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

6 hours ago, senorsarcasm said:

Hey everyone! I'm a current 1st-year student in the Humber-UNB Second-Entry program. I'm happy to answer any questions regarding the application process or my experience so far. Best of luck, Future RNs! ?

Hey! I was wondering about the Humber-UNB program timeline, since the program goes through summers, do you know what month exactly you finish that summer semester? ( like the earliest, if you were on top of clinical and everything else supposedly)

Thanks!

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Hi everyone!! Hope all is well.

Just wanted to introduce myself, and hopefully make some friends (Nurse buddies)?. I graduated from York University last year, and I applied for the 2nd Entry program at York (yes this was my only choice,lol!) I have my Casper test tmrw, which I'm kinda looking forward too?.

Goodluck to everyone thats doing the casper test tmrw and a big congrats to those who have gotten acceptances from other schools!

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On 2/7/2020 at 4:29 PM, hopeful2020 said:

Hello everyone!

Has anyone else heard from York yet? I was accepted to their second entry program as of an hour ago!

Good luck to everyone still waiting!

Congratulations!!!

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13 hours ago, panda.matcha said:

Hello! Thank you for your post! ? Currently Humber-UNB is my first choice. How do you like your experience there and placement so far? What’s the schedule like after the prep semester (i.e., courses and placement layout). Are there any student nursing clubs?

Hey there!

The prep semester was honestly very manageable if you put the time/effort in and the professors I've had we're perhaps the best I've ever encountered in my academic career so far. I had to take only 3 courses (Micro, Anatomy, and Pathophysiology) but many people I know that needed to take all 5 were very successful. I finished the prep semester with a 4.3/4.3 GPA so being successful is definitely possible if you put the work in and seek help from your professors.

This semester we have two days of class and a 12-hour day of clinical placement. Just an FYI though that nursing theory courses are WAY different from most previous backgrounds in art/sciences so it was definitely a bit of an adjustment to get used to the larger workload. Overall, just put the effort in and seek help from your profs whenever you need it (they're all extremely nice from what I've encountered so far and come from really intensive backgrounds like Nursing PhDs and NPs, plus they actually want to see you succeed). In terms of Nursing clubs/societies, I believe it's currently inactive at the moment/reforming its platform in collaboration with other student departments so maybe next year there may be something up and running in terms of that (hopefully at least)!

Hope this helps. ?

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7 hours ago, Kayla810 said:

Hey! I was wondering about the Humber-UNB program timeline, since the program goes through summers, do you know what month exactly you finish that summer semester? ( like the earliest, if you were on top of clinical and everything else supposedly)

Thanks!

Hey! For Summer 2020, the courses end the first few weeks of August. For my trajectory, I did the prep semester in Fall 2019 (Sep-Dec) and am now in the first official semester of the accelerated program. It'll run for 6 straight semesters and we're expected to finish December 2021.

Hope this helps!

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13 hours ago, senorsarcasm said:

Hey everyone! I'm a current 1st-year student in the Humber-UNB Second-Entry program. I'm happy to answer any questions regarding the application process or my experience so far. Best of luck, Future RNs! ?

Hi! I was wondering when you found out what prep courses you'll have to take? I am pretty sure 4 of mine will transfer over, I also did a pathophysiology course that I am wondering if they'll take. Was there any students in your year that didn't take any?

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Just now, Hannahfromcanada said:

Hi! I was wondering when you found out what prep courses you'll have to take? I am pretty sure 4 of mine will transfer over, I also did a pathophysiology course that I am wondering if they'll take. Was there any students in your year that didn't take any?

Hey! I think I found out which courses I needed to take via email from Humber a few weeks after I got accepted. And yes it's definitely possible to have all exempted! I have a few new friends that I just met that started in January 2020. Full exemption for the prep courses just means you're directly admitted into the program in the Winter semester.

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15 minutes ago, senorsarcasm said:

Hey there!

The prep semester was honestly very manageable if you put the time/effort in and the professors I've had we're perhaps the best I've ever encountered in my academic career so far. I had to take only 3 courses (Micro, Anatomy, and Pathophysiology) but many people I know that needed to take all 5 were very successful. I finished the prep semester with a 4.3/4.3 GPA so being successful is definitely possible if you put the work in and seek help from your professors.

This semester we have two days of class and a 12-hour day of clinical placement. Just an FYI though that nursing theory courses are WAY different from most previous backgrounds in art/sciences so it was definitely a bit of an adjustment to get used to the larger workload. Overall, just put the effort in and seek help from your profs whenever you need it (they're all extremely nice from what I've encountered so far and come from really intensive backgrounds like Nursing PhDs and NPs, plus they actually want to see you succeed). In terms of Nursing clubs/societies, I believe it's currently inactive at the moment/reforming its platform in collaboration with other student departments so maybe next year there may be something up and running in terms of that (hopefully at least)!

Hope this helps. ?

Thank you for your response! That’s great to hear, both the prep semester being manageable and supportive profs. How many hours are the two days of class? Are you finding the transition manageable from undergrad studies to your first semester in nursing?

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6 minutes ago, senorsarcasm said:

Hey! I think I found out which courses I needed to take via email from Humber a few weeks after I got accepted. And yes it's definitely possible to have all exempted! I have a few new friends that I just met that started in January 2020. Full exemption for the prep courses just means you're directly admitted into the program in the Winter semester.

Woo awesome ! I honestly have no idea where I want to go to school for nursing yet. I would like to stay closer to home in Nova Scotia, but I haven't heard back from dalhousie yet. Humber would be cheaper tuition wise for me .

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13 minutes ago, panda.matcha said:

Thank you for your response! That’s great to hear, both the prep semester being manageable and supportive profs. How many hours are the two days of class? Are you finding the transition manageable from undergrad studies to your first semester in nursing?

The classes for this semester depend on your clinical placement (it's one 12 hour shift on one assigned day from Tuesday-Friday). But generally, the courses are 3.5 hours long. Mondays we only have one class, and then you have another day (either Tuesday or Thursday) in which you have two 3.5 hour courses. The days start at 8 am. Clinicals, depending on where you're placed (Long-Term care is the First Unit), are 12-hour shifts but they may start as early as 7 or 8 am.

Nursing is a completely different world in terms of theory, research, and application. I can't speak for other schools and how their programs are set up but there's definitely a huge shift in terms of the volume of readings, the way you critically think research/case studies and conduct your own research for assignments. It can overwhelming at first but I'm learning how to cope with it as time goes on and like I said before, the profs I've met so far have been phenomenal. Second-entry students tend to be more motivated and at least from my experience, there's a good sense of camaraderie and support between me and peers I've met in this program.

Just remember to always practice self care whenever you can and know that you're going to be in a rewarding profession with boundless potential. That always helps to keep me going ?

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2 hours ago, senorsarcasm said:

The classes for this semester depend on your clinical placement (it's one 12 hour shift on one assigned day from Tuesday-Friday). But generally, the courses are 3.5 hours long. Mondays we only have one class, and then you have another day (either Tuesday or Thursday) in which you have two 3.5 hour courses. The days start at 8 am. Clinicals, depending on where you're placed (Long-Term care is the First Unit), are 12-hour shifts but they may start as early as 7 or 8 am.

Nursing is a completely different world in terms of theory, research, and application. I can't speak for other schools and how their programs are set up but there's definitely a huge shift in terms of the volume of readings, the way you critically think research/case studies and conduct your own research for assignments. It can overwhelming at first but I'm learning how to cope with it as time goes on and like I said before, the profs I've met so far have been phenomenal. Second-entry students tend to be more motivated and at least from my experience, there's a good sense of camaraderie and support between me and peers I've met in this program.

Just remember to always practice self care whenever you can and know that you're going to be in a rewarding profession with boundless potential. That always helps to keep me going ?

Thanks a lot for the insight! It does sound like it’ll take some time to adjust. I hope you’ll have a good semester ?

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@nikkieg HI! Did you directly contact the nursing department? Do they mean that they are sending out offers to those who have sent everything? By any chance, did they say till what month do they give out offers?

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