Los Angeles County School of Nursing

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Any one here graduates of the program? Or are in the program?

Thanks Nurse in Training!

I am very excited to begin in January...

Good Luck to everyone!

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im new here and just received my acceptance to the la county nursing program!! im so excited. My first concern is how to prepare for the 1st semester of classes. I want to be prepared and I hear 1st sem @county can be hell....any suggestions?

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Hey everyone! I just got my acceptance letter yesterday to la county as well after being denied twice before. I'm a little confused because as of Tuesday I was going to be attending Cerritos college rn program but now I don't know because I know la county is a good school but it's also about 6000 dollars more. Anyone have any advice? It would be greatly appreciated.

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I've always been told by doctors and medical staff that if you get accepted to multiple reputable schools, then you should go to the cheaper one, because in the end... your goal is to get your RN and make good relationships along the way. Cerritos and LA County are both excellent programs, so you really can't go wrong here... I wouldn't take my word for it, however, I would go see your school counselors immediately and talk over your options. You are in a wonderful position where you have schools to choose from when thousands of other people haven't been accepted to any. Good Luck and Congratulations!!!

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congrats on acceptance to Spring 2012! me too..see u there

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I was in the same boat as many of you just about 6 months ago, wondering if I was going to get into or not, but I did! I am in my first semester at County and I really like everything about it.

Nursing school is not like taking a college course because you have the stress of tests and preparing for clinical every single week. Nursing care plans take me about 4 hours to complete and about an hour to get my patients data from the hospital. The very first one took me about 7 hours but now has drown to 4 :).

One thing I had to relearn was studying the ton of information that is thrown at you during the first few weeks. It was really stressful for me at first but than I relearned how to study, flashcards were not longer helpful bc I spent to much time writing them. I am in a study group that really helped me get a better understanding of the material. I am not getting As like I did on all my pre-reqs and GEs but I am so happy with my B.

Clinical is fun but also stressful because you are now solely responsible for your own actions. The school or the instructor will not protect from your mistakes, that's why you buy your own . If you prepare good enough the night before clinical you should be okay. So far I have not hurt or killed any of my patients, and I can quit stupid at times. The clinical instructors are there to prevent you from doing something harmful so ask them if you are in doubt, they can be intimidating but helpful. Staff nurses are also a good resource for answers but some not so much.

Something I would recommend is to buy all of your books as soon as you get the book list during orientation week, that way you can shop around for used books. Don't buy them at the USC bookstore because their prices are much higher.

You all will also learn to appreciate sleep. First semester starts from at 0700 to 1200, starting the first week of school. So sleep as much as you can now because you won't during nursing school.

I wish all of you who get in the best of luck during your first semester at Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allie Health! If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask I will try my best to answer your questions and if I can't I will find the answer for you :)

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Specializes in Scrub, OR.

Congrats everybody on your acceptance! Thank you Cabion_666 for all the insight!! So helpful and thoughtful of you! :) I have a friend in 3rd semester doing her Psych nursing rotation- don't want to scare u guys, but I know a few ppl already in the program 2nd and 3rd semester who claim that it is nothing short hellish (so it seems like gets progressively harder- so I've heard 4th semester is the WORST) Most of these ppl were straight A students at our JC, Student Instructor Leaders, and also are in County's ASB. Can't deny I'm a little scared after interacting with them over the course of their experience but I have faith that we can ALL make it! I'm glad I know what I'm getting myself into to say the least ;) Anyone still waiting on any other programs? I myself am still waiting on PCC and GCC but did send my intent to County just in case ;) Hope to see most of you this Friday! Congratulations to all of you once again!

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Specializes in Scrub, OR.

Sorry for the typos- couldn't catch a few from my cell ;) Have a great day guys!!

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Specializes in Emergency.

Im a month away from finishing my second semester.....it's a very hard program. I miss first semester! My advice is to just take it and make it through the day. For those in the program, you know what i mean.

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You guys help! I've been accepted into valley college rn program and LA county program. I like both of them. I've heard great things about both. Valey is close to where i live and i've taken classes there and i really like it there. But i don't know which one to choose! Any advise?

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Specializes in Emergency.

Laccon has amazing instructors and you will seriously get some of the best hands on training. Especially if you do your rotation at usc-lac. The school has a reputation for that....just ask around. Be prepared to put in a lot of hard work tho.

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Thank u guys for ur reSponses i am getting advices from other people in the health care field and they're telling me lavc and it's just making it harder to choose :s

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