Mount Sinai ABSN Fall 2019

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Hey Everyone,

I thought I would start a page for the fall 2019 cohort Mount Sinai. Looking forward to hearing all your thoughts. I applied just recently. I’m waiting to hear back. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Best,

FD

I applied April 1 (still procrastinating) and called April 12 in regards to a pre-req and was told I was accepted. She said she’d sent out acceptance this week of the 15th but I haven’t received any correspondence via email or physically.

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Good Luck FD. All the best on this new journey. You will love it here

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1 minute ago, young_nurse_mimi said:

Good Luck FD. All the best on this new journey. You will love it here

Did you do attend the program?

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Mrs. Gallo is the best. She is really on top her stuff. I gave her my deposit check by hand.

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1 minute ago, Leah1123 said:

Did you do attend the program?

I am in it currently. yesterday was our last day of our 2nd semester. However, I am in the AAS program.

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Just now, young_nurse_mimi said:

I am in it currently. yesterday was our last day of our 2nd semester. However, I am in the AAS program.

Want to tell us a bit about it? Classes, teachers etc

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Just now, Leah1123 said:

Want to tell us a bit about it? Classes, teachers etc

Sure. Do you guys know what classes you are taking?

I took A&P 1 and 2

Fundamentals of Nursing

Developmental Psych (is offered here, but I took it elsewhere so I transferred in)

Med/Surg1

Nutrition

Ethics

I would suggest really taking some classes online, and having them transfer in. I took (both fall and spring semester) all the classes offered, and lemme tell you, it was one hell of a ride. Exams are scheduled around the same time for every class, so heads up on that.

When studying I really believe in the idea of creating concept maps. The idea of concept maps is really helpful.

The class sizes max is 55. Some classes are smaller too. Anatomy and Physiology 1 was 4 people, and A&P was 8 people. Professors are RNs, DNP, etc and they teach so effectively. One of the profs, got moved to the ABSN program, but she teaches really well. (WONT NAME THEM)

TIP: MANAGE YOUR TIME WISELY

Clinical for ABSN starts in their 2nd semester of the school and from my year they have 2 clinical days one for adult health and psych.

Clinical for AAS starts in the first semester and I prefer that actually. We lean a lot.

The sites: Mount Sinai Main Hospital, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai St. Lukes.

Make sure you always have your ID during clincials, setehcoscope, pen light and watch. You will be doing careplans. They are lengthy and require a lot of details.

One thing about clinicals, you will not know what instrcutor you will get until the day of your clinicals. For clinicals, do not be nervous. Just introduce yourself and talk to the patient. Take every chance to learn, and follow the nurses.

Some lectures will be boring yes, heads up on that. During exams, only your laptop and Yourself must enter the room and thats it, and you will be on the Sinai Wifi and use a Safe Exam Browser to do the exam. If you have tech problems, IT will come to you and fix it for you or just offer you another laptop. Some exams are done in the library.

I really strongly advice to study everyday litttle by little, because at the end of the semester you will take exit hesi exams. The goal is 900 points. And at the end of the program, you will have to take a exit hesi for the school too.

Good Luck.

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24 minutes ago, young_nurse_mimi said:

Good Luck FD. All the best on this new journey. You will love it here

Thank you so much. ? Good luck to you too as well. Are you almost done with your program?

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Just now, Fatima D said:

Thank you so much. ? Good luck to you too as well. Are you almost done with your program?

I am half way there. Have 2 more to go.

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29 minutes ago, young_nurse_mimi said:

I am half way there. Have 2 more to go.

Good for you!! Good luck with the rest of it!! Thanks for all the information and advice! A lot of the non-nursing classes that you took, we already had to take as pre-reqs as it is an ABSN program.

I am so happy to hear that you are liking the classes and profs, even tho it is hard. I know that nursing school is going to be hard, but my biggest fear is profs and clinical instructors who don't care or are looking to make you fail. I had some of these kinds of profs for my pre-reqs and it made life miserable.

Is the AAS program hybrid? If so, how does that work? Do you still need to go in every day?

Thanks!!

Leah

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On 4/18/2019 at 10:55 PM, lovelyflower21 said:

How about you downsize to part time or per diem? Or just give them your work availability strictly (I.e., work 1 or 2 weekends a month)

I work for the government and those suggestions aren't an option unfortunately.

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On 4/19/2019 at 3:46 PM, Leah1123 said:

Good for you!! Good luck with the rest of it!! Thanks for all the information and advice! A lot of the non-nursing classes that you took, we already had to take as pre-reqs as it is an ABSN program.

I am so happy to hear that you are liking the classes and profs, even tho it is hard. I know that nursing school is going to be hard, but my biggest fear is profs and clinical instructors who don't care or are looking to make you fail. I had some of these kinds of profs for my pre-reqs and it made life miserable.

Is the AAS program hybrid? If so, how does that work? Do you still need to go in every day?

Thanks!!

Leah

Oh no no. The profs will not make you fail. You the student need to put effort in and they will see. They want the best for you. The AAS program is not hybrid, some classes were like ethics and nutrition.

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