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LMFAOOOO nooo this is a huge misconception the states has RPNS here have most of the same knowledge of what a BSCN has. Not everything, we can’t work in ICUs or work independently in the ER, but we work in surgery, we take care of people with stab wounds, we can start an IV (if we take the course for it). There is barely that much difference of RPN in Canada and a BSCN.

I don’tI know why mode students aren’t catching on. They are doing this on purpose to make people repeat courses even when their averages are well over 83-85%. This is how they make their money.

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Honestly first semester exhausted me with the strike 😪😪😪and how it made things drag on. But now I'm looking forward to moving on :)

Honestly, what killed me at first was not knowing which textbooks to buy as the list got released super late. Now that I'm going into semester two I knew not to wait on them to tell me, and instead figure it out myself by asking around my future professors!

That's also exactly why I chose the school! How are you liking it now? :) feel free to comment on my recent post by the way :)

So, now that the semester is over, I was wondering if anyone from all nurses is still active on the site from George Brown's PN program or any other Ontario School, and wanted to discuss semesters 2, 3, & 4, and how they went for you. I'm starting my second semester pretty soon, really happy to finally have the first one over with after the strike that happened! If you are in your 3rd or 4th semester, what would you say has been your greatest challenge? Was the end of the program what you thought it would be? I'm so happy to finally be moving on from taking 9 courses at a time, & to be learning different and new things :) I definitely have some useful info for anyone who is starting their first semester and wants to avoid falling into certain traps like I did (ie. not knowing where the textbook list was at first) let's talk about it! Everyone is welcome :)

Hey, how did your third semester go? :)

Hi, sorry I did post this but I wasnt the one who took english before classes started honestly maybe it was done through a dual credit course, like CALC learning center, or at a college before classes started. 9 classes was a lot first semester though, and I had to drop elective because it was too much. If you can get those out of the way before your semester starts you might find it less stressful!

WOW!, that was a LOT of very interesting and useful information. It was so smart of you to take English & an elective course before school started, I wish I had thought of that, haha! And that's awesome, if two classes per day is still an option 1st semester then I'll be psyched to get on that the second registration opens. And yes I read that registration is July 17th but when I look at stuview before I log in and it has that link to "registration times staggered for fall 2017" it says practical nursing semester one's registration starts July 24th but for the whole college the first programs to let people start registration will have theirs open on the 17th. I'll put the link so you can see what I mean: But yeah, two classes a day would be wonderful, means I can use a 2 inch binder with lots of space for each class if I want! And I agree I wouldn't like 6 hours between classes either, I mean then you could study during that time but that basically means that each day you don't want to at that exact time means that the time is wasted and you could've spent those hours studying at home or at a library at flexible times for you in the day that you'd get to choose yourself instead of feeling forced to work around/within a less favourable class schedule. I'm planning on having the 24th free just so I can get it over with right when it opens and not stress. Thank you so much for mentioning that! And I agree, everyone has a different style of learning, I believe I'm kinesthetic mainly with a bit of everything else but I read and saw videos on Youtube of med students who also printed the power points and made notes on those. I like writing too, I feel like it makes me absorb information especially when the notes are multicoloured, but like yourself I also don't think that it's always possible to make good notes on what the teacher says in lecture fast enough either, so I think I'll start with bringing my laptop as well for when I need it. There's so many different techniques and you normally can't know anyway what will work best for a particular class for you until you start. But you're right, it'll be a bit of time to get it down before second semester anyways ? and awesome, that's the stethoscope is the one at the online bookstore as well. It's great to know textbooks aren't always necessary to lug around...I'm moving into an apartment downtown (not on campus) but it's still a walk to school, from ryerson. Did you live on gb's residence during the year? If so how did you like it? And WOW!, that's so kind of you to offer me to see/send me your notes as an example, thank you so much! I would love to. Have a great week!

And I agree with your comment earlier, I mean I haven't started yet so I can't really speak from personal experience but I definitely think working while in nursing school can definitely jeaproadize academic success if people aren't super careful, and getting complacent with 70s makes people less motivated/focused and then when they get a bad grade on one exam because their average wasn't super comfortable/in the safe range beforehand it's a big shock when it puts their status in the program in Jeaproady. Definitely something to be cautious of. Or they have personal things going on at home and didn't think ahead to get in a better environment before the program, or dump that boyfriend who's bad for their mental health. I got out of a relationship this year and it was easy to cut my losses when I realized he would only begin to drag me down academically this fall if I stayed. We all have our strengths and weaknesses but I think that if you're taking care of your life properly so you will be in a healthy mindset to study & prioritize academic success above everything else, there's no reason why any healthy/non learning disabled determined person shouldn't do well or at least be able to get through it safely if they give it their all. Thanks for all your personal insight and encouragement as well, you are very kind and thoughtful :)

I totally forgot to ask a few questions I was curious about, how many classes are there a day approximately for first semester? I know there's 9 classes 1st semester total but I wasn't sure how they were spread out because if it's just 2/3 classes a day I was thinking to just have a binder for each individual class & just bring them when I need them. But if it's 4 or more classes a day I might just get a wheelie backpack so I don't break my back. Also how many of each class do they have scheduled each week for semester one? By the way did you find it more useful to use color coded flash cards, print out the PowerPoint & make notes on those, or just write out your notes separately. I have a lot of different study techniques but obviously it depends on the teaching delivery which ones will be more useful. I was also planning on buying a recorder to record my lectures with the teachers permission, and is the littman stethoscope on the GBC site the one I shouldn't buy? Thanks so much again for all your helpful and useful tips, a lot of the things you mentioned i would've had no way of knowing so I'm lucky to know some things in advance! Hope you're having a great summer :)

Those are some interesting experiences. I have heard from a few sources that you need an 85 average to stay in the third and last year of the ryerson bridge. I think they should have a high average for you to get in and one for you to maintain for sure but once you're in the bscn program and going into your last year I think that holding that over people's heads after they've paid all the money and done the work and kept High grades the rest of the time is a bit ridiculous so I'm not sure if I want to go to ryerson afterward. I wonder if it's better to just stay at GBC since GB is a good school and we will be more familiar with the schools delivery style of content. I wanted to go to Vancouver community college because they have a bridging program there that's only 2 years but I heard there's huge wait lists so that was a bit off putting, aha. The only thing is I would rather get this all done as soon as possible and I don't know if I want to have children in 2 years as I'll be done PN in just over a year. Decisions, decisions...

Thank you for all the information everyone! And Last person^, how are you liking the bridge so far? I know it's intense and difficult but just trying to weigh the different schools programs and get reviews on how people like them before I start so I can have some idea of where I might like to go after. I wonder if it's even possible to do the post rn bridge full time with a child. I don't have one now, but if I do in a few years I mean.

Oh and by the way yes I did my research online about RN programs and I called uofoit a few months ago, the average needed to get in when I apply may go up to about 85 percent so it's just best to have the best grades possible throughout the PN program when you're applying to those programs. My cousin teaches BScN Nursing programs at Western University and is getting her Ph.d, she was a premed student wanting to become a doctor but changed her path. I know all grades need to be above 70 in the PN and bridge programs and the overall average has to be above 75 or 80 for even consideration depending on the program but then it's subject to competition as well so to be safe it's just better to get the highest grades possible, if over 90-95 averages are possible for someone applying to get in, then it's just better to do that. I called the faculty of nursing at GBC and she told me a new option for students this year is fast tracking in all semester and taking third semester with people who started in May of this year and are taking from January to April off and doing the third semester with them so that's my plan, & take fourth semester next sept-Dec. you need to know a lot of the cpnre and you only get three tries and I felt that taking a summer break will make me worried about forgetting stuff and working after the exam is when you'll be applying the knowledge IRL in a job where it matters even more, so if I can just go all the way through, then I will want to do that.☺️