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Has anyone had any luck with applying at National University for their nursing program? I applied back in Oct 06 and have been waiting to hear from them. They are supposed to notify in 3 months. I have called and called and written email upon emails with no response really. :banghead: Please, if anyone has applied and received some sort of letter, I would greatly appreciate your reply.

Thanks

Is there anyway i can take a look at those powerpoints?

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you have to be a student to have access to those i think...

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To answer your question, Finals are always gonna be on Saturdays,and our clinical for this class was as well, b/c we just don't have time to take out of our already compacted class or lab time. And I have leture or 'theory' on Mon & Wed and Lab on tue and thrus, so that leaves me in class 16 hours a week. Supposedly for every our spent in class you will need to study for 3, so minimally you will find your slef studying 48 hrs a week (minimum, thats if you are a fast learner and already are really good at your anotomy and physiology), that is not including group projects, or papers that have to be written.

We are not trying to scare you, just do what all the other helpful NU nursing students did for us which is inform you of what you are REALLY up against, the school tells you, but there is nothing like hearing it form yur peers.

:smilecoffeeIlovecof Okay I need to let you all who are going to be students know...yesterday was our quiz on the 2nd part of the class. it was 10 questions, well the class average? 5. That is the AVERAGE, that means not everyone even got a 5, some were in the '4 club' and I even heard some 3's. Remember guys, to get into this program is competitive...you have to be an A or an A-B student. So we are NOT slackcers, I know a girl who studied..hard, and still came out with a 3. NO ONE got a 10. Think about this.

4 people have already left this cohort (we are only 3 weeks in) and it seems like more than that will not pass this class to go on to Pharm. (you must have a 73% to pass a class in nursing school) anything lower is considered a "fail"

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:yeahthat: What Tuquies said! I guess I was lucky to get a 7/10 on that bloody quiz#2. I was up till 4 AM the night before...:wtosts::smilecoffeeIlovecof

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Tuquies : What type of questions were on your quiz? It's kind of shocking that the class didnt do that well...

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Tuquies : What type of questions were on your quiz? It's kind of shocking that the class didnt do that well...

Actually, it's not that shocking at all, if you think about the fact that it's pretty much humanly impossible to squeeze in 30 chapters into your heard in just 4 weeks, and then easily recalling everything you rea. Chapter 23 (Neurologic Function) alone was complicated enough! And once again, there are no study guides - so you study it all! :crying2:

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That's true... How were the questions setup?

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According to N-Clex standards. You have to know the content, be able to use critical thinking skills to think the answer through (often times there are MORE than one right answer), and then choose the most appropriate answer that they want. And like Diana said, it is absolutley NO surprise. we covered 'all' the content that we were going to be quizzed on, 304 pages to be exact, in TWO classes, and then had 4 days to study and bam...quiz, now add 155 more pages ON TOP OF THAT and 5 days..and you have our final.

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Good for you!! How do you study? Just reading the book and processing it through? Any study advice?

:yeahthat: What Tuquies said! I guess I was lucky to get a 7/10 on that bloody quiz#2. I was up till 4 AM the night before...:wtosts::smilecoffeeIlovecof
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My best advice is: find a good study group, with responsible people. This is what we did: we all met each other on allnurses.com BEFORE we even saw and met in person. Try to find the students that will enter the cohort with you, and get to know them: their life situations, study habits, how serious they are about the program and their priorities. This will give you an idea of whether you would be compatible study buddies. Once you have that, then you all need to figure out the best way to split up the workload and find a good note taking strategy. If you put your head together, you will find a way to make it work. Because you will realize fast that your classmates will be the best support system you will have for the next 2 years - for only they truly know what you are going thru. It's kinda like when you're at war, the only people you can count on- are the soldiers around you - they become your family. Or like a cop can only count on his partner to save his life when they are on duty.... get my drift?

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Also, if you can, I would strongly recommend taking a Medical Terminology class in preparation for this program. It will save you so much time in studying, and will make learning everything easier. In my opinion, it should be a pre-requisite for this program. I wish I had taken it....

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So was the quiz multiple choice or did you guys have to write short answers??

What actually happens if you don't pass a class? Let's not say the first one but like down the road... 6th or 7th class? Do you have to start all over again or can u just re-take the class that you failed? Any idea?

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