med Center or mainly Kingwood area? Sorry that i have thrown so many questions, but I wanted to hear from someone who is already in the program. Thanks

iamleeann · Jan 17, 2014

No problem, here are the answers, hope it helps. There are currently 22 students in our class. We typically study by ourselves (a couple of us live out of the area and I am one of them - I live almost 2 hours away, so I typically only come in on mandatory dates). The nursing department professors do hold reviews at the end of the semester. We do have to submit to a background check through BON and we use the Certified Profile for our healthcare records (although we did have some issues with the system not uploading or rejecting documents). The program is an associates (ADN). If you have the opportunity to go for a BSN, I would go the BSN route. Quest is a second degree program, so you must have a degree in another discipline in order to be considered for the program. The program is funded by a grant and it has produced nurses that work in the field. We are the 4th class to go through the program, so it is a realistic program. It also scored highly on the grantor evaluation (yes, I looked it up). You can work at least 32 hours each week. I work 40+ hours and have a family. There are several people that work more than me and are still able to keep up with the program. I'm not going to lie, it isn't easy and it can be frustrating. After the first semester, I told my husband I needed to either go part-time or quit my job because it was a lot and it was hard to keep up but I didn't quit and kept trekking on. We were told that this campus usually stays to sites on the I-59 and I-45 corridors - which has been true during our time in the program.

iamleeann · Jan 17, 2014

And if you wonder why I live far away and chose this program, it was so I could work because giving up my job wasn't really an option for us.

sueall · Jan 17, 2014

Thank you so so much, Iamleean. I have been interested in this program for a while now for post-LPN but could find NOTHING about it anywhere! Your information is exactly what I needed to hear. As a very non-traditional second-degree student, I've been looking for a non-traditional, flexible accelerated ADN program. Sounds as if this one might work.

Jmon714 · Jan 20, 2014

Thank you for taking the time to respond Leann! Your comments make me feel so much better about pursuing this program. I also work 40+ hours and have a toddler at home. It will be tough, but you have given me hope! :) I can't wait to here if I made it in next month. I applied with an 11.9.

Jmon714 · Jan 20, 2014

*hear