Anonymous0987

Yes, you are. They do not try to accommodate schedules at all. They do not care.

Every school is awful in their own way. I believe State let's you choose clinical spots based on your ranking in your cohort. So you don't get choices there either unless you're the top of your class...

You'll have clinical every week. Sometimes you'll have two clinicals a week. 630am to 3-ish. You could have clinical any day, including weekends. They assign you your clinical days and sites. They will choose your theory schedule as well. You're basically at the schools mercy and whip for two years. You should get your schedule a few weeks before school.

With a 90+ you'll get in easily. The lowest score in my cohort was a 79. Mostly everyone had a TEAS score in the 80's.

I remember most people's changing around noon to 4 the year I got in. A few an hour or two earlier. I think they manually go in and do each one so 220 people... takes a bit!

90k isn't what it used to be here in Fresno. It's like the new 50k. You can find an HR based, Account management or sales based jobs that pay close to 90k a year base without getting yourself in 100k debt. I know, I had one of those jobs. If you take on 100k debt that reduces your home buying power by 100k until you pay it off. A loan payment on 100k debt is probably nearly 1k a month, minimum. My friend is paying $2200 a month on 60k debt. After taxes, you'll have very little to put in your retirement or savings and you'll end up a slave to the man for a lot longer than a city grad. Putting yourself in a mountain of debt is putting yourself in a position where you HAVE to work extra shifts versus a situation where you can choose to work extra shifts. It is a great way to burn out fast. Meanwhile docs are starting at 210k a year and will easily break 300k at some point, with the same debt as a gurnick RN. That's a big difference there. But hey, you do you.

I personally would not spend 100k at gurnick. They have a terrible NCLEX pass rate and you will graduate with the similar debt of a PA or MD grad.

Best of luck to you so who have gotten in. It's not easy. 2nd and 4th semester will kick your behind. But just keep crying and grinding. for those who haven't gotten in: look into the PA route. I am almost done with the RN program, if I did it all over again, I would go the PA route all day.

? good luck.

It's been changed for awhile. They draw preliminary lottery on merit. Lottery is drawn off of the people drawn from preliminary.

? they have a preliminary lottery that's based on merit. Then the lottery itself after the preliminary lottery is luck. Good luck

I noticed the majority of my cohort had taken their A&P pre req within two years of application. All A's and B's In A&P and Micro. No C's. At least half of them had bachelor's degrees. The ones who didn't had medical experience. Lowest TEAS in our group was a 79. Most of us scored in the 80's. GPA didn't seem to matter much if you had a stellar TEAS. I don't know if that helps anyone for your future applications if you don't get in this round but don't give up if you really want it.

They do a preliminary lottery before the lottery. Mine did the same thing. There was no method to the madness as to what the status stated. Some pending and some blank were selected and visa versa.

You guys should go get your bachelor's degrees and go to PA school. I will have much more to say in May as to why.

Yup.

PCT in ER you'll still be changing people and stressing your body. Just do Starbucks and get an externship in or third semester. You're eligible second semester but second semester is so ridiculous you will want to work as little as possible second semester

LOL. It's the most disorganized program ever. There are no pros just cranky, menopausal women yelling at you because your hospital corners suck. It's hell. Just my perspective.

I have one lecture day (2 hours) and one skills day (8-3pm) the rest is online. Some people have two lecture days though. Depends on who you get for theory…. And honestly… who really knows what’s going to happen this Winter with Covid…. If the whole class gets sick despite being vaccinated….

If you think that counselor is wrong, talk to another one. One counselor at city told me my very ancient Bio 1A was not the equivalent pre-req for Physiology and Micro. (Granted I had already taken Anatomy a decade prior....) I knew she was wrong so I scheduled an appointment with another counselor and I was all good. That said I am old but I remember some CSUs wouldn't let you transfer until you fulfilled the IGETC deal. It's probably called something else now. Fresno State wasn't one of them at the time but it may be now. Knock out what GE you can in online Summer school if that is the case. And you have your whole life to do the BSN bridge... And hospitals will pay for it too so don't fret too much!!

Thank you. Castlebranch is who my school goes through as well. I'll be reaching out to my disabilities office this week to let them know about her comments so no other cohort has to listen to that. Thanks again for your insight.

Hello, the nursing school I was accepted into states that any student who is on a prescribed controlled substance such as adderall, opiate or a benzodiazepine, etc needs to speak with the directors secretary and disclose this information to them and have a conversation about it. She stated, “the hospitals don’t want anyone doing clinicals that have anything show up at all”.... the way she stated it could almost be interpreted as, you may not eligible for the program if you are on these prescribed meds. Her statements seemed very misguided to me, to put it lightly. I can understand marijuana since that is federally still illegal but some of the listed prescriptions fall under treatments for disabilities and disorders and are very legal with a valid prescription. Her statement seemed borderline discriminatory andexploiting students to disclose their medical information. It was my understanding that if a drug screen comes back positive that the drug screening company will call you, get your prescription info and doctor info and verify it. Once verified they report the results as negative. I don’t see a need for students to have to disclose anything regarding their prescriptions or medical information besides physical clearance, immunization and titers to the school. Has anyone experienced differently? Are hospitals not allowing students who take these drugs into clinicals now days? Wouldn’t that be deemed discriminatory? Is this statement the directors secretary made about students having to disclose their prescription information and medical information to her completely out of pocket? Have you experienced similar? How would you navigate this? Thanks in advance.

Can a current student speak to the Live Scan requirements for clinicals or background check for new students? Or is live scan just before you license? Getting a live scan this week for something else so just wanted to know if I can knock it or this week.

Fall Cohort: if you were accepted into the Fall cohort, please message me so we can exchange contact information. Thanks!

Hey there, I start in the Fall. can you provide any tips to prep us for semester one? Anything to refresh on from A&P? Any supplies that are nifty? Does the nursing department choose our schedule for every semester or the first semester?

Is there a facebook or AllNurses group started for the Fall 2021 FCC cohort yet? If not I’d like to exchange contact information with the people in the Fall cohort. Laurasummers4582 at gmail is my fake email if you want to send me your info, I’ll reply with my real info!