Today 9/16/2010 I am a Nursing School Graduate!

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Well guys (and gal lurkers), its been a tough 2 years but I sat for my finals yesterday for my last quarter and have received my "unofficial" final grades. I passed all classes and completed all requirements for graduation.

My actual graduation/pinning ceremony won't be until Mid-October, but I am allready dusting off my resume, cracking my Kaplans NCLEX reviews, and shooting my letters off to the BON to get ready to sit for the NCLEX.

Some background of my past two years.

School: MedTech College Greenwood Indiana

Program: 2 year ASN school of nursing.

Accredited; SBON, the school as of this time is still trying to reach accredited status with one of the national nursing bodies but needs to reach the required first time NCLEX pass rate. Last class I think was about 70% so far.

Do credits transfer in or out?: none in that I've seen, and individual credits I don't think transfer out but so far

Indiana Wesleyan University is accepting MedTech Grads into their RN to BSN program. I also heard () is accepting grads into their RN - BSN, MSN program.

Pre reqs: This is considered an accelerated program so no preeqs are required, they are built into the nursing program (ie I had to take College algebra, English comp, Sociology, Anatomy I & II, Chemistry, and Microbiology while in the program)

Entance Exam: TEAS test, I don't know what minimum scores they require tho.

Entrance Interview required: Yes, you interview with 2 to 3 instructors or admin 1 on 1.

Program cost: about 40k+ (roughly $5k a quarter)

Financial aid: Yes, they do have a financial aid office to help you navigate student loans etc. I am leaving the program with about $20k in student loans since I paid cash for what student loans wouldn't cover.

Program setup: They use quarters instead of semesters. I had 8 quarters of instruction. I had roughly 300+ hours of clinicals and needed about 140 credits to graduate. They have changed the program by shortening the program to 7 quarters, classes have been combined for fewer classes, and the clinical hours I believe are being doubled.

Outside Testing Sources used: ATI

Clinicals I had: Med/Surg, Psych, OB/Peds, Leadership, Geriatric. (clinicals and locations varied student to student).

Class size: we started with 30+ students and lost 1 or so every two quarters until the 7th quarter where we lost 10 students. Our graduating class has about 20 students. We had 4 males including myself over the course of the 2 years, I am the only one to make it to the end of the last quarter. my classmates ages ranged from early 20's to 50 yrs+. I myself am now 40.

My rating of the school on a scale of 1 - 10: 7, and that is due to the cost and that the program was in transition when I started meaning that the program kept changing quarter to quarter in what classes we needed (the first few classes I took were dropped from the program and didnt count towards program requirements anymore), instructor turnover was high, and our clinicals start dates kept changing. The schedule is also not given to students until the last week of the previous quarter, and the students have no say in class days or times. If you worked it was difficult to plan your schedule every three months. These are not complaints, these are just observations of "my" experience and may be very different from other current or future students.

My Plans now: NCLEX, NCLEX and more NCLEX.

I also plan to start hitting nursing career fairs and putting out applications now to anyplace that may hire RN grads pre-NCLEX.

I would like to work in geriatrics, Dialysis, or Hospice.

After six months to a year to let it all settle in I plan to attend WGU and obtain my BSN.

In closing, If this old goat can do it you guys should all be able to reach that goal.

Thanks to all the help this board has given me over the past 2 years, I couldnt have done it without All Nurses as a knowledge source, a venting room, a friendly harbor in the storm of nursing school.

Big J

Semper Fi

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Grats to you Marine!

OOORAAAH

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Congratulations!

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Specializes in Cardiac, Rehab.

Congrats to you. Good luck on passing the NCLEX and the job front.

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Congratulations and good job!

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Sah-weet! I'd like to use this same format in 2 years when I am completed!

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Hello!!!!

I am too approaching completing my last quarter for ASN from MedTech College in March 2011. Congrats!!!!!!!!! When do you take your NCLEX? Are there only certain dates that you can take it or does it vary upon each student?

How was your graduation ceremony??? Was it organized? How was the pinning Ceremony??? Our pinning ceremony is April 8 and our graduation is April 30!!!! I was just wondering what to expect.

Thanks in advance ,

Congrats again!!!!

(Sorry for all of the questions)

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Hello!!!!

I too am approaching completing my last quarter for ASN from MedTech College in March 2011. Congrats!!!!!!!!! When do you take your NCLEX? Are there only certain dates that you can take it or does it vary upon each student?

How was your graduation ceremony??? Was it organized? How was the pinning Ceremony??? Our pinning ceremony is April 8 and our graduation is April 30!!!! I was just wondering what to expect.

Thanks in advance ,

Congrats again!!!!

(Sorry for all of the questions)

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Good luck to you and job well done.

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congrats

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Congrats brotha!

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I'm considering the Medtech RN program. Where did u end up getting a job? There's so much on here about hospitals in Indy not hiring Medtech grads, I'm just curious what your outcome has been.

Thanks.

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