Nipissing SPP 2018

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Hi there! Just wanted to get in conctact with other applicants who are applying to the Scholar Practioner Program at Nipissing University.

We could use this thread to talk about different components of the application.

Cheers :)

@Tasha0117 Okay, good to know. Thanks for the response! I'm still trying to decide on my decision:P

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@Tasha0117 Okay, good to know. Thanks for the response! I'm still trying to decide on my decision:P

Where are you deciding between!

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@connor67 No problem. I think I read/heard somewhere that you get two other rotations(?) - I know there is one for sure. So we get to experience at least two other 'types' of nursing.

I think the most type of variety would be at the UHN locations though. They have the four hospitals/rehab centre and each hospital has a different 'specialty'. If UHN is your home base you would have potentially 4/5 rotations in different areas - plus your rotations to different areas (Sick Kids if you get it or Public Health). The lady who interviewed me said it was VERY hard to get a Sick Kids rotation if you aren't already in the Sick Kids spot since there are only 8 candidate spots available. I feel like Sick Kids and Public Health would be more specific - obviously there are different areas in both Public Health and Pediatrics. But, there isn't "general" maternity.

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@nurse2be9 I'm trying to decide between Nipissing SPP and UofT, but also deciding on the move from Ottawa to Toronto haha!

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@Tasha0117 this is great! Thank you for this information! I was told there are only 8 spots with Sick Kids as well.

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@connor67 exciting!! I am in the same boat, deciding between Nipissing, Trent, and York

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@connor67 @nurse2be9 I also had to decide between two schools and chose Nipissing. Obviously you have to make your own pros and cons list etc but for me I decided I didn't really want to learn more unnecessary theory and be required to read 15 articles for one lecture (got this info from a previous UofT student). I feel I did enough of that in my first degree lol. Most people I spoke to who are now RN's who also did an accelerated program, said they learned the most and got the most value from their clinical placements. For me personally, I know that more clinical hands on hours would be better for me vs being in a classroom learning theory I will never actually use on the floor. Some things to think about :) I totally get being freaked out about learning on our own but people do it.. I've spoke to a few people who are RN's at hospitals now and they survived SPP so I hope I will too haha

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@connor67 I actually asked the lady who interviewed me this - unfortunately, the answer is no. She mentioned that because it is a specialized program, there is no "variety" of clinical rotations. If your "home base" is Sick Kids then you are mostly doing pediatrics and you can use the time we can to switch out to Public Health or UHN to see other aspects of nursing. So, I believe you could request Toronto General Hospital for cardio, Princess Margaret for Oncology, etc. However, it is up to us to research and read up on the other areas of nursing that we are interested in.

So we would just ask before the next semester begins if we can be switched to a different organization? I thought someone said above that people from hospitals and TPH do a switch anyways so that they can experience a hospital setting.

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@PeachyT Yeah I would learn a lot better in a clinical setting than having to do more theory too. My first degree was basically 4 years of theory (including reading articles and textbooks). Also, I've heard the same things from a few new grads at the hospital I work at; basically saying that their 4 year program could have been condensed because they learned everything they wanted to know in their clinical placements.

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Hello FutureNurse612,

Are you a current student of SPP? How do you find the workload? Are good grades attainable? Is it moslty assignments? Tests? Papers? Any information and advice on the actual curriculum would be very helpful! Hope you don't mind me bombarding you with questions. :)

I'm still trying to decide between U of T, Queens, and of course Nipissing, and my deadline is fast approaching. So many pros and cons to each program. I think some of you follow the other thread and I just learned U of T is top in the country, so that's putting a stall in my decision to choose Nipissing. Another thing against Nipissing is the "lowish" NCLEX pass rate:

Nipissing: 86.8%

Toronto: 95.7%

Queens: 100%

(To find this information go to the CNO website> What is CNO?> Statistical reports>Nursing registration Exams 2016 PDF, then control F "compressed" To find the different programs)

I have a week left to make my decision and I'm really starting to over-think. Anyone else in the same boat?

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Hey,

I was just wondering, How do you accept on offer? is this done on Webadvisor or OUAC?

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Hey,

I was just wondering, How do you accept on offer? is this done on Webadvisor or OUAC?

You do it through your OUAC account. If you go under offers, it should say "offer" beside Nipissing, click on it and it should take you to another page where it asks you to accept the offer or decline it. After you've accepted it, you'll need to click on the "review & submit" link and just submit the changes.

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