Lehman College Fall 2020 Admissions

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Hi!

This thread is for people who plan to apply to the Lehman nursing program of accelerated (Summer 2020) or generic (Fall 2020) Wish you all the best of luck! Let's keep us all motivated!

3 hours ago, kil park said:

HI, Amberrae

Really Congratulations!

How was the online classes ? I can not imagine to study nursing and without clinical at first semester for the new bees. If it is online.

How the professor r teaching? Did they just upload power points ? Were they generous for the grades in pendemic?

U guy exampted clinicals for the last semester?

Thx

Thank you!

Online classes weren't hard for me. But as I mentioned to another user, I've taken several before so I was used to them. The only thing we did differently was have live classes and presentations on Zoom or Blackboard collab. For my previous online classes, we only did blackboard posts, essays, and exams. A lot of us had technical difficulties during presentations which made everything more stressful than it needed to be. Online classes may be a little more difficult if you live in a place with a lot of distractions. That can make it harder to take exams and pay attention during live lectures. But it can be done.

The professors were okay overall. There are some gems, and there are some that just read off of their slides. It's a mix. Some were generous during the pandemic when it came to grading things like presentations. But they weren't generous when it came to the HESI, final exams, and final papers. Whatever you got, is what you get. I hope the juniors had a better experience LOL. They may be easier on you because you're new.

The New York State Department of Education allowed us to graduate without finishing in-person clinicals because we only had 80(?) hours left. The Chairperson of the program had to submit a letter of what we'd be doing instead of clinicals, and the NYSED had to approve of it. Instead, we did case studies, made wellness calls to seniors, had virtual simulation clinicals, and some people did virtual presentations. The juniors did the same thing and I think that counts for their clinical experience for Spring 2020. I'm not sure what will be done for you guys.

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7 minutes ago, SandraAk said:

Thank you so much for taking your time to put this information for us out here. Congratulations to you and wishing you all best as you start your nursing career .

I applied to college of mount saint vincent nursing program and got accepted already,I haven't paid the acceptance fee cos I am waiting to hear from Lehman before deciding. With all you have said, I am beginning to see reasons with my husband when he said to just accept the offer from CMSV that cheaper tuition doesn't mean the program will be better because kept complaining of the misinformation from Lehman nursing department.

Are there people here who applied to other schools and if yes would you choose the other schools if accepted over Lehman college and why.

I didn’t apply anywhere else which I truly regret. I gave birth in February and then Covid hit so I was dealing with the pandemic and a newborn. I’m really hoping to get into Lehman so that my process isn’t delayed. I will not be waiting an entire year so I don’t know what I will do actually if I do not get in. I’m just thinking positively at the moment.

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3 hours ago, rasaan ogilvie said:

Hello Amberrae and Buchkill,

Thank you very much for supplying (or offering to supply) amazing information about the program. I had a quick question about the dosage exam. What was the difficulty level? I'm finding banks of questions online and I am trying to gauge the difficulty level of the questions. Also, when do you think it will be administered? Late June? Early July?

Thanks!

I'm really bad at math but I managed to get a 100. I would say the difficulty was a 3/10. We didn't use calculators which made it a little more difficult. Study the practice questions they give you in the orientation packet. That's all I used. I just practiced them over and over, and studied with a friend. Dosagehelp.com has a lot of practice questions you can use too. Though, they're way harder than what I saw on the dosage calculation exam. Youtube also has some resources too. I'm not sure when it'll be administered. We had ours during our second day of orientation (July 17th). I'm not sure how they'll be doing it this year. I would assume it's in July after most people have been notified about their acceptances.

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3 hours ago, Julia A said:

CONGRATS and thank you for being willing to help us by sharing your experience in the program! I struggle with motivation in school a lot. I start off strong and then my work ethic dwindles. I wanted to know how did you stay motivated? Another question that I have is how did you tackle memorizing a lot information while studying?

Thank you!!

Motivation is something I struggle with too. I'm not one who can study for long periods of time either. What helped me a lot was the Pomodoro method. With this method, you study for 25 minutes, take a 5 minute break, study for another 25 minutes, and so on. You can adjust it to your needs. Sometimes I would do 15-20 minutes with a 2 or 3 minute break. There are many different ways to use it if you look online. If I didn't feel like reading the material, I would just look up practice questions (make sure to read the rationales if there are any) and do those or watch Youtube videos. Also, studying when I got the urge to study helped too. I knew if I waited too long, I wouldn't study at all.

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20 minutes ago, Amberrae said:

Thank you!!

Motivation is something I struggle with too. I'm not one who can study for long periods of time either. What helped me a lot was the Pomodoro method. With this method, you study for 25 minutes, take a 5 minute break, study for another 25 minutes, and so on. You can adjust it to your needs. Sometimes I would do 15-20 minutes with a 2 or 3 minute break. There are many different ways to use it if you look online. If I didn't feel like reading the material, I would just look up practice questions (make sure to read the rationales if there are any) and do those or watch Youtube videos. Also, studying when I got the urge to study helped too. I knew if I waited too long, I wouldn't study at all.

Yeah I’ll have to try that method. Thanks so much!

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58 minutes ago, FutureNurseHer said:

Please do not apologize for the lengthy response. It was very thorough and I appreciated reading it so much. Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions on such an important day for you. I want to wish you luck in your future endeavors. Can I ask what the next step is for you?

What worries me is the possibility of not being able to do as many clinical hours as we should. I am very comfortable learning online, however I want to have the confidence when it comes to practical experience. Also, thank you for being honest although it wasn’t positive. I appreciate you giving the real deal info so that we know what to expect, it is very helpful.

I'm glad you were able to find it helpful! My next step is to relax for a little and then start studying for the NCLEX and get a job (hopefully in maternal health). I'm not sure if I'll be getting my MSN but we'll see.

I understand. I hope you guys will be able to get some real patient experience. In the meantime, maybe you guys can try doing assessments on your family members? That's what I did to practice my skills. I usually did respiratory and cardiac assessments and bps on them. But I'm sure you could try head-to-toe assessments too.

44 minutes ago, SandraAk said:

Thank you so much for taking your time to put this information for us out here. Congratulations to you and wishing you all best as you start your nursing career .

I applied to college of mount saint vincent nursing program and got accepted already.

Thank you so much! Best of luck to you too!

Sorry to intrude but look into MSVC. It may be more expensive but you may also be getting a better education. Lehman has its issues and there have been many complaints. But I know people from NYU and Hunter who say their programs were a mess too. It just depends.

3 minutes ago, Julia A said:

Yeah I’ll have to try that method. Thanks so much!

No problem! Best of luck!

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1 hour ago, Amberrae said:

Thank you!

Online classes weren't hard for me. But as I mentioned to another user, I've taken several before so I was used to them. The only thing we did differently was have live classes and presentations on Zoom or Blackboard collab. For my previous online classes, we only did blackboard posts, essays, and exams. A lot of us had technical difficulties during presentations which made everything more stressful than it needed to be. Online classes may be a little more difficult if you live in a place with a lot of distractions. That can make it harder to take exams and pay attention during live lectures. But it can be done.

The professors were okay overall. There are some gems, and there are some that just read off of their slides. It's a mix. Some were generous during the pandemic when it came to grading things like presentations. But they weren't generous when it came to the HESI, final exams, and final papers. Whatever you got, is what you get. I hope the juniors had a better experience LOL. They may be easier on you because you're new.

The New York State Department of Education allowed us to graduate without finishing in-person clinicals because we only had 80(?) hours left. The Chairperson of the program had to submit a letter of what we'd be doing instead of clinicals, and the NYSED had to approve of it. Instead, we did case studies, made wellness calls to seniors, had virtual simulation clinicals, and some people did virtual presentations. The juniors did the same thing and I think that counts for their clinical experience for Spring 2020. I'm not sure what will be done for you guys.

Thanks you so much Amberrae

Can you clarify "HESI final exam". as far as know about is HESI is the nursing entrance exam. do professors give us what is the topic? my appology for my ignorance. What is the tip? can you give us some tips

For research papers, I always have problems finding resources using DATA bases. Would you recommend for some resources to look for?

Thx

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1 hour ago, FutureNurseHer said:

I didn’t apply anywhere else which I truly regret. I gave birth in February and then Covid hit so I was dealing with the pandemic and a newborn. I’m really hoping to get into Lehman so that my process isn’t delayed. I will not be waiting an entire year so I don’t know what I will do actually if I do not get in. I’m just thinking positively at the moment.

To FutureNurse.

God is good and a way maker, the light of the house and miracle worker.

I believe in my God and I know he will prepare for a good thing at the right time with a safe way.

I prayed for you today. Let us have hope

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24 minutes ago, kil park said:

To FutureNurse.

God is good and a way maker, the light of the house and miracle worker.

I believe in my God and I know he will prepare for a good thing at the right time with a safe way.

I prayed for you today. Let us have hope

Yes He is! I am keeping my faith despite the many tests I’ve been faced with. What is for me will be for me. Thank you so very much I appreciate it more than words can say.

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18 hours ago, kil park said:

Thanks you so much Amberrae

Can you clarify "HESI final exam". as far as know about is HESI is the nursing entrance exam. do professors give us what is the topic? my appology for my ignorance. What is the tip? can you give us some tips

For research papers, I always have problems finding resources using DATA bases. Would you recommend for some resources to look for?

Thx

You're welcome!

HesiA2 is the entrance exam. For most classes, there were two HESI exams. One was a HESI that is 10% of your grade. That one is standardized, meaning other nursing schools are taking the same exam and you will see questions about topics you have never learned. There is also a final HESI that is 30% of your grade and based on the professor's syllabus (it is not standardized). During your last semester, you will have an Exit HESI which is 160 questions and tests you on everything you've learned. It's standardized and is 10% of your grade.

For research papers, I would usually use Google scholar or Lehman's Onesearch for resources. The CDC and National Institute of Health are usually good resources.

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hello, everyone

I have also applied for accelerated/generic nursing program 2020.

While we are all waiting to hear from lehman in June. I wanted to ask a few questions.

how long does it take to get permission for HIN 269? I emailed Dr dyer , but haven't heard from her yet. Are all of you BLS certified? Where can I do that considering the situation as of now?

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