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@Soledad Padilla @Erika Salazar So RCC is really unorganized and usually when they say in about a week they really mean like 2-3 weeks or a month LOL.. Don't rely on what they say too much; trust me, I've gotten my hopes up one too many times... With that being said, I got my invitation the first week of September, so I'm sure you will get it soon. Also, depending on what program you applied to you probably won't hear back until November or December. I (traditional) found out the second week of December, but CEP found out the second week of November.

Yes, trust me, I felt the same going in! I'm sure everyone does! There's just too much info and it all seems important, but they really only test on things they cover in lecture and the objectives. Sometimes they'll emphasize things in class briefly so pay attention to that as well. They have an exam plan on canvas and it'll tell you how many questions each professor gets on the lecture portion of the exam. It's usually like 15-25 questions per professor per exam.. so they really cannot cover every single chapter they make you read. Rule of thumb: if they don't mention it (even briefly) and if its not part of the objectives it most likely won't be on the exam.

Honestly taking thorough notes on the readings takes so long. It used to take me like a whole day to complete like one chapter when I was taking notes on every single thing. Don't do that or you'll waste so much time, trust me. Focus on the objectives, the powerpoint slides, and anything covered during lecture. Since you haven't had lecture, focus on the objectives while reading and just highlight any info directly related to the objects as well as any supporting info related to THAT info. Then go back and take notes on what you highlighted and add onto your notes during lecture. Trust me, ---------------------- assigns a lot of chapters that are mostly pointless and she never even covers or tests on unless its directly related to the objectives or she mentions it in class. Hope that makes sense?

Sorry for just now responding! I'm not too sure how many students dropped out or didn't pass this semester. I know of at least 4 in my cohort that dropped out, but I think transitioning online may have played a role in them dropping out. I guess I'll have to wait for Summer intersession to see how many in total didn't make it. The program is rough sometimes, but you just have to take it one day at a time when you feel overwhelmed. It really all depends on your time management skills. Personally, they try to scare you by saying you have to spend like 60 hours a week in class, clinical, and studying; but I had a pretty okay social life the whole time and I did just fine. It's very hard to end the semester with an A, so don't be too hard on yourself if you've always been an A student and aren't receiving the same results here. My biggest setback was the readings. They were so time consuming and left me no room to study. They will assign you a lot of readings a week and they'll make it seem like you need to know everything, but don't fall for it. I wish someone had told me this earlier. Just follow the objectives when doing your readings and guide your studies using what's mentioned in both the objectives and during lecture. What I do now is read the objectives before, during, and after my chapter readings to make sure I'm getting everything. During my readings I'll quickly read through the chapter, highlight things covering the objectives (I highlight in green what is directly related to an objective and highlight in yellow what is mostly supporting info), then move on. After I've finished ALL my readings, I go back and take notes ONLY on what I highlighted.

@Chanster Okay, so I asked someone from the CEP program in my class and they said they pay $1,500 a semester. Apparently in total they are taking 4 units a semester with their cal state. Also, their cohort are in CSUSB so it may differ slightly from CSUF.

Hello, I'm sorry, finals are this week so I'm just now reading this. I'm actually in the traditional ADN program so I personally don't know what the fees were for the cal state portion. Also, just to warn you all, RCC is very strict with their social media policy. I say that because I just read that you guys made a facebook page. I would keep that on the down low just in case and then ask for approval when you get started or attend bootcamp. Our whole class had an app where we all communicated and it ended up getting banned.

Both Things are always changing, but I think you may just have everything online. They mentioned seminars would be online. N11 this semester didn't have clinical at all, so you will all probably do online clinical simulations also. Again, it depends on how things are in the fall.

They can still accept alternates as late as 2 weeks into the start of the semester.

Upperclassmen are doing hospital rotations, but N11 this semester wasn't allowed to, so I'm almost sure N11 next semester will definitely not be allowed to either. That is what a faculty member told us today during seminar. Maybe things will change later, but that's the plan for now apparently.

Yes I am. They told us today that we will be having seminar online in the fall and doing virtual CNSL when not in the hospital. So for nursing 11 (which will be you guys), you will all probably have everything online with no hospital rotations.

@Chanster I'm sure you will. Everything will probably be online though and you guys may not be doing clinical at the hospitals.

@Chanster No problem! Lmk if you have any other questions! Although it seems like you're already on top of everything! Definitely keep that up for the program. ???

I don't want to post the health form on here, because it's RCC's template, but the health form should have a section of each vaccination and each one has boxes split into left and right columns. For TB testing, for example, the first box should say this on the left: & this on the right: All the vaccinations follow that same format. It should be a total of 5 pages (7 if you want to include the first 3 pages that provide you with info on what they expect for each category), with the last page being completely devoted to your physical exam findings.

What everyone says is true, get started on complio immediately! You have to get titers for some of the vaccines so do that if you're unsure of how else to proceed! This is important because there are some vaccines you can't get in the time period between you getting the first & second dose of another vaccine. Also if you're still unsure of how to start on the required vaccinations, spend the time looking for your immunization records! From when you were a baby or if you can't find them, some people were able to get them from their previous school districts. This helps to know where to get started, because if you can't find them then you will have to start from the beginning which will take longer! If you guys don't have the health form, then you cannot really get started on your vaccines, so contact someone about that immediately. The health form should be an actual paper that you print out and take with you to your appointments. As for your first semester, be prepared to do a lot of reading and try not to get behind because it feels almost impossible to catch up. You will have weekly readings along with homework assignments, it would be best if you finish them all by Monday. I'm in the traditional program so I'm not an expert in the CEP program, but I do know that they have even more workload than us with San Bernardino. Don't be intimidated by all the readings though, they will tell you they are going to test you on everything so you feel like you HAVE TO know everything the book says, but each teacher only gets a certain amount of questions per test and they usually only cover what they talk about in class. With that said, make sure to know all the objectives for tests. Some objectives are very broad so it's hard to know what to pinpoint, but try to distinguish between what is important and what's not important. They do not test like your prerequisite courses, so don't expect that. It's all application problems. They're not going to ask you things like "What is the therapeutic INR level for Coumadin?" they'll ask like "Your patient was put on Coumadin and his lab values show his INR level is at 5.5, what would your next step be as the nurse?" And the answer choices all seem reasonable, but you have to know which one is the most reasonable. So be prepared for that. Also don't put off practicing your skills! It can be easy to do because of all the time you spend reading, but your skills are equally as important! Make use of all your resources! When you get your books, the online tools are very resourceful! They have videos of nurses performing the skills on real life people and that helps a lot when you're not understanding reading the steps for the procedures. Sorry this was really long, so I'm gonna cut it here! Hope that somewhat helped and congratulations!

Yes of course! Congratulations btw! Lmk if you ever have any questions ?