NCC nursing program

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Has anyone been accepted to Ncc's nursing program. If so, how hard is it, and are you able to work while in the program?

It depends on what you want to do while you're in the program, do you plan on working as a cna per diem or part time for some income or do you plan on being unemployed through the nursing program.

I'm planning on working per diem at my current job, since I don't qualify for financial aid and since my job includes passing out meds and working with individuals it will also give me experience in somewhat of a healthcare setting.

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And congrats everyone!!! Those of you who received email or letters, is the registration date the same for everyone? Cause my email didn't give me a specific date and time, it just stated that I was accepted to day program

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It depends on what you want to do while you're in the program, do you plan on working as a cna per diem or part time for some income or do you plan on being unemployed through the nursing program.

I'm planning on working per diem at my current job, since I don't qualify for financial aid and since my job includes passing out meds and working with individuals it will also give me experience in somewhat of a healthcare setting.

well I only plan on working once a week if that's possible… I the advisor told me not to work that much because I'm going to be "studying full-time" .. and I just want at least some experience before I get to Nur 101

And I got a letter and it said Registration/advisement is on may 20th. 10:30 am

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Specializes in Neurosurgery, Neurology.

My registration time is 9am on May 20th. If it wasn't in the email then maybe they can let you know over the phone what to do.

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Congrats and good luck

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Specializes in Neurosurgery, Neurology.
Wow CONGRATS to everyone … It's soo weird how most of us got accepted :) … anyways I have a question… I was thinking of taking this 6 week CNA course from june 2- july 14th to get more experience for nursing but being that I got accepted to the program idk if I should take the CNA course anymore. (i thought i wasn't gonna get accepted) Do you think it'll be worth it, because then in september we start the program… idk what to do .. Any suggestions !?

Meh, I don't think it's worth it, unless you plan on working as a CNA during nursing school. Everything covered in the CNA program will be part of the fundamentals of nursing class (the first class we take). If you can find a part time job, maybe that would be good, as far as having experience goes for after nursing school applying to jobs.

I work 4 days a week as a PCA (similar to a CNA except we can also draw blood and do EKGs, and a few other things depending on the hospital), and plan on continuing work during the program. A few of the nurses I work with were PCAs before and during nursing school, and they say that it's doable, you just have to be very organized, and bring your books and notes to work to study during downtime.

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I'd recommend it, I took a CNA, phlebotomy, EKG course and got hired at mt. Sinai hospital as patient care tech, the experience is ppriceless , as well as having a big foot in the door when I get that RN. and on top of that its not a bad job, pays well and is union, I would do it.

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Ahhh I don't know what to do because I'm currently working at Carvel and I have flexible hours plus I get paid $11.75 .. (maybe not much compared to you guys) but I love my job. I just didn't want to feel extremely lost once we start clinicals. someone in my class today told me to do it, he said he works in a hospital and he's seen a bunch of nursing students cry bc they didn't know what they were doing … I don't want that happening to me. :/

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Specializes in Neurosurgery, Neurology.
Ahhh I don't know what to do because I'm currently working at Carvel and I have flexible hours plus I get paid $11.75 .. (maybe not much compared to you guys) but I love my job. I just didn't want to feel extremely lost once we start clinicals. someone in my class today told me to do it, he said he works in a hospital and he's seen a bunch of nursing students cry bc they didn't know what they were doing … I don't want that happening to me. :/

Then you should do it! Just make sure to find a part time job, not full time. A per diem would be even better. Hopefully you can find a job before the semester starts, since you may not wanna juggle starting a new job and starting nursing school at the same time.

Being a CNA/PCA/PCT/etc is definitely helpful as far as being familiar with how hospitals "work", interacting with patients, nurses, physicians, other members of the team, etc. It can be annoying at times, I won't lie, though my unit is a busy one. Plus we get tuition reimbursement, so that's nice.

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Mine is at 1:00 on the 20th

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Mine is at 1:00 on the 20th

Same date and time here, for the evening we will probably get same.

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Nycguy is def right, if you can get per diem gig it would give a lot of flexibility for school. But don't be worried about not knowing what to do none of us will, gotta start somewhere.

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