PLU ELMSN 2017

sso94 · Apr 4, 2017

I have a question for those who are on the "select waitlist", is everyone on that waitlist accepted? I am on the "waitlist" and I haven't heard back. Again, I don't expect much to happen considering it is already April. I just wanted to know if they already filled up all of their spots. Thank you

WAnurse11 · Apr 5, 2017

hey @entryleveleverything

I agree with most of the information posted on here already, but I'll just add a little and reiterate things that I find important.

We were given most of our clinical locations at the end of summer. They don't take into account your preferences as the process is already crazy enough. You can talk with other people and try to switch for clinical locations that are further north. However, most of the clinical sites are in Pierce County. Some clinical have sites in South King County, but I think they change based on availability and relationship with PLU. There's one gal in our cohort who comes from South Seattle and a few in south King County. They seem to have made it work (you do go opposite traffic for the most part!).

Try to sign up early as possible and if you don't get what you want, you can switch with someone who is willing.

Studying is up to personal preference. Some people choose to treat it as a job and just work 8-5ish every day and call it good. Others slack and cram. I've been doing alright. There is less direction than my previous school, so sometimes it's hard to know what to focus on. Nursing tests are usually "NCLEX style," so no matter how hard you study, you're probably going to miss a few. One of my friends who went through the BSN program told me, "The earlier you stop caring, the easier it will be." He got through with decent grades and passed his NCLEX first time. haha. So it's really up to you how much you want to put into it.

I aslo want to restate that nursing school is not what I thought it was from the outside. Nursing school does not prepare you to be a nurse. It gives you exposure to different types of nursing and (hopefully) helps you to build a foundation on which you can build on once you get a job. Talking to other nurses, this seems pretty universal to nursing school. More specific to PLU and this program, our cohort has had frustrations with the overall lack of organization and transparency. I think it's important to know this going into the program and to think about how to deal with it.

Overall you'll get through and become and RN. It's all part of the process!

MSNhopeful · Apr 21, 2017

Talking about misconceptions and expectations (reiterating what other ELMs have said):

1) You may feel at some point in the program that you don't understand or get everything and that's okay. The program is designed to make you learn the bare minimum, with room to learn more and you'll probably feel like an idiot, but that's okay.

2) It will not be a cakewalk. Prepare to have little or no social life. Prepare to let go of your straight A's if you were a 4.0 student; you will in some classes just have your eyes set on getting that C grade. Prepare to go through phases of feeling driven and feeling depressed, sort of like being bipolar. Prepare to struggle with health and self-care.

3) Prepare for frustration and anger with what some students have expressed about lack of organization and feeling lack of support as there are many changes happening with administration.

4) It's expensive and you cannot work (or can only work minimally, but most in the program still do in our program).

5) It's okay to not care anymore and feel jaded; be honest with how you feel. From what I've heard from nurses in clinical and outside of school, nursing school is completely different than real nursing out in the real world.

vnt6022 · Apr 22, 2017

Hello! I got placed on the wait list last week and I am wondering if anyone has insight on how the process works. Did anyone get in off the wait list? I am just on the general wait list, not the "select" one that some people mentioned. I wonder how many people were placed on the wait list. During my interview I was told that 40 people out of 100 were interviewed, and 24 were accepted. This leaves 16 waitlisted or denied.

Smcshane · Apr 24, 2017

Have you heard anything back? also on the wait list and have yet to hear anything?

Smcshane · Apr 24, 2017

Just curious if anyone off of the wait list has heard anything at all? I feel like I was one of the last ones added but am holding out hope...

MSNdiamond · Apr 26, 2017

I just received an acceptance email today so don't lose hope!!

Any current ElMSN students, I was wondering what times the classes/labs/clinicals are? I'm sure it varies but at least, are lectures 9-5ish? I need to arrange babysitting and am hoping to get a glimpse of a sample time schedule. Thanks!!

Smcshane · Apr 26, 2017

MSNdiamond were you selected off the wait list?

interpreternurse · Apr 26, 2017

I am more than willing to start a Facebook group for our cohort if it has not already been done.

Let me know if you are interested!

:)

interpreternurse · Apr 26, 2017

Hi entryleveleverything! And congratulations!

I just wanted to say that I completely sympathize with your frustrations of driving for 1.5 hrs on Tuesdays this Fall. If you would like to make it more worth your time, I'd say let's find a crew of people and start a study group. Of course, we won't really know personal schedules until the Fall but I just wanted to be helpful and throw that out there if you were interested.

See ya in June!

seattle3573 · Apr 27, 2017

I was on the select waitlist and accepted last week. I am already committed to attending Yale, so hope whoever gets my spot is a happy person! :-)

MSNhopeful · Apr 27, 2017

@msndiamond

Classes can range anywhere from 8am to as late 5pm depending on the faculty availability. Our first summer semester we had pathophysiology until 7pm ish on one day of the week. Clinicals usually begins at 6:45am and ends at 2:30-3pm though i heard one OB group had clinicals from 1pm-8pm. Again depends on faculty schedule since many professors and instructors work elsewhere outside of academia