PHCC Fall 2014 hopefuls!

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I want to meet some of you! I'm just getting ready to take my last 3 finals, have been studying for the TEAS for months now, and will be able to apply for next fall's nursing program (YAYAY!) I'd love to hear from some potential future classmates, how you are doing/ did with pre-reqs/ TEAS, and share the excitement upon acceptances!

I can only confirm the comments about Rasmussen. I had a friend who did the RN over there but wanted to transfer to USF, unfortunately she had to re-take more than 50% of the courses. Besides, the hospitals in Hernando and Pasco prefer not to hire the RNs on Rasmussen. I had a couple of days observations during the clinicals at an extended care facility and that's where I saw all the Rasmussen RN graduates! They cannot get a job easily at the hospitals; whereas some of us get the offer to apply and work as CNA during the first couple of weeks of our clinicals. The hospitals would love to hire us as CNA and the RN job is guaranteed once you graduate. The PHSC is considered one of the good programs in the area. One of the conditions at USF (RN to BSN) is a gpa of 2.5 or higher unless you have your RN from PHSC, then even 2.0 is good enough!

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@theAFwife I haven't tried SPC or HCC but I wanted too and then changed my mind. Is it too late? lol

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@Nushca My friend just graduated from Rasmussen in January as an RN and was already accepted into USF BSN program. She did complete a lot of classes at PHSC though, as did I. I also worked in A hospital for 4 years as a CNA before I became an LPN. So I know I wouldn't have too much trouble getting hired as an RN. But who knows. I really do not want to go back to Rasmussen though. I want PHSC more than anything!!!! I'd jump out of my pants if I get accepted lol

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cnamarieg,

what I shared here about Rasmussen was my personal experience from talking to friends and the hospital's education & HR. You definitely have no trouble finding a job as CNA at any hospital, but RN is a little different. I also have couple of friends who did the RN at Ras. and are taking BSN at USF, but had to re-take courses. All in all I believe PHSC offers a better program at much lower cost. I hope you all get your acceptance letters in few weeks. From what I see here (gpa & teas) you all have a very good chance of getting in.

Good luck guys!

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I definitely agree that PHSC is better! That is why I want to be accepted so badly! Thank you, I hope you get accepted as well :)

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Hi guys, I've also applied for the LPN-RN transition program and I'm keeping my fingers crossed awaiting an acceptance letter.

@Nushca, how has the program been so far? I'm sure it's tough but doable.

I've read all all the comments on the post and thank you all for all your contributions; I feel a little less "blind" lol. I'm sure because I know I'm not alone in this journey.

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@able2012 You're definitely not alone! Let's pray the seats are open for all of us :) I'm extremely nervous. How did you do on the teas?

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Specializes in Cardiothoracic ICU.

I'd definitely look into it, CNAmarieg! It's worth a shot IMO! Any one else getting EXTREMELY antsy?? I swear my mailman thinks I'm stalking him!

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@theAFwife Thank you, I called SPC and the deadline to apply is over and of course I would have to complete two more classes before being able to apply (unlike phsc, I've completed everything). and you're already checking the mailbox? lol I thought letters are sent out around mid-june to late june?

I know you're antsy but I am sure you will definitely get in with your gpa and scores! :) Consider yourself a PHSC nursing student LOL

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Hi everyone!!

i just applied to the generic RN program today! Admissions told me that we should find out in mid to late June, so hopefully that's accurate.

I took the TEAS yesterday for the first time and got a 92.7% which I'm ECSTATIC about! Unfortunately, my gpa is only a 3.15. I am retaking my psychology class over the summer since I took it years ago, so if I don't get in to the Fall semester, I'll apply for spring with a much higher gpa.

Do any of you know exactly how they calculate who gets in? I've read in past threads that it is 50% TEAS, 45% GPA, and 5% in-county residence. If that's true, my score is an 86.79%. I hope that that's good enough to get in! I calculated last fall's percentages and there were some a bit lower than 86% who got in. So fingers crossed! :D

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able2012,

I only finished my first semester. But as you said, it was hard but doable. First I thought it was hard only for me since I came to USA just 2.5 years ago and started college last summer. I did not expect to get into the program immediately after I took all the pre-reqs last summer, so I did not have time to get the co-reqs done. To make it more difficult I'm working on my AA at the same time. But I managed to complete 44.5 credit hours and another 13 this summer.

Looking back, I can tell that getting into the program was the easiest part! But if you put in the hours and focus during these 4 semesters, you'll get through. I finished the lecture with B and clinicals with A. In addition to that I had also Eng. comp. I and college algebra too.

As mentioned before we had 2 drop outs after couple of weeks and I heard couple of the students did not pass. In the program you need 75 or higher to pass.

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I graduated last july from the lpn program and applied to the transition program. I was accepted into the program but was not able to take the nclex in time so I had to give up my spot. my teas was only 69.3 and my gpa was 3.8 so I was pleasantly surprised when I received my acceptance letter. I applied again today with the same test score since it worked for me the last two times that I used it. good luck to everyone.

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