Los Angeles County School of Nursing and Allied Health - Fall 2019

Nursing Students School Programs

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Has anyone applied to LAC School of Nursing for Fall 2019? I thought I would get this post going so we can stay informed and help each other through this waiting process! What are your points that you calculated?

19 minutes ago, TheWascallyWabbit said:

Does anyone know what dates for the livescan are available?

They booked all this week. He said all day wed and thur were open when i called. There were 2 openings on Tuesday so i took one. Im not sure whats still available.

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Hi all! I'll be starting the LVN to RN bridge program next week! Anyone else in the same boat and studying for the Skills Check Off ???? ?

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Hi haven’t heard anything back from Erika regarding the live-scan appointment. Anybody else still not hear? I’m starting to get concerned.

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Congratulations to those who have been accepted to CONAH. I'm a student nurse.

Our school is a tough school but so far it's been worth the lack of sleep and countless hours of studying. I've asked nurses on the unit how are CONAH students are compared to students from other schools who do rotations at LAC+USC and they have said that CONAH students are VERY competent, well prepared, and well rounded. By 1st semester, you're passing out all PO meds (tabs/caps/liquid), doing nebulizers, injections, hanging solutions, do your own charting, doing wound dressings, head to toe assessments, flushing lines, and more. At CONAH, we have a lot more freedom on the floor compared to other schools (comparing info from what I've heard from other RN programs and what they do for 1st semester). CONAH is extremely hands on. My clinical group was encouraged to go with our patient if they go off the floor for procedures like a catheter change and diagnostic testing like ultrasound, CT, or MRI. You see patients with crazy comorbidities like hypertension, diabetes, renal failure, liver failure, heart disease, COPD (even patients who have ALL those issues). You have homeless patients, patients with "altered mental status", extremely sick patients, very injured patients, etc.

Lectures are from powerpoints and many students record lectures. Tests are 50 questions in 50 mins and are situational questions.

You are in for one hell of a ride. No doubt, it's going to be hard, you're going to want to cry, anxiety will shoot through the roof, you're going to question "do I really want to do this?" or "am I capable of doing this?".. YES you can most definitely do it. Mind over matter and you'll need to power through. Learn to lean on your classmates because you'll need them as much as they'll need you. MAKE time to study because your whole life will revolve around nursing school. I've heard our school is quite the boot camp of nursing programs but you will come out a stronger person.

Feel free to shoot me more questions and once again, congrats on your acceptance

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21 minutes ago, CONAH-sn said:

Congratulations to those who have been accepted to CONAH. I'm a student nurse and just finished 1st semester.

Our school is a tough school but so far it's been worth the lack of sleep and countless hours of studying. I've asked nurses on the unit how are CONAH students are compared to students from other schools who do rotations at LAC+USC and they have said that CONAH students are VERY competent, well prepared, and well rounded. By 1st semester, you're passing out all PO meds (tabs/caps/liquid), doing nebulizers, injections, hanging solutions, do your own charting, doing wound dressings, head to toe assessments, flushing lines, and more. At CONAH, we have a lot more freedom on the floor compared to other schools (comparing info from what I've heard from other RN programs and what they do for 1st semester). CONAH is extremely hands on. My clinical group was encouraged to go with our patient if they go off the floor for procedures like a catheter change and diagnostic testing like ultrasound, CT, or MRI. You see patients with crazy comorbidities like hypertension, diabetes, renal failure, liver failure, heart disease, COPD (even patients who have ALL those issues). You have homeless patients, patients with "altered mental status", extremely sick patients, very injured patients, etc.

Lectures are from powerpoints and many students record lectures. Tests are 50 questions in 50 mins and are situational questions.

You are in for one hell of a ride. No doubt, it's going to be hard, you're going to want to cry, anxiety will shoot through the roof, you're going to question "do I really want to do this?" or "am I capable of doing this?".. YES you can most definitely do it. Mind over matter and you'll need to power through. Learn to lean on your classmates because you'll need them as much as they'll need you. MAKE time to study because your whole life will revolve around nursing school. I've heard our school is quite the boot camp of nursing programs but you will come out a stronger person.

Feel free to shoot me more questions and once again, congrats on your acceptance

Have you guys lost anyone in the program?

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If you want to get ahead, practice your drug dose calculations

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2 minutes ago, BTE3 said:

Have you guys lost anyone in the program?

Yes we have. We've lost maybe 3 people very early on and another 2 students from week 6 onward.

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1 minute ago, CONAH-sn said:

Yes we have. We've lost maybe 3 people very early on and another 2 students from week 6 onward.

Wow. 5 people is a lot.

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Hello thank you for providing info on the program. In your opinion, is it possible to work while completing the program?

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Just now, duachangesthings said:

Hello thank you for providing info on the program. In your opinion, is it possible to work while completing the program?

It is possible but most people cut their hours significantly and work on the weekends. Mondays, although you're out by 12pm, you'll be gathering info on your patient since clinicals are Tues and Weds (out by 1:30pm). Thursdays you're in class from 1:30-4:30pm. Gathering info (Monday) initially takes a lot time but you'll learn how to research faster as the weeks go by

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On 5/21/2019 at 3:31 PM, TheWascallyWabbit said:

No, nothing yet. I filled it out and sent over the weekend.

@TheWascallyWabbit

I still haven’t received notification to make my live-scan and health screen appointment...have you?

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4 minutes ago, Overcast said:

@TheWascallyWabbit

I still haven’t received notification to make my live-scan and health screen appointment...have you?

Hello, @Overcast & @TheWascallyWabbit! I submitted my online live scan application yesterday and I still haven’t received an appointment date. I followed it up thru email and Ms. E said that once the online application is approved by office of human resources, they will send an appointment date afterwards. Let’s be patient guys! ? Maybe they’re looking through a lot of applications.

We got this!!! ✨?

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