APmedics

Practice your dosage calculation questions. No study guide that I know of, but you can find plenty of books on dosage calculation or Google dosage calculation problems.

The California Board of Registered Nursing does not approve out of state schools. All of the schools you see on California BRN's website are in-state schools. Nightingale College's curriculum, however, is in compliance with California BRN and as such allows you to take the NCLEX in California upon graduating and ultimately practice in California. Pharmacology I is all dosage calculation, Pharmacology II is medications. Placement test is very basic. Don't stress about it, just study the review guide you're given.

Oh okay. I just used practice questions/tests on yourbestgrade and some that the professors gave during our weekly webinars.

Not sure if they provide material to test out. I just took the HESI for dosage calculation. It wasn’t bad, what’s the minimum score they’re requiring to test out? I used “your best grade” but it is kind of pricey.

Credit cards that offer travel rewards points. American Express Platinum / Gold Chase Credit Cards Hotel credit cards or Airline Credit Cards. You can see the offers these cards have and if they'll be beneficial to you. They usually have some sort of minimum spend that you have to put on the card, for example $3000 within 3 months and receive 100,000 miles. Something to that effect. But again, be responsible with your credit and only use it as you would cash. Don't maintain a balance.

I don't think there is any particular reasoning behind the sites they assign you. There are some who live closer to Reno than me and they got other states/cities. If you do end up enrolling, I'd suggest getting a travel credit card. Don't create additional spending just for the sake of getting the points, but it'll help a lot with travel expenses. The sign up bonus points I got from a card covered my travel and hotel.

I've heard if you transfer in everything the shortest can be 20 months. I'm not an LVN, but I have a prior bachelor's degree. They allowed me to transfer all of my general education units, the only thing I had to take was a 3 credit technical writing course. Join the facebook group "We Love Nightingale" you will see a lot of information there from prospective students and current, they also have some staff that answer some questions there.

It's not bad. It is almost 100% self-directed learning so know that. We do have weekly webinars for classes that are an hour long, but we don't have lectures like a traditional school does. A majority of your learning will come from an online learning platform called Sherpath. The program works for me since it allows me to continue working while pursuing my degree.

I live in California and am in the remote program. I'm only in my second semester though and the first in which I have clinicals. Your clinical site will be assigned randomly, you don't get any preference on what location you receive so be prepared to go anywhere in the country. For this semester, I will have 4 days of clinical in Reno, NV, Monday-Thursday. The remainder of the semester is completely online. The 2-3 weeks you're hearing about is in your preceptorship, which is your last semester.

For the immunizations you have to upload your records, if you don't have them ask for them then do so. For Hepatitis B you require a titer. The drug screening, you should have selected a site to obtain the screening. Following that you'll receive an e-mail titled "Action Required: Electronic Drug Screening Authorization Form." Print this page out and take it with you to the lab. Call the location to ensure you don't need an appointment, some are appointment only. Make sure you do the drug test ASAP. Mine took 2 weeks to come back and almost risked getting dropped from the next semester's classes. You also require your full COVID series, Vaccine 1, 2 and the booster.

I'd call the school you're looking to apply to and ask. Given that we have had COVID impact classes and a majority had gone to completely online, they should be accepted. Mine were accepted by the community colleges I was applying to. The classes from Barton are regionally accredited so there should be no issue unless the school is strictly against online labs.

Honestly, California is a very difficult state to be admitted to nursing programs (ADN/BSN), unless you have very good grades. The private schools will take you, but you'll pay a lot of money. I'm not sure of each school's retake policy, you'd have to contact them individually. Private schools aren't as picky though from what I've seen. If you still have Pell Grant eligibility and can take out loans, private schools may be an option. Just ensure that they are accredited. Once you obtain admission you can apply to programs such as HPSP (Health Professions Scholarship Program) through either the VA or Military and if you're accepted they will pay for your education in exchange for you working for them after you graduate and become an RN. I took my prerequisites at Barton Community College. They offer all of the prerequisites online. I took A&P I and II, and Microbiology in the Summer in accelerated sessions. I had a great experience with them. https://bartonccc.edu/online

Thanks for the information. I'm located in California. I've seen threads from previous cohorts in 2019, you might have some luck posting there if they are still subscribed to the threads.

I applied for Mercy recently probably looking to get into their later cohorts since Fall admission is likely too late. How long did they take for you to be accepted into nursing after the normal school admissions?

They no longer do rolling admissions so you won't be considered for admission until after the first deadline. It is in your interest to apply by the priority deadline, however. I'm not sure exactly how you could best boost your application, aside from having most, if not all of the prerequisites completed and a high GPA. I wasn't really provided any feedback when accepted. It took 24 days from the priority deadline in Fall for me to get accepted.