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You wouldn't be able to hook me up in the ER at Brookwood as an RN would you? I graduated Jeff State in December and haven't been able to even get an interview. I precepted at Shelby in the ER and loved it.

Thanks for taking time to reply....and thanks for wishing me luck. I graduate in December.

Thanks for taking the time to reply! I appreciate your help.

This is exactly what I wanted/needed. Thanks for taking the time to reply. And if your a mature nurse, so am I at 38! Thanks again!

As a homework assignment, I need a head nurse to discuss his/her perception of problems faced by new graduates and the ideal new graduate employee. Would a head nurse mind answering this for me?

As a homework assignment I need to find a new nurse (1-2 years) that will discuss some issues he/she faced with their transition from nursing school into the workforce. Would someone mind answering this for me?

You don't really need to worry about it right now. There's an orientation about a week or so before classes start. They basically tell you how happy they are to have you and make you sign a bunch of forms. It's not until a few weeks into class that you'll need a stethoscope and maybe later on a pen light. You don't have any clinicals the first semester. The second semester you'll have to purchase a uniform, shoes, goggles, scissors and name tag. You'll also have to pay for a background check before clinicals start and get some vaccinations and a physical. The second semester is when you'll spend and need a lot of money!

magnolia, we lost students for various reasons. some quit for personal reasons, some quit because they weren't doing well in the class, some failed the class, some didn't pass a "must pass or your out" test. i know that the part time class that just graduated in may started off with 40 and their graduating class was 17. so, i think its just that they weed out the weak and only the very determined make it. they allow students who have previously failed a certain course to come back into the program after a year. so, for example, we have some new students in our class that had previously failed 105 and had to wait until it was offered again (usually a year later) to retry to pass it. honestly, i don't remember how many points i had, but i had everything already taken except my nursing courses and had all a's and a 99 on my compass test. i think the magic number is around 180 though.

i started in the part-time program in the fall of 07. i just started my 3rd semester. we started with about 40 students. we are down to about 1/2 that this semester, but gained about 5 new ones that had not passed 105 previously and are having to retake it. when we started, we had students that were in their 20's, 30's, and even a 50 year old. it's not easy at all. even though we're "part-time" everyone works full time and comes to class directly from work. we have class until 9-9:30p. we haven't had a lot of luck with "good" teachers until this semester, so it's been very rough for us. classes were at the main campus the first 2 semesters, but this semester we're at shelby. they don't know where we'll be until each semester gets a lot closer. it has been chaotic and dysfunctional, but a lot of us feel that this semester might be the turn around. we'll just have to wait and see. fyi, we didn't get our acceptance letters until about 2 weeks before classes actually started. if you have any questions, let me know. :)

Thanks for your kind words. I'm going to think about it hard for the next few days. Hopefully, the answer on what to do will come to me. Good luck to you...I'm sure you'll do great. You've got the drive to succeed it sounds like. One last thing......do you know where your clinicals will be? Are they usually at a certain hospital or do you have a clue yet? Thanks again!

The hours aren't as bad as I thought they would be. My problem would be getting the kids to school in the morning. My husband couldn't do it for me. I would have to drop them off early I guess...and try to make it to school by 8:00am. I live in Alabaster.....traffic is awful in the A.M. You probably already know that. You must not need a lot of sleep...3 kids and school...with all the studying you'll be doing.........I wish you lots of luck. I wish I knew I could do it. Thanks so much for your help and advice.

Yeah.....I've got everything done except the nursing classes. I had all 200 points too. Is full time from 8-5 Monday-Friday?? How are you doing it with three kids??

Yeah....I'm starting to wonder if I should have done the full-time program at Shelby instead. I have two kids (6 and 9) and wasn't sure if I could handle the full-time or not. Let me know if you hear anything....Thanks!

Thats what I originally thought. I went to orientation last Thursday and classes are going to be at The Jeff State on Carson Road and clinicals won't be at the St. Vincent's I thought. They'll be at Medical Center East which I believe is now called St. Vincent's East. Three nights a week this semester. It's inconvenient for me, but if I have to do it, I have to do it. Just thought if they were going to start offering a part-time at Shelby, I might post-pone.

just wondering if anyone has heard if jeff state might start a part-time program at the shelby campus once the new building is complete? i live in alabaster and the drive up to the main campus at night is not something i'm looking forward to. thanks for your help!