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Myleena, You can register for those classes that you mentioned, but you need to be advised by someone in the department, which simply means you have to bring them your advisement form (or whatever it is called - which shows what classes you have taken already and what classes you still need to take to fulfill the college's and your major's requirements) before you can proceed. It's sort of a safety check to make sure you are not getting ahead of yourself or overlooking other classes you need to take first.

Myleena, I've already graduated, but clinicals I had were at Lenox Hill, Metropolitan, Bellevue and Woodhull(in Brooklyn), some of these more than once. They use other hospitals as well, most are NYC HHC hospitals, you can check them out online if you're interested. When you start NUR 112, the first couple of "clinical" days are spent at school practicing skills, after that it's off to the hospital and real live patients.

Since I was an evening student I had to take all of my pre-req's prior to getting into the program. As a day student, you can take them at the same time as the nursing courses, but I'm not sure exactly how that works. Check with the dept. on that. As far as Professors, I liked Nguyen for Micro also, and Glenn Miller for Mat 104 was good too. A&P II I don't remember but wouldn't recommend anyway, and I didn't take Soc. I took developmental psych online and it was really easy. I don't remember her name, though. Do your best to get A's in those four core courses, because they are the only one's that matter in terms of getting into the program. Good luck!

myleena, The schedule is Thursday, 1 to 4:40 pm with a 20 minute break in between. The same on Friday. You go to the hospital for clinical on Tuesday. It looks like your work schedule will work out perfectly. As far as 7 week schedules go, 1st and 4th semesters are all one topic each, Fundamentals and Med-Surg, respectively. You go to one clinical site each semester. 2nd and 3rd semesters are divided up as follows: 2nd semester Labor & Delivery for the first half (7 weeks) followed by Psychiatric nursing (7 weeks). 3rd semester is Med-surg (1st half) followed by Pediatrics (2nd half). All four of these each has a different clinical location. I hope that explains it for you. As for how to study, get study guides and practice answering questions as Kahlo mentioned. Get used to what the questions will look like.

I can't remember exactly how I did it since it was about five years ago, but make sure they don't transfer over your entire trancript - which will include that 'C" in Psych. If it does transfer over, I think they will count it and taking it again won't help. Maybe that's what you mean by "one-time removal and replacement of transfer credit", but I'm not familiar with that. Check into it. Like I said, only transfer what you need, not what will work against you. When I did it, I went to the registrar (I think) and they pulled up my transcript on the computer since it was also CUNY and thay transferred over what I asked them to - the two ENG courses. Mr. Sierra (the nursing clinical coordinator) told me that had I transferred in the PSY "C" grade it would have counted, so good thing I didn't. Being in your mid/late 20's will put you among the younger students in your class, so don't worry about that. You have fifty years before you retire, so one or two more on the front end shouldn't really matter much. The pre-clinical courses are ones that you can get A's in, so do the work and you'll be fine. When you finally get to the nursing courses all you have to do is pass - and you'll be happy with that. Believe me. You are young so don't rush it. Take one or two courses at a time. Make sure you get the grades you need. If you end up with a 3.3 or 3.5 GPA, you'll have to wait every semester until it comes down to that level, which might not happen for a long time with the great demand for nursing school we have now. There is no waiting list. Once you have your GPA in those four courses - that's it - then it dependes on how everyone else does that current (or proceeding) semester. If you get a 4.0, you're in, a 3.7+ and you should be fine. Those are the only four courses that matter. Focus on them. Good luck.

Don't be discouraged if this is really what you want to do. What you did at Baruch will be irrelevant if you want to do to nursing school. You don't need to transfer over anything that is not applicable to a nursing program. You basically will be starting college over in a a sense, because what you took at Baruch likely has no relevance to a nursing program. Nursing course requirements are different from the classes you probably took at Baruch. I'm speaking in terms of what I know - meaning I went to BMCC and finished the nursing program there, so I can't speak for anywhere else. Previously I had graduated from another CUNY school with more than 130 credits and a GPA lower than yours. I didn't transfer over my whole transcript. I didn't have to because it wasn't necessary to attend nursing school. Overall GPA doesn't matter. The only thing I transfered over were two ENG courses that applied to the nursing program, which I had gotten good grades in. The rest I didn't need towards a nursing degree at BMCC. Example: I had a low PSY grade so I couldn't use it, didn't transfer it, and I re-took it at BMCC. As others have mentioned, all BMCC looks at in terms of qualifying for the nursing program is your GPA in four classes (ENG, PSY, A&P I & MAT - you can get better descriptions of these in other posts, and you also need A's, maybe one B) and that's it. After that you have to take the rest of your pre-req's (which are mostly science courses and then the nursing classes themselves. Sorry for the long-winded reply, but your situation isn't as hopeless as you think. It's been done before. If there is anything else I can explain for you (hopefully less wordy) let me know.

why wouldn't you work at centrastate? freehold is an area i am considering moving to, and centrastate is right there. i am interested to hear your opinion of the hospital. thanks.

I can't speak for 1199 or NYSNA's contracts, but Lenox Hill has their own union and they reached a new contract agreement last fall. If you google for it you can find it on line. I did (but not recently). Hope this helps.

When you transer to CMSV, just be sure to transfer only the credits you need towards their nursing program, not your entire transcript. What I mean is, don't transfer the failing A&P grade. I had a similar experience at BMCC, where I never transfered a low grade (a "C" in Intro Psych I had taken years ago at a different school) in a course that was needed for their program. I simply re-took the class at BMCC as if it were my first time, got an "A" and that's all that counted. I was told if I had transfered the class beforehand I would have been in trouble and I wouldn't have been able to reverse the transfer once it was done and they would have recognized the "C" grade. Sorry for being so wordy with my response, but I hope this makes sense to you. Also, before you take all the courses at Lehman, make sure they are compatible and will transfer to CMSV before you waste your time. Good luck.

Steve, what do you expect your commute to be from Monmouth to Manhattan. I'm considering moving to Monmouth (perhaps Freehold area) from Brooklyn and was wondering if commuting to NYC was realistic. Have you considered Centrastate or Monmouth Medical Center? Also what is MSCHONY? Thanks

One of the instructors that I had at BMCC told us that her husband went to CSI for his degree in nursing and that the program was a lot better. What does that tell you?

On second thought, I shouldn't discourage you. If you work hard enough you can get whatever grade you want. It's just not the same black and white approach that you've been used to. I'm sure they are telling you that - "critical thinking!!" Think patient safety first, ABC's and all that and you'll do fine. You also have to realize where you are - in a community college paying next to nothing in tuition. You get what you pay for. Limited resources and oftentimes limited effort from the dept. Basically you end up teaching yourself nursing. Lastly, go to Barnes & Noble.com and buy an annual membership. $25 gets you 10% off everything everytime you shop in store and online (including coffee at the cafe). Shipping is free when you buy more than $25 worth (and you will - many times over) so the fee pays for itself in no time, and you always get the books you need.

First of all, don't have too much anxiety. Secondly the likelihood of getting an A is slim - you can do it but it's slim. I know that you are used to getting A's in your previous courses, but this is a whole different ballgame. I got a B- with her a couple of semesters ago and I was happy- sort of. When you get to 3rd and 4th semester you'll be happy with getting a C. Sad but true. The scope of what you need to learn in 1st semester is so big that it is hard to remember everything. Just do the best that you can. What you should get is the "Fundamentals Success" book. It wasn't on the book list when I was there but it really helps. It gives you the rationales for both correct and incorrect answers, which helps reinforce what you've learned. Practicing answering questions is a really good way to study. Those NCLEX review books you see in the bookstore or at Barnes & Noble? They are not just for studying for the NCLEX. The sooner you get some of these books the better. She is a nice person, but forgets sometimes that we don't have any nursing expereince yet. The questions she asks on tests don't always make a lot of sense, so if you can argue your point effectively enough she might throw the question out. She does that a lot. Don't be afraid to speak up. Your grade is always a couple of points better than what you actually got. You'll get points on the final too. Don't get used to it, though. After first semester, you get what you get and there is really no wiggle room. Good luck!