AFitz1981

Hi! I am currently in the program and I am very happy with it. The testing style can be hard to get used to and stressful since they test just like the NCLEX. But this is how I think about it. I'd rather learn now how to pass that test the first time I take it after two years of nursing school. you cannot work until you have that license. I have quite a few friends that went to other nursing programs. Got great grades and took almost two years to pass the NCLEX. RCC is KNOWN for their nursing program. KNOWN for their NCLEX pass rates. It has a great reputation amongst the nursing community and agencies. AM I stressed? YES! LOL but I expected that. I never met one nurse who said they loved and enjoyed nursing school. You are learning a alot..testing alot..and expected to be adults and study and do your work on your own time. Every hour of my day is scheduled. I have a job, children, I travel far to come to this school. It's not easy but its totally doable. And just for reference I never got great grades in HS. I am doing well in my courses here. I study A LOT. I would suggest if you can to take as many as the non-nursing courses you can ahead of time. I took the micro, anatomy etc courses before I applied. It will definitely help lighten the load so you can just focus on your nursing courses and clinicals. Best of luck!

Hi! for 116 lecture and clinical for this semester the following are required.. NANDA International Nursing Diagnoses: Definitions and Thieme Classification 2021-2023, (2021) Pagana & Pagana Mosby’s Manual of Diagnostic Procedures Mosby Elsevier and Laboratory Tests, 7 th edition (2022) Wilkinson, Treas, Fundamentals of Nursing, Volume 1, F.A. Davis Barnett & Smith 4 th edition (2020) Wilkinson, Treas, Fundamentals of Nursing, Volume 2, F.A. Davis Barnett & Smith 4 th edition (2020) Wilkinson, Treas, Procedure Checklists for Fundamentals F.A. Davis Barnett & smith of Nursing, 4th edition (2020)

good to know. thanks! anxiously awaiting LOL

@graceful_wren ever hear back on NUR 118? I received all info for 116 but no email, no syllabus etc posted for 118 yet. just wanted to check if I was the only one before I started emailing

oh wow! good to know thanks. I was hoping to use the Summer to get a head start on some reading ? thanks for sharing!

Great info. Thank you!!

Thanks! I had this one written down. Waiting for the other ones they were planning on switching. just read the thread above they will be sending that out in august.

Yes I am mon-Thursday and will be taking the calculations class online as well. Im glad you mentioned that you reached out about the text book b/c it was on my to-do list for today! I really need to know so I can order and start reading a bit ahead. I felt like there were a few things from NSO that they were supposed to follow-up with in an email LOL I need to go through that list now and see if I need to reach out about anything.

HI! I took the TEAS twice. First time was at home remote and I got a 75. my power went out and had all of these tech problems so I scheduled for in-person exam on campus about 2 weeks later and got a 83. the questions were different but not having all of the timing pressure of the tech difficulties was a relief. I bought the ATI test prep online version. I just kept reading and taking the practice exams. It scores you and then I would just focus on the areas that were not my strong points. I also looked up Youtube videos like craftmath for the math prep and Carolyn Mcallister for the English. Good Luck!

sorry I never saw the alert that you commented. same here. when I arrived I couldnt ask around LOL all set with my schedule. excited and nervous at the same time LOL thanks for the heads up about the hours. Im trying to figure all of that out as well.

Really? there must be then. My acceptance letter said June 6th in-person. no option for virtual.

Great, thank you!

Good Info! so basically we find out which nursing process course we will have after registration on the orientation day. We will then know what subjects to get a head start on. Do you feel like they teach you to prepare you for the "select all that apply" questions or is that something you really have to figure out on your own?

Sounds good!

Thank you!!

I tried to PM you my email but it said im "allowed 0 messages per day" LOL not sure what that means

Thank you! I actually plan on trying to read ahead this Summer. First Summer and probably last that I'm unemployed. Wanted to take advantage on days kids are in camp. Wasn't sure where to start so thanks for the advice!

I just have to take statistics and speech. Probably take the speech this Summer online and statistics next Summer.

Congrats!! I was accepted today as well ? I will be days parttime. See you at the orientation! Congrats! I was as well ? no longer on any social but I'm happy to share my email so we can all keep in touch. See you all at the orientation in June.

Good Luck! I had a meeting with an advisor before I applied and I was told you can be part time but take 2 nursing courses per semester. thats what I applied for. There was a little box on the application that said part-time. or full time. and another column for 1 or 2 nursing courses. Nursing 1 and nursing II combined are 7 credits. Part-time/full-time is determined by the total number of credits per semester 12 or more credits or 11 or less. Let us know if they tell you different!

The other school is a BSN. They are being difficult with accepting old credits I have from my first bachelors that is over 10 years old. RCC is accepting everything so it was save me a lot of time and money. I only have statistics and speech to take in addition to the nursing courses. I will probably take them over break periods if I get accepted so I just have 2 nursing courses a semester to take. Will make life easier with work and the kids.

Interesting! on our call they said up to 150 (which I thought was a lot) 75-100 makes sense. I really hope! I got accepted to my second choice and have to pay to hold my seat as I wait to hear back from RCC.

I did the info session on a zoom call. they never mentioned when we would hear back in regard to admission. Good to know the time frame so I don't obsessively check LOL I got an 84%. Hoping its good enough! I guess it really all depends on the grades of our cohort since they fill the seats from the top score down. Good luck! hopefully we will be starting together in September. I applied for parttime (2 nursing classes) day clinicals

I applied last week for the Fall 2022 Nursing program (fingers crossed). Anxiously waiting to hear back. I'm assuming a week or two after the 4/15 deadline they will start letting people know?