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CarolLVN · May 22, 2009

Hey everyone... I just applyed to the program for Jan and I am about to take my TEAS and proctored essay could someone tell me more about them? Are they very hard? What is the average score for people that are accepted make on the TEAS? I am very nervous and i hope I pass them. thanks! :)

The TEAS test is not that bad, its just basic Math, English and Science. For the essay, they will give you a topic and you have 90 min to complete.

CarolLVN · May 22, 2009

I believe it takes longer to enter as LVN to BSN. They have 4 cohorts a year with 50 openings and then it goes by a point system giving new students priority. I'm not exactly sure though, you may want to call the nursing dept at NU.

I wrote them an email and they said they will be sending mails out in July so we'll see

SanDiegoNurse2bAt48 · May 22, 2009

Good luck, I can't wait until I am able to apply. I still need my sciences before I can apply and that will take about 4 months. Thank goodness for NU one month courses:yeah:even though I'll be financially in the hole once I'm done :cry:

SanDiegoNurse2bAt48 · May 22, 2009

April Cohort...how are you gals doing this month????? Must be very busy because I haven't seen many posts this month. Please, if you can, let us know how you're doing.

Thanks!

danni314 · May 24, 2009

hey! i am from the april cohort and YES things are busy! plus...we all see each other every week and so we are able to talk about things in class instead of on this website. good luck to everyone applying, it is a great program!

anyone out there from earlier cohorts... rumor is we get a break in july? is that true? let me know! ill email jill but im really curious and dont have patience to wait til next week to hear back

gnomik79 · May 24, 2009

hey! i am from the april cohort and YES things are busy! plus...we all see each other every week and so we are able to talk about things in class instead of on this website. good luck to everyone applying, it is a great program!
anyone out there from earlier cohorts... rumor is we get a break in july? is that true? let me know! ill email jill but im really curious and dont have patience to wait til next week to hear back

Yes, Danielle, we get a week break in the last week of June / first week of July - I had no idea. I thought our first break will be during Christmas, so that was a nice surprise.

danni314 · May 24, 2009

oh awesome! kinda a bummer though for me im trying to plan a weekend away july 17-19 but we wont know clinic schedules! i figured if the break was around there id be in the free but i guess it makes more sense for it to b 4th of july weekend.

thanks diana

muimui · May 25, 2009

hey guys,

i was wondering if you can help me out. we're finishing up the nsg 211 class, and we're having the final focused exam in lab. can you explain to me what you gals did for your class?...because i have no clue what we're doing! our teacher never explained it to us like what we're supposed to be doing, looking for, or anything! she just gave us a list of symptoms (like right swollen ankle, left wrist pain, chest pain...etc) and expected us to know what to do. we asked her, but all she said was something like, "make sure to take vitals, then test to see whats the problem"... :confused:

anything would be greatly appreciated!! THANKS!!

prettyinpink57 · May 26, 2009

Well for our clinical group we had to first go right into OLDCART (onset, location, duration, characteristics, aggrivating factors, relieving factors, treatment) and then the brief health history pertaining to the problem. I pulled a card that explained the patient was having chest pain and sore throat or something...I think...Anyways, I ended up having to do a complete neck and chest/cardio exam. (Trachea, thyroid, lymph nodes, carotids, check for JVD, and then the full cardio exam). We had 30 minutes to do the entire exam and they brought in a live model for us to do it on. The whole thing was very intimidating but we got through it! I am sure you'll be fine! We were allowed to make a 5 x 7 card to write whatever we wanted on it so I put all the exams in tiny writing. We had to keep it away from us during the exam but if we wanted to look at it we could, we just had to ask first. To tell you the truth I didn't even look at mine once so I'm sure you'll do great!! Do you have pharm next month? We take our Pharm final on Friday....then it's on to Fundamentals!!

muimui · May 26, 2009

Well for our clinical group we had to first go right into OLDCART (onset, location, duration, characteristics, aggrivating factors, relieving factors, treatment) and then the brief health history pertaining to the problem. I pulled a card that explained the patient was having chest pain and sore throat or something...I think...Anyways, I ended up having to do a complete neck and chest/cardio exam. (Trachea, thyroid, lymph nodes, carotids, check for JVD, and then the full cardio exam). We had 30 minutes to do the entire exam and they brought in a live model for us to do it on. The whole thing was very intimidating but we got through it! I am sure you'll be fine! We were allowed to make a 5 x 7 card to write whatever we wanted on it so I put all the exams in tiny writing. We had to keep it away from us during the exam but if we wanted to look at it we could, we just had to ask first. To tell you the truth I didn't even look at mine once so I'm sure you'll do great!! Do you have pharm next month? We take our Pharm final on Friday....then it's on to Fundamentals!!

thank you so much!!! that really helps alot :) our teacher never taught us the OLDCART, so that's great to know! thanks for sharing!! in fact, our teacher didn't even finish teaching us everything we need to know to do this! she only taught us the assessments for the head... and nothing below the head.. so my classmates and i all feel soo lost because we basically have to learn everything else on our own :bluecry1:

but i feel alot better because it seems like we just need to get subjective information, and then the physical that pertains to just the area of where it hurts. does that sound right?

yup! we'll be starting pharm on june 4th. so do you really need 90% or above on the drug calculations to move on in the class? i'm a little nervous about that because i am terrible at math. how do you feel about the class? was it super hard?

good luck on your final! after that, just 20 months left for you guys, right? :yeah: hehe

prettyinpink57 · May 26, 2009

LOL yep! Crazy how fast it's going! And yes, you do have to pass the dosage calculations test in pharm with a 90% or better to be able to pass the class but it's not bad at all. I have a few friends in the class who say they are bad with math too and they all passed. In fact, I think we all got 100% on the first try! It's like basic algebra as far as the level of math. Our pharm class was a "hybrid" class which means half was online and half was onsite. Our class was a little disorganized due to a personal problem our teacher suffered days before the class started. So I guess you could say we have probably had it a little easier than most going through pharmacology. (Not saying it was easy by ANY means!) Anyways, I'm sure you will be fine! How are you doing in health assessment? I can't believe your clinical teacher didn't teach you how to do any of the exams below the head...what the hell! I learned 100 times more from my clinical teacher than I did our theory teacher. Well best of luck let me know how you do!

prettyinpink57 · May 26, 2009

And feel free to ask any questions! :) :) :)