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Yeah...I'd like to know as well. Thanks!

Thank you to all of you for your replies. Several of you raised some very valid points that I hadn't considered. I was concerned because there are about 4 programs that I am considering transferring into and 2 of them seem to not be accredited. One of the programs, my top choice, had a pretty good reputation, but they must have lost their accreditation within the last few months. I don't want to go through the program only to find out that I can't seek employment elsewhere. I know that I don't want to live in SC forever, so I guess I just need to contact the BON of the state that I'm considering future residency. Thanks again to all who responded.

Thanks for replying Molly. What if you already have your license in the state that you reside. I live in SC, so if I chose to attend this school and took the boards in this state, wouldn't I be able to get a license in another state based on reciprocity?

Okay, I tried to make the title of the thread as specific as possible. What does it mean if a school is accredited by neither the NLNAC or CCNE, but is on the list of "Approved" nursing programs from your state's board of nursing. I know that you are able to sit for the NCLEX still, but what does this mean otherwise? I'm confused.

Thank you very much trakstar. Honestly, I thought that they would look at your cumulative GPA, and in that case, if I don't return and take advantage of the academic forgiveness opportunity, it would be fairly low. Even if I continue my current trend each semester (3.75-4.00), I would still finish with an undergraduate GPA of barely 3.0 based on my past performance. I didn't know that they look more at the grades and not the GPA. Thanks again!!! You have made me breathe a little easier. :)

Okay, during my first couple of undergraduate semesters (as a psych major about 5 years ago), I did horrible, and I was actually placed on academic suspension from the university. Although I am eligible to return to that school, I choose to pursue my ADN in nursing. I want to go ahead and finish this degree because since technically I started work on this degree while I was under suspension from the other university, none of these credits will transfer. I was speaking to an admissions counselor at the university, and he was telling me about the option to return to the university after 4 years, and getting my GPA recalculated. The following is from their academic bulletin: Academic Forgiveness for Former USC Students with Less Than a 2.00 Cumulative GPA Under certain conditions undergraduate students may apply for academic forgiveness. Academic forgiveness allows for a recalculation of the GPA to permit a student to graduate or pursue a specific academic program. In order to apply for academic forgiveness all of the following conditions must be met: 1. The student has not been enrolled at any campus of the University of South Carolina for at least 48 months. 2. The student must have been readmitted to a degree program at the University of South Carolina and must have completed at least 24 hours of approved graded course work prior to applying for academic forgiveness. 3. After readmission the student must have earned a cumulative GPA of at least 2.00 and met the progression requirements of the degree program. 4. The student must never before have been granted academic forgiveness. A student who has met these conditions and desires academic forgiveness must submit a written request for academic forgiveness to the dean of the college in which the student is enrolled. After verification of the student's eligibility, the dean shall inform the registrar that academic forgiveness has been granted to the student. Once academic forgiveness has been granted, the following apply to the student's academic record: 1. All curriculum requirements will be in accordance with those in force at the time of or subsequent to the student's readmission. 2. The student may not receive Academic Honors upon graduation. 3. The student's grade point average is recalculated beginning with the semester in which the student was readmitted to the University. All academic hours attempted at USC will be calculated toward the GPA. The student's GPA will be recalculated using the GPA after readmission and a 2.00 on all grade hours taken prior to readmission. 4. Courses in which the student received a passing grade prior to readmission may, at the discretion of the dean, be applied toward the degree. 5. The following statement shall appear on the academic record and transcript of any student granted academic forgiveness: "This student was granted academic forgiveness under the University of South Carolina Academic Forgiveness Program. The GPA has been recalculated under the criteria of this program to allow for eligibility for graduation." 6. The permanent academic record will remain an unmodified record of all work attempted at the University of South Carolina. My plan is to possibly return to the university as a Biology major, and take advantage of the academic forgiveness policy. My question is whether or not you think the admissions committees will like disfavorably upon my transcript, although I'm currently holding a 3.75 GPA. What do you think?

LOL...yeah, that's what the ED doc said. He said, "Oh shyt, I don't think we can handle this one, somebody dispatch LifeReach so they can take them over to the trauma center." :rotfl:

Honestly, we did think about it one evening after flipping through the book "What's the number for 911?" :chuckle

The patients at our ED have to write their own cheif complaint...we have a running sheet of some of the stuff we've seen: "cis on ris" (cyst on wrist) "burned lip from salt and vinegar tater chips" "car wreak" "throwing up and its sour" "nik and back hurt" "my ovary hurts" "ingrown toenail" (a sleeping 8-month old child at 3 am) "not eating" (again, a sleeping toddler, WTH should the child be eating at 4am?) "need blood alcohol" "somebody slipped me a mickie" "female prollems" "sore throache" "really bad U.I.T." (who proceeded to tell off the admissions staff saying, "You ain't never had no U.I.T. like this...I'm in pain!" No, I can't say that I have..."

THANK YOU!!!

I just wanted to bump this back up to the top. I'm having one of those frustrating weeks, and I needed some motivation.

Hello! I did a search here for Admissions Stats, which didn't return what I was looking for. I wanted to know if there was a site similar to http://www.mdapplicants.com that gave admission stats for schools of nursing anesthesia. I have my list narrowed down for my target schools (if I ever get to the application process), but I'm just doing some research and wanted to know some more specifics. Thanks in advance for anyone that can point me in the right direction.

Are you at Florence-Darlington Tech? I'm looking into their program because I'm looking to change schools (long story).

Cay, there are several ADN throughout the state...to what part are you looking to relocate? I am in Columbia, and here there is Midlands Technical College (http://www.midlandstech.edu). There is Florence Darlington Tech right outside of Florence, Central Carolina, Orangeburg Tech, etc. Try http://www.allnursingschools.com and look those up, as I don't know the addy's for those right off hand. MTC has a really good program! Edited to add...here is the exact link for all SC nursing schools

Um, maybe you should re-read her post and take into consideration a thing called sarcasm . I think it was a great post as well!

Yeah, she was a jerk. I'm considering going to another school, because I just don't feel good about that school and the so-called support staff there. My mom says I shouldn't let her run me off, because it actually is a good program. I just can't wait until 2005 to get back into clinicals. If I go to a neighboring city (about 50 minutes away), I will be able to start in August. The downside is that clinicals are 5 days a week, whereas the school that I was attending had lecture 8-4:30 on day 1 and lab/clinical 7-12:20 on day 2. Sucks! Thanks for your well wishes though!

I'm not a nurse yet, but I do work in the Emergency Dept. If you EVVVER are walking down the street and see "2 dudes", you better run! Those "2 dudes" are responsible for more mayhem that you'd ever know! Don't ever stand on the corner at 2 am and just "mind your business", that will for sure get you jammed up. Whatever you do...never have "only 2 beers", that will get you in a heap of trouble...those "2 beers" will get you everytime.

You guys don't know how much I needed to read this. I started college as a Psych major at USC in 1998, went three semesters and ended up on academic suspension due to poor performance (lack of motivation, and several extenuating circumstances). I sat out for a while deciding what I wanted to do. I decided that I really wanted to become a nurse, so I enrolled in an ADN program in 2002. The first time in clinicals, I was forced to withdraw because my health form was incomplete and I couldn't get my second step hep vacc before clinicals started. I came back the next semester, attending class while working full time nights. I was doing well in my classes, got past midterms making A's in all of my classes, and I exceeded my absences in one of my 10am classes because I tried to go home and take a nap and overslept. Since it was a co-requisite, I was forced to withdraw from clinicals yet again. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not blaming anyone for my circumstances, but it does make me a bit frustrated. When I spoke to my advisor last semester about returning yet again, she said that even though i hadn't failed, and i was doing quite well in my classes, (3.85), they still had to count those as two failed attempts. She said that I would have to get to the back of the list, and probably wouldn't be able to re-enter the program until 2005. What really discouraged me is that my ADVISOR told me, "Why don't you just give up...it seems like you really don't want to do this, why are you wasting your time?" I feel that that was totally inappropriate for an advisor to say. Even if she felt that way, I think that she should have kept it to herself. I know that I don't have to prove anything to her, but I just get so down about the whole situation. After speaking with her, I really tried to take a step back and reevaluate my situation to see if this really is the career path for me. I've prayed about it, and the only thing I keep coming up with is nursing. I know that I will be a good nurse...someday. I just see all of my friends going into careers around me and it's hard to say that I haven't really accomplished anything in the 6 years that I've graduated. I know that I can't work on anyone else's timetable but my own, yet you still want to compare at times when people ask, "So when are you finishing school?" Anyway, this was very encouraging and I'm glad to see that you all are accomplishing your goals despite 'life'. Thank You!!!

I know this topic is really old, but I am working the graveyard...pulling up old posts. The hospital I work for is an over 600-bed level 1 trauma center and our Surgical Trauma ICU has 12 beds, including: 4 private rooms, 2 double rooms, and 1 four-bed ward. Our Medical ICU has about 12 beds, including: 3 or 4 semis and the rest private. Our Progressive Care Unit has about 10-12 beds, only like 4 of them are private. The only floors with ALL private rooms are CCU, CVICU, and Telemetry. Most of the M/S, Neuro, Post-Surg Trauma, Renal, etc floors had 20-30% semi-private beds. I would LOOOVE to work in a hospital with all pvt's