Oklahoma Accelerated BSN, San Diego

wannabe07 · Dec 31, 2007

No one? Someone must have SOME info?? :typing

puresass · Jan 2, 2008

i've only seen their students & clinical instructors once in passing. they all seemed to be happy, friendly people... but that was just my first impression. don't know anything at all about the program itself. sorry!

there are other threads here about the OSU program, but it just started in august 07, so not many people have gone through it or talked about it here.

wannabe07 · Jan 2, 2008

i've only seen their students & clinical instructors once in passing. they all seemed to be happy, friendly people... but that was just my first impression. don't know anything at all about the program itself. sorry!

Well that is a good sign that they seemed happy and friendly!

Maybe I should go wait outside that hospital and hunt someone down to ask them! :lol2:

They are all probably too busy with the intense program to even be on this site.

Thanks for the response!

mamma3munchkins · Jan 3, 2008

I went through their accelerated program in Oklahoma. The online portion is pretty much the same. I graduated last summer. If you have questions about that I can help. The clinical portion I completed mostly at OU medical center so there I really can't help. The program was a great deal of work shoved in a short amount of time but I had 2 small kids and a brand new baby in the middle and did well.

Allison

wannabe07 · Jan 4, 2008

I went through their accelerated program in Oklahoma. The online portion is pretty much the same. I graduated last summer. If you have questions about that I can help. The clinical portion I completed mostly at OU medical center so there I really can't help. The program was a great deal of work shoved in a short amount of time but I had 2 small kids and a brand new baby in the middle and did well.
Allison

Wow, good for you, you had a new baby during? I guess if you can do it with small children and a baby I can do it! I have yet to have kids and I plan on not working too.

As far as the work load, did you have to write a million care plans? Did you feel you were well enough prepared for the NCLEX despite the short amount of time? Did you get to know the material long enough to absorb it instead of just regurgitate it?

Thanks for your response Allison, I am so glad to finally find someone who has been through this program!

mamma3munchkins · Jan 5, 2008

There are weekly care plans. Care plans expectations vary with each individual clinical instructor you have.

I did the online Kaplan course for the NCLEX. I passed the NCLEx with 75 questions. The program is tough and those that did not test well were weeded quicky from the program. In the first semester we lost about 20% of our class.

I found though that those that were not serious and did not pay attention and really study did not do well.

Allison

wannabe07 · Jan 5, 2008

There are weekly care plans. Care plans expectations vary with each individual clinical instructor you have.
I did the online Kaplan course for the NCLEX. I passed the NCLEx with 75 questions. The program is tough and those that did not test well were weeded quicky from the program. In the first semester we lost about 20% of our class.
I found though that those that were not serious and did not pay attention and really study did not do well.
Allison

Congrats, that is awesome! How were the tests? Were they online or did you go to a site and take them there?

I was in an ADN program and was doing very well, had a very high A but was forced to drop due to an unexpected emergency surgery. When I was in the hospital I had a student from OU's new SD program, that is how I found out about it and I started looking into the program. In my previous program we had several drop due to different reasons but mostly grade related. I am nervous about the online portion but I studied a lot on my own in addition to what we learned in class so if it is anything like that, than hopefully I will be ok.

Thanks again for your help. What area are you working in now?

mamma3munchkins · Jan 6, 2008

We went to the university and took paper tests with scantron. We did not do our major tests online. Some of the classes have quizzes per module that you take online.

I am active duty Navy, I work at Naval Medical Center San Diego. I work High-Risk antepartum and L&D.

AlLison

surromom · Feb 23, 2008

I met w/the counselors. They accept 72 students three times a year! It seems like a great program, runs about $30k you do your clinicals at Sharp hospitals.

Allison, I am going to try to email you, I got out after 11 yrs of being an IT to get my degree to go back in!!!! I should be seeing you around July for delivery LOL!

mamma3munchkins · Feb 25, 2008

Well I hope you don't see me:cry:. I am the nurse who gets all the patients who are on mag, seize, chorio,hellp,GDM,and of course those who live on the floor forever, advanced preterm labor, PPROM, IUGR, and every other bad thing that could go wrong in pregnancy. So I hope you are nice and normal and don't have me as your nurse. Once in a while I do SVD overflow when the deck is crazy and we don't have really sick patients. I'm really glad I already had my three babies because working here would make me so scared of pregnancy.

Allison

surromom · Feb 26, 2008

Well I hope you don't see me:cry:. I am the nurse who gets all the patients who are on mag, seize, chorio,hellp,GDM,and of course those who live on the floor forever, advanced preterm labor, PPROM, IUGR, and every other bad thing that could go wrong in pregnancy. So I hope you are nice and normal and don't have me as your nurse. Once in a while I do SVD overflow when the deck is crazy and we don't have really sick patients. I'm really glad I already had my three babies because working here would make me so scared of pregnancy.
Allison

I am carrying b/g twins this time so I hope not to see you in high risk antepartum but maybe L&D!!!