Deaconess Question? How many Sessions?

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Glad to see there are some successful Deaconess students here...I am sending off my application today. I am still waiting on my info packet, so I was just wondering if anyone can tell me if there are three full sessions (semesters) at Deaconess. The ON-LINE Catalog only lists a Spring & Fall Schedule. Do they offer the Nursing courses during the Summer also? :rolleyes:

Thanks

Mona b, will you have A&P II and Clinical 1 (NR170) during the same semester?

Dev Psy is also required before clinical rotations. I know, as I would have liked to bump into the 6 semester program but because the Dev Psy was not complete, couldn't.

So, does that put those of us who are starting in May, and choose to work straight through the summer sessions, set to graduate May 2006? I thought if we did the summer session, grad would be Jan 2006. I plan to go straight through without stopping. Am also going to look into taking some classes at the local college as it's MUCH cheaper!

Lisa :p

Specializes in Child/Adolescent Mental Health.
Mona b, will you have A&P II and Clinical 1 (NR170) during the same semester?

I have no problem with the A&P issue, it has been worked out. Sometimes you get what you ask for. :chuckle

mona

So, does that put those of us who are starting in May, and choose to work straight through the summer sessions, set to graduate May 2006? I thought if we did the summer session, grad would be Jan 2006. I plan to go straight through without stopping. Am also going to look into taking some classes at the local college as it's MUCH cheaper!

Lisa :p

There are three semesters per year in the DCN calendar. Spring, Summer, Fall.

If you start in May (which is really June and part of the summer semester) you will finish 6 semesters later which would be April and you would grad in May.

That is for the new students as the original program had seven semesters as opposed to the new program which is six semesters.

Straight through is 6 semesters from the time you begin.

Hope this helps,

I appreciate the heads up on the A & P I & II and the Developmental Pschy being a pre req for clinical work...That is definitely important to consider when mapping out my plans...

I am also planning to complete as many of my gen ed classes with my local community college so that I can save on tuition.

I am doing Developmental Psch now and plan to do my Micro, A & P I, and Nutrition this Summer...(I may be pushing it though) I just want to have as many of the gen eds complete before diving into the program in the Fall...

Thanks for all the input!

Specializes in Med Assistant, EMT and CNA.

How do you get clinicals done with Deaconess when you are in another state somewhere. I know you should have some clinical hours and being that this is distant learning where do you get your clinicals done or are you doing them period.

Thanks

Shonda

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Specializes in Child/Adolescent Mental Health.
I appreciate the heads up on the A & P I & II and the Developmental Pschy being a pre req for clinical work...That is definitely important to consider when mapping out my plans...

I am also planning to complete as many of my gen ed classes with my local community college so that I can save on tuition.

I am doing Developmental Psch now and plan to do my Micro, A & P I, and Nutrition this Summer...(I may be pushing it though) I just want to have as many of the gen eds complete before diving into the program in the Fall...

Thanks for all the input!

I think that it is always a good idea to get as many prereq's done as you can before nursing school starts. Have you given any thought to taking the human growth and development clep exam in place of developmental psych? Save some bucks and time. It is not a very hard exam to pass.

mona

How do you get clinicals done with Deaconess when you are in another state somewhere.

Clinical rotations are completed in a student's geographical area.

I think that it is always a good idea to get as many prereq's done as you can before nursing school starts. Have you given any thought to taking the human growth and development clep exam in place of developmental psych? Save some bucks and time. It is not a very hard exam to pass.

mona

I never knew that Clepping was an option for Develop Pschy until I found this website 2 weeks ago. I am already 7 weeks into my class at the community college...so I will be done with it...Really all I have left are my Sciences...and the Nutrition.

BTW does anyone know what the COM 103D is...I am wondering if I have an equivalent course already on my transcript to cover it...

Thanks

I never knew that Clepping was an option for Develop Pschy until I found this website 2 weeks ago. I am already 7 weeks into my class at the community college...so I will be done with it...Really all I have left are my Sciences...and the Nutrition.

BTW does anyone know what the COM 103D is...I am wondering if I have an equivalent course already on my transcript to cover it...

Thanks

It is a communication class given by DCN's affiliate college, Fontbonne University. It is a communications class and you might very well already have taken the equivalent. Can't hurt to check, that would be one less class you would need!

Good luck

Not sure if this is still the case, but when I started at DCN I was told that I would have to complete 9 general ed credits with DCN (Fontbonne) to comply with the residency requirements. You may want to double check this before you take all of the general ed credits at a community college and still have to meet these requirements with DCN.

There are also a minimum # of nursing credits to meet the residency requirements but you should have no problem meeting those unless you have a lot of nursing credits to transfer.

Regarding my previous post, see DCN catalog page 25, bottom of the page.

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