greenbean74

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1. GMU Accelerated BSN Fall 2016

   greenbean74 replied to BrainsRCool's topic in School Programs

   Hi there! The spreadsheet you saw on the VA BON is not up to date, and honestly I'm not too surprised. I can assure you that way more than five of us have taken and passed the NCLEX. As a matter of fact, by my quick mental estimate, I'd say that at ...

2. GMU Accelerated BSN Fall 2016

   greenbean74 replied to BrainsRCool's topic in School Programs

   Hi there! The spreadsheet you saw on the VA BON is not up to date, and honestly I'm not too surprised. I can assure you that way more than five of us have taken and passed the NCLEX. As a matter of fact, by my quick mental estimate, I'd say that at ...

3. GMU Accelerated BSN Fall 2016

   greenbean74 replied to BrainsRCool's topic in School Programs

   Re shoes: Some folks in my class went cheap; I went for comfort. In retrospect, I wouldn't necessarily buy the same shoes again - they've been great, but once I get out of school, I don't envision needing white shoes again. I got these Timberland Pro...

4. GMU Accelerated BSN Fall 2016

   greenbean74 replied to BrainsRCool's topic in School Programs

   Re: Your class FB group. I thought I had read it here, but it is posted in this other discussion: https://allnurses.com/virginia-nursing/gmu-accelerated-second-1043202.html

5. GMU Accelerated BSN Fall 2016

   greenbean74 replied to BrainsRCool's topic in School Programs

   Sounds like your fall semester will be just like ours was. The Calculate With Confidence book is the required textbook for lab, so you might as well get it and start practicing. I found it to be entirely too big and cumbersome (when I'm doing math, I...

6. GMU Accelerated BSN Fall 2016

   greenbean74 replied to BrainsRCool's topic in School Programs

   I didn't even apply to VCU. GMU was my first choice because I live in Fairfax, the location was convenient, and I completed all the GMU prerequisites before completing other courses that would have been required for other schools (such as Marymount).

7. GMU Accelerated BSN Fall 2016

   greenbean74 replied to BrainsRCool's topic in School Programs

   You will start getting information from the SON during the summer about orientation/boot camp week, uniform requirements, clinical placements, and whatnot. You'll need to get a stethoscope, and it doesn't need to be fancy! As long as you can hear a h...

8. GMU Accelerated BSN Fall 2016

   greenbean74 replied to BrainsRCool's topic in School Programs

   Also, consider that your clinical experience is really where you put together the learning that you get from your assessment and skills labs. Clinicals start right from day 1, so everything you learn in lab during the fall semester you get to put to ...

9. GMU Accelerated BSN Fall 2016

   greenbean74 replied to BrainsRCool's topic in School Programs

   So, here's the deal right now. (As I've mentioned before, there is a new CHHS building under construction, so some of this is subject to change depending on when that building is complete.) All lecture classes are at PW. They use modern lecture halls...

10. GMU Accelerated BSN Fall 2016

    greenbean74 replied to BrainsRCool's topic in School Programs

    EAR2RN2017, I live in Fairfax, and the Fairfax campus is less than 7 miles from my house. I had the same concern last year before everything started, but it's really not that bad getting to the PW campus. The annual parking pass is good at both campu...

11. GMU Accelerated BSN Fall 2016

    greenbean74 replied to BrainsRCool's topic in School Programs

    Hi sla004! Congratulations!! I know you all have so many questions! (We had a million questions at this time last year, too!) The daily schedule seems to change each year. I'm in the current cohort, and I know that our class schedule has been differe...

12. GMU Accelerated BSN Fall 2016

    greenbean74 replied to BrainsRCool's topic in School Programs

    Hi there, Trhl09! Working during the program is definitely a challenge, but some of my classmates are doing it - and by some, I mean very few. I have one friend who has continued her job in a nursing home part-time during the program. Another guy ha...

13. GMU Accelerated BSN Fall 2016

    greenbean74 replied to BrainsRCool's topic in School Programs

    I'm in the accelerated BSN program now, and last year, we got our SON acceptance letters by e-mail on about March 31. I think the SON ABSN admissions committee looks at a lot more than just grades, and I also think that they consider each student ho...

14. GMU accelerated BSN Fall 2015

    greenbean74 replied to biograd13's topic in School Programs

    Thank you so much! This is helpful! My only concern with books is not having them available as a reference in the future. Are there any textbooks that you would recommend getting in hard copy to save for future reference?

15. GMU accelerated BSN Fall 2015

    greenbean74 replied to biograd13's topic in School Programs

    Here's the fall academic calendar. I would imagine that our exam schedule falls into the overall university exam week. https://registrar.gmu.edu/calendars/fall-2015/