anakin322

I just started the nursing program a couple of weeks ago and work full-time as a CNA. I also am married with a 2 year old and 6 month old. It is extremely difficult, but doable. My wife stays home and takes care of the house, so that's one thing I don't have to worry about. You'll find yourself losing out on sleep and/or study time most weeks. If you can get by with minimal studying, I suggest going for it. If you're one of those who must study for several hours a day then you're going to struggle working part-time or full-time. Just some food for thought... good luck

You're definitely in for a fun semester. I did both A&P 1 and honors micro last year. It keeps you busy, but is definitely doable. Best advice I can give you is to not let yourself fall behind. Both classes are lecture and lab, so there's going to be a lot of work. Make yourself a solid study schedule and stick to it. If you fall behind your study schedule by even one day, you'll have to work twice as hard to catch up. If you fall behind by a week, it may be close to impossible to catch up. As long as your time management skills are good, you'll be fine!

I was going to recommend this exact same thing. It's going to be very hard having to drive an hour to school all the time, but utilize that time to your advantage. Re-listen to the lectures so that you are more familiar with the material. One thing I didn't see brought up is the fact that, working in a LTC facility, you will most likely have an RN job lined up when you graduate. Right now it's hard to find work without any experience and you've already got your foot in the door. If it's at all possible I would recommend staying there at least part time for that reason alone. Obviously if they won't work with your schedule and you have to choose between the job and school you should choose school, but avoid that decision as much as possible. On a side note, I understand you wanting to be as independent from your parents as possible, but it's AWESOME that you have that support. A lot of nursing students are married with kids or, even harder, single parents. You have the advantage over these students because your parents are so willing to help you out. Don't abuse it, but if school and work does become too much, appreciate and use it if you have to. It'll be much better for you AND your parents in the long run. Your parents will probably get just as much satisfaction from you finishing school successfully as you will.

You do get to pick your schedule, but you don't. When you go to orientation there is a wall full of pre-selected schedules, probably close to 40 of them. You randomly draw numbers and go in numerical order to select from th pre-selected schedules. It's kind of lame, but they do it to make sure that nobody double-books themselves first semester. Those who don't like it can thank all those who booked themselves for lecture and clinical at the same time many years ago. I'm just getting ready to enter first semester, but from what I've been told this is the only semester that schedule selection is like this. All other semesters are first come first serve and you choose whichever lecture, lab, and clinical you like. As far as evening classes, for first semester they are rare. I don't know about other semesters though. Pharm you might be able to get an evening class, but I don't think there were any evening 101 classes this semester. Even if you get an evening lecture, clinical either runs from 645-1245 or 1245-645, so you're going to have to make arrangements anyways. From what you've said it sounds like it might be most convenient for you to register for online classes, which you can easily work around your schedule. You have to be independent and disciplined, but can at least you won't have to drive to school every day. Although you'll still have to drive to clinical and lab. Hope this helps, and if you have anymore questions, let me know

With 27 points I would recommend trying to retake the teas or another class to move up a point or two. As one person said only some people got into fall 2011 with 27 while the rest became alternates. I believe the trend in points is moving up every semester, or atleast staying the same. You might be safe with 27 but would probably be safer trying to obtain 28 or more points. Food for thought...

The fact that you feel guilty over this situation shows the amount of compassion and integrity that you have. You absolutely did nothing wrong. Your friend was silly for asking anyone to help her cheat. Like you said, if you had said nothing and the dean found out that you knew about it, you could have been expelled also. Although you guys are friends, you have no reason to get expelled for something that your friend did. I stand behind you 100%

As long as you have the 1st two shots you can do clinicals and either get the third one sometime during the semester or even wait til between semesters. The 1st two are the most important, the third one can kinda be done anytime, as long as not too soon after getting the 1st 2.

Maybe it was just me, but I really felt that both A & P courses were far harder than 189. 189 was simply an overview of biology, with very little detail. At least that's how my professor taught it. All of his tests were based mostly on his lecture, so if you paid attention and wrote good notes you could do fine. A&P, however, was MUCH more detailed and required much more studying. A lot of people seem to think that A&P is simply memorizing material, but I found there to be much more application and depth to A&P than 189. Not trying to scare anybody but want to prepare everyone who really struggles in 189 to have to work probably 2-3 times harder in A&P. Of course it strongly depends on the professor too, but remember that when you enter the nursing program they are going to expect you to fully understand physiology, because from the first semester of nursing school on they are going to teach you pathophysiology. In order to understand what happens when things go wrong with the body, you have to have a firm understanding of how they work when everything is normal. There is no period of refresher in the nursing program. Thus, if you have a super "hard" A&P professor, you will probably be in better shape once you enter the actualy nursing program, although you have to study and work extremely hard in his class. I've even heard some people say if you can get past 2 semesters with this professor, the nursing program will seem simple compared to his class.

Chances of getting in vary depending on the semester. From what I have heard, obviously don't know for sure, a handful of people change their mind after orientation or during the summer for whateve reason. If it were me I would attend the orientation, as you have a better chance of getting in next semester than if you don't attend. If anything, you get to learn what the program is more about and be in a better position to be prepared when you do start. I don't think they choose THAT many alternates. Good luck!!

I got my call at about 2 today, but from what I've read on this forum there is no way they made all of the calls today. I had 33 points so I pretty much knew I was going to get in, was still anxious to have it official though. A friend of mine was called as an alternate and she had 26 points, so I'm assuming the cutoff for full-time admission was 27 and they did a drawing to determine the alternates. I'm not sure how they decide which alternate is selected 1st or anything, but am assuming it is based on when your name was drawn. Good luck to all who haven't gotten the call, and congratulations to those who have!!!

I was just in there a couple of days ago and she told me that, basically, we could find out tomorrow or not til the first week of May. She didn't know when the calls would be made. I vote for tomorrow!!!