Lansing Community College 2016 role call

Hi SopranoKris, RN!

I'm sorry to change the subject a bit here, but you seem to be very knowledgeable about LCC and I was wondering if you knew what the NCLEX pass rate was for LCC when you were there? I appreciate all of your input on this thread.

98% of our class passed :) That was out of 64 in my class (we were split in to 2 groups of 32 after NUR 150).

Good luck to you guys! The waiting is the hardest part, it really is. I know the clock felt like it moved even slower until those letters went out in the mail. Can't believe they push it back so far in to June now. When I went through it, we had our first orientation meeting in May, letters arrived in April.

I do have to say that LCC prepared us well. I'm currently working on my BSN (will be done in December!) and the book we used for Health Assessment is the *same* book I have in my BSN course. And LCC gives you assignments in APA format, which is a huge help when you're doing the BSN. You'll also learn how to do PICOT questions using the CINHAL database. That really gave me a leg up on my BSN Assessment course

Hope you all get good news!!!

SopranoKris, I am so glad to hear that you feel well prepared from LCCs program. That confirms for me I've made the right choice! I'm anxiously awaiting June 1st.. Still feeling positive but I agree the waiting is the worst part ever!! Where are you getting your BSN through?

I'm doing Chamberlain's RN-to-BSN program. No clinicals required and no set time you have to log in during the week. I'm a night shift nurse, so many of the local RN-to-BSN programs just didn't fit my schedule (MSU, UM-Flint, etc.) If you do the Nurse Residency program at Sparrow after you graduate, they'll pay for you to finish the BSN

Wow that is amazing! Good for you! I hope to soon be on that path just awaiting getting into the program patiently! How difficult did you find LCC's program/how time consuming was it for you? Did you work a job as well? What were the class hours/clinical hours on a typical week? Sorry so many questions you are just the first person I have been in contact with who has been through this process!!

No problem, ask away! Someone was kind enough to answer my questions when I was a student, so I like to pay it forward

LCC's program is pretty rigorous. The grading scale is tough! When I went through it, you had to get a 78% or better to pass. Now it's been raised to 81% or better to pass. Which means, there's not much room for error. Your tests are typically 50 questions and quizzes are 20 to 25 questions, so you really have to know your content to do well. The hardest part of nursing school is learning to "think like a nurse" and there's really no way to explain it other than it's unlike anything you've ever done in school before.

Most courses, you study and then you take a multiple choice test where it's pretty easy to pass if you reviewed. In nursing school, all of the answers are technically correct. You have to figure out which one is the most correct based on the scenario you're given. It can be frustrating until you get the hang of it (critical thinking). You're really learning to apply what you know, not just regurgitate data. Does that make sense?

I did the 2 year full time program and did not work. I wanted to focus solely on school and keeping my grades up. I couldn't imagine working at the same time. About half our class worked during nursing school, most of them part time. There were a few who worked full time, but it was a struggle for them to keep up with all the studying.

The first course you take is NUR 150. It's not like any course you've ever taken. The first 6 weeks are the toughest six weeks of the program. I think they use that time to weed people out. You'll have lecture M & W, you'll have PA (physical assessment) on Tue & Thur. Then you have Skills Lab 2 times per week, plus PA lab 1 day per week. We only had Fridays off and that was it. After the first 6 weeks, you start clinicals. Once clinicals start, you may or may not have a day off. I ended up with Friday clinicals, so I had school 5 days per week...all for ONE class! Your clinicals are simply pass/fail, no grade. Same with Skills Lab & PA Lab. But just because it's pass/fail doesn't mean it's easy! It's a LOT of work, in addition to all the reading you have to do for Lecture on M&W.

I *highly* recommend getting a planner so you can keep all the dates & times organized for school and your assignment due dates. I made it through with a 4.0 in all my classes, except my very last course. Missed an A by 0.3 points. They do NOT round up. If you need 81% to pass and you get 80.99%, you still fail.

When I did clinicals, we had two 8 hour shifts per week. My former clinical instructor has students on my unit and she said they're now doing 1 full 12 hour shift per week. I think that's a good idea because it'll help teach you how to organize a full shift.

Let me know if you have any more questions. Always happy to help :)