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myjourney2nursing
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Hi there. I actually was able to make it to the session at the main campus. It was a long drive for me, but I I'm glad I went.
@Looking2nurse your friend was probably at the same session I was. I think in total, about 6 people showed up, but one of the ladies was there to gather some info and take it to her school, I believe... so she wasn't really applying to the program. Anyways, there were not many people at all.
So, the Nursing program director was the one talking about the program and also there was another lady with her(Ms Fanning was her name I believe). They seemed both very nice, and the session was very informative.
They received 516 applications, as of now out of these she said about 137 were not even eligible (some applied and never took the Hesi, or they didn't receive the hesi scores, others took the Hesi but didn't apply to the nursing program, a few didn't make the minimum of 80% on he hesi, and some didn't meet minimum gpa. Anyways, she also said that usually about 50% to 60% of people that apply to the Nursing Program, are not eligible. I thought it was a lot, but that's what she said from past years data.
Oh and for the ones applying to the LPN to RN, she said there were about 150 applications out of the total 516. She said they usually take 20 LPN students, but that they might take more.
So as we all know they take 65 students total. She said that Smyrna campus is the most competitive. She said about 30 people are chosen for Smyrna Campus. They also said that this campus preference thing is more for the first semester, because they need to divide the class into groups for the Fundamentals class. And that after the first semester we sign up for the classes on a first come first serve basis, so I guess for the ones that didn't get the campus they wanted in the beginning, they have the chance to switch to a different campus later, I guess? That part was a bit confusing, if campus preference is a deal breaker for anyone I would contact the department to make sure, before acceptance, just in case.
We should hear from them by the mid to end of April, they will email us. I asked and she said that the acceptance and rejection letters go out at the same time. At least they let us know, either if we get in or not. Now, this is very important, if we get accepted we can't forget to reply to the email saying if we are taking the spot or not. She also said if we accept the spot but then something happens and we decide not to get in the program anymore, that we should let them know by August 1. That way they can call someone from the waiting list.
Orientation for LPNs are in the 2nd week of May. For the generics (that's how they call the non lpns), is on the 3rd week of May. Paperwork are due in mid July.
They said we receive a calendar at the beginning of each semester. The calendar will also tell us what weeks we have clinicals, but NOT the exact days.
I asked about flexibility. She said we can email them in the beginning of the semester letting them know if we can't do clinicals on certain days, because of work, and that they would try to accommodate us if possible.
I asked about travel to campus. She said we travel a lot more in the first semester for Fundamentals, about 2x a week. but less the following semesters.
I asked about class times, she said Mon and Wed we have ITV class at our home campus, she said it will be in the afternoon for the first semester (1-3pm or 2-4pm ( I think those are the times what she said). In the 3rd and 4th semesters classes are in the mornings.
Clinicals are usually from 630am to around 1pm, with the exception of Mental Health that usually starts at 3pm.
Usually 6 hrs in clinical days, and 6 students per group.
No class on Fridays, MAYBE clinicals and if so, they are done by 2pm.
In our last semester in the program we do clinicals close to home.
These are things are remember and/or wrote down.
Sorry it was too long.