Ontario Second Entry Nursing Fall 2020

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Hey, I used to creep these forums for the past few years and they helped affirm my decision to apply to nursing school for Fall 2020. I didn't see one started for next year so I thought, why not start one?

I graduated a while back so I'm a bit older, but my top three choices are:

1. Queen's

2. McMaster

3. York

4. Humber-UNB

Alright, covid cohort nurses. Time for an update on your covid studies.  Are you in clinical placements?  Do you have labs?  How much hands on learning are you receiving?  Do you feel like you'll be prepared as a nurse when you leave?

 

Heres what I have.  2nd entry student at york. 1st year.  Classes on zoom, lab once a week.  No in-person placements. 0 clincial placements.  Online practicums using vsims.  Ngl, feels like poo sometimes.  We maybe have clinical placements this Summer.

 

how about you?

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8 hours ago, CovidCohort2022 said:

Alright, covid cohort nurses. Time for an update on your covid studies.  Are you in clinical placements?  Do you have labs?  How much hands on learning are you receiving?  Do you feel like you'll be prepared as a nurse when you leave?

 

Heres what I have.  2nd entry student at york. 1st year.  Classes on zoom, lab once a week.  No in-person placements. 0 clincial placements.  Online practicums using vsims.  Ngl, feels like poo sometimes.  We maybe have clinical placements this Summer.

 

how about you?

Uoft second entry first year here - labs once every other week in first sem. Placement isn’t cancelled - had it first sem and now as well. First sem though, we could only choose btw mental health and geriatric (usually we get to do both). Second sem, placement for three (ped, labour and deliver, med surg - 7 weeks for each rotation) as is, but only once a week (twice a week normally). 

now, lecture wise.... *** SHOW. No other words needed to describe.  ***. Show. 

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I actually like having online lectures. no commute, its recorded.  I can mute my speakers if someone is saying something dumb in class.

At least you guys have clinical placements!  I think york students will be quite disadvantaged in that way.  Sounds like queens has some placements based on the comments above.

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On 3/4/2021 at 6:42 PM, jasminekay said:

They can visit but you can't have close contact (eg have to have masks, be physically distanced, be outside). So it hasn't really been worth it to have my fiancé drive down. Monitoring is via self report basically - you have to fill out online checks any day you have in person activity on campus that verifies you're not a risk and there's a screening tool at clinical too. If there's an emergency or something else comes up you just let the school know. At clinical it means you go on work isolation - you can still go but you have to eat lunch alone, basically. If you were to falsely answer the screening and got caught you could potentially get kicked out of the program. 

At the end of the day it's been the biggest stressor for me personally for sure, BUT we're all in the same boat so we support each other and honestly we don't have time to take days off anyway so if I focus on school it's not so bad. I'm really really hopeful that as vaccinations become more common that rule gets relaxed! 

Okay totally understandable! ? I hope so too, LOL! But still not the worst case scenario if we have to remain isolated. 
 

Another question- when does our first clinical placement start? And do we need to buy specific scrubs from the program or can we bring our own? 

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1 hour ago, aspiringnurse09 said:

Okay totally understandable! ? I hope so too, LOL! But still not the worst case scenario if we have to remain isolated. 
 

Another question- when does our first clinical placement start? And do we need to buy specific scrubs from the program or can we bring our own? 

The scrubs need to be a specific colour (one of two types of blue, but they're specific shades to make sure we're identifiable on ward) but you don't have to buy a specific brand. There is a big group buy through class council though, which is easy to take advantage of - you can also order stethoscopes and BP cuffs and that kind of stuff through it! (I would recommend getting your steth that way actually because you can get it engraved for free and they have a wider variety of colours than I found was available online this year). 

Clinical starts in the Winter term. 

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hello, class of 2022!

I hope your first year has gone well! I am a current applicant for the 2021 Fall term, and I had a couple of questions for anyone willing to answer! 

I am currently debating between UofT and Queens accelerated nursing. However, I haven't been able to find a lot of distinguishing factors except for class size (UofT being larger...which makes sense due to Toronto as the location) So I wanted to know those of you that chose Queens over UofT, why, and those that chose UofT over Queens, why? Thank you so much in advance this is greatly appreciated! 

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On 4/9/2021 at 7:18 PM, debito said:

hello, class of 2022!

I hope your first year has gone well! I am a current applicant for the 2021 Fall term, and I had a couple of questions for anyone willing to answer! 

I am currently debating between UofT and Queens accelerated nursing. However, I haven't been able to find a lot of distinguishing factors except for class size (UofT being larger...which makes sense due to Toronto as the location) So I wanted to know those of you that chose Queens over UofT, why, and those that chose UofT over Queens, why? Thank you so much in advance this is greatly appreciated! 

Distinguishing differences will be location and cost of living, mainly. Toronto is expensive, but your clinicals will be at many of the hospitals which then makes it much easier to network for a job after school. U of T is also one of the best nursing schools in the world and the education you'll receive is therefore top notch.

Queens will have a lower cost of living in Kingston, which I hear is also a nice city, and Queens itself is a good institution to attend. If you're not interested in Toronto or the need to go to U of T for its academics (which would set you up for post-grad programs like an MSN/DNP/PhD), Queens would definitely be a good choice.

Regardless, congrats on acceptance to both! Being recognized by two great schools for your potential is a great sign of your career to come!

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Hey guys! I just got put on the waitlist for Queen's - I'm wondering if anyone else got a status update?

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Hey, 

did anyone hear back from Nipissing yet? I know they were going to start sending out offers in April but haven't heard from them yet.

 

On 4/19/2021 at 11:25 AM, Charlie0318 said:

Hey guys! I just got put on the waitlist for Queen's - I'm wondering if anyone else got a status update?

I got put on the waitlist as well!

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8 minutes ago, hopefulnurse2021 said:

Hey, 

did anyone hear back from Nipissing yet? I know they were going to start sending out offers in April but haven't heard from them yet.

 

I got put on the waitlist as well!

Hey, this is the wrong forum (2020).

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Just wondering if anyone had advice on preparing the Summer before an accelerated program!

I’m definitely prioritizing relaxing, enjoying the Summer, and working, but if was there anything that you recommend brushing up on before the semester starts, what would it be? I was thinking of maybe learning some basic medical terminology, dosage calc, or going over A&P… but I’d love to hear your personal recommendations since many of you are nearing the end of your first year (congrats!!)

Not at all trying to be a gunner or get ahead, just trying to set myself up for a low-stress start in September! ?

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Congratulations on your acceptance! I am an accelerated student at mac and heres some things I think might help you out a bit:

I would brush up on A&P for these specific areas:

Cardiovascular system -> will give you a strong basis for learning about heart failure and acute coronary syndrome in patho

Immune system -> for basis on stress, inflammation, and adaptive immune disorders (e.g. review the immune cells) 

Endocrine -> know your hormones and feedback systems that way it will make it easier to understand disorders of the endocrine system (e.g. diabetes**, but also for Cushing syndrome, etc)

Also fluids and electrolytes! 

A strong understanding in these areas will help you a lot with patho ? 

You could also begin memorizing normal ranges for vital signs and if you really want to be impressive, normal ranges for lab values! But definitely not required. 

Good luck! ? 

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