Need Pre-admission testing information for RPN program

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Hi Everyone,

I have just taken the plunge to apply for Humber College's Practical Nursing program commencing this September/06. I have applied as a mature student for the part-time program - I am a 37 stay-at-home mum to a four year old, two year old and one year old so the flexibility of evening classes is wonderful for me. Ultimately, I would like to become an RN, but there are no universities that offer the BScN on a part-time evening basis as of yet. So my game plan is to do the RPN program, complete it in four years, and then work part-time while doing a bridging program for the BScN.

I am a bit nervous as my background is web development and public relations - never had to use my left brain too much since leaving high school. I did work part-time for ten years as a ward clerk in a Toronto hospital and loved every minute of it. As I am applying as a Mature Student, I have been told by the admissions office that I do not have to have grade 12 math, chemistry or biology, but I will be tested on these subjects for the pre admission testing - help! I have two and a half months to get up to speed on these subjects. Does anyone have any study guides they would recommend for me? I went to Chapters and purchased a series of study guides called The Academic Edge, for grade 12 math, biology and chemistry based on the Ontario curriculum. Has anyone used these before and can comment on their value?

Thanks!

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

I have no comment on the study guides but I just wanted to say good luck. I am a single parent of 2 girls(12 & 13) and I am in the third semester of the part time RPN course at Georgian College.I am in the same boat. I am going to take this and then work while getting my RN. We were required to take grade 12 biology and chemistry if we didn't have it.Then we weren't tested further on it before admission. It wasn't too bad, they just covered the basics. Hang in there, 4 years will go by before you know it.:mad:

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I have no comment on the study guides but I just wanted to say good luck. I am a single parent of 2 girls(12 & 13) and I am in the third semester of the part time RPN course at Georgian College.I am in the same boat. I am going to take this and then work while getting my RN. We were required to take grade 12 biology and chemistry if we didn't have it.Then we weren't tested further on it before admission. It wasn't too bad, they just covered the basics. Hang in there, 4 years will go by before you know it.:mad:

Thanks - so nice to hear from someone else who is taking this plunge. Congrats on making it this far! You must be looking forward to graduating next year?

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

I am looking forward to never having to write another essay!!! lol I won't miss the constant forking over of money to the college either!

I still can't imagine being ready to be called "nurse"in a year and a half. The amazing part is doing things you never thought you would be able to handle like giving injections and inserting a catheter.How many nights a week is your class going to be?

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Through Humber, the part-time program is two evenings a week for 3 years, eight months, and clinical is held Sunday and Monday, starting in the second year. I went to Indigo bookstore today and bought a few study books, one called Nursing School Entrance Exams - a guide for the pre-admission testing. It is for the States, but hopefully the material is similar here in Canada.

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you mean you KNOW when your clinicals will be? Or are they referring to labs?We never know when they will schedule our placements and it is scarey we all are juggling kids and jobs.Georgian sucks.

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Gosh, that does sound a bit stressful to have to arrange things week-by-week. The part-time Humber program seems to be layed out with the set days for clinical, but having said that, it might get kind of monotonous to work every Sun and Mon for three years.

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I'm yet to meet a LPN who went to a school that was on top of placements. We often found out on Friday where we would be on the following Monday.

We kept hearing "Nursing is 24/7 and childcare is not the schools or a future employers problem".

Longest four semesters of my life!

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