MikeInCO

Hey Andrew! Wlecome to the site! I am just curious what goes on in a PACU? I am a pre-nursing student and so I am not really up on all of the many units... Thanks in advance. :)

Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately I will not be attending UW-Oshkosh as I have decided to stay in Colorado for now. But everything happens for a reason. And I am glad to hear that I would have made a great choice. Good luck in your studies and life. :) Mike

Hi. I was wondering if anyone is in the regular BSN program at UW-Oshkosh and if you can share your experiences in it w/ me? Thanks. I am an out of state student and will probably be transferring in. I have almost all of the pre-nursing classes done so I should only have about a year to go before I can apply. But how hard was it to get it? What kind of GPA did you have? How was the test/interview prcoess? Can you have a lower GPA if you do well on the entrance test/interview? Thanks for your input. Mike

Ok, thanks for your input.

Tom, Ok. So do you only have your ADN or did you go back and get your BSN? Is that the college thats referred to as MATC on here? My wife wants to move back to WI and so I am looking at UW-Oshkosh. I hear that the UW systems is a very good school system... Any thoughts? I want to just go straight for my BSN and I've got most of my pre-reqs done. The only thing is that if I moved back there I'd have to wait a year to become a resident to classify for in-state tuition which makes for another year of not being in a nursing program...

Hey Tom! Welcome to the boards. I had a question: Where did you go to nursing school at? My wife is from Wisconsin although we live in CO now... She wants to move back real bad. She's from Minocqua.

Well I have about half of mine done. I have several left but I'm trying to get them done this semester so that I can apply for Spring of 2010... LOL And so all I will have after this semester should be A&P 2 and Micro... It will be a hard semester as I am cramming in Hist, English (a retake to get an A), Chem 101, and A&P... Think it's too much? Because if I don't do it this way then I'll have to stretch it out until Spring of 2011... And even then you know you're competing w/ 200+ people. I figure this way even though it's a 'chance' to get in, if I do get in then the hard hard work of this semester/Fall semester will be worth it. Any thoughts?? Thanks for your 2 . :nuke: Mike

Well after some creative schedule changes my current schedule looks like this: A&P I w/ lab Hist 103 (1800 and on or something..) lol and I'm retaking Eng Comp I (I got a C in it and so far I have taken half of my pre-reqs and only have 2 C's but my counselor says that one has to go... I'm planning on Spring of 2010... so I have a year and some change to go. But I only have about 7 classes left to take. I just finished up Eng Comp 2 and got a B... Have a great day everyone!

Mary, Welcome! It sounds like you have an interesting plate full coming up. why are you taking a nurses aid class and Pharm Tech classes? I didn't think that the CNA class was req'd at PPCC for their RN program? I just graduated with an AAS in Networking Technology. And I'm taking a couple classes then going down to CSU Pueblo to finish my last couple pre-reqs and starting their BSN hopefully in Spring of 2010. I only have 7 pre-req classes left. I can't wait to get them all done and get my acceptance letter into the program... Which is a long time away. lol Well only about a year or so. I just got back from a week in Puerto Vallarta Mexico that marked my first year anniversary.

Interesting... I'll think about doing that on mine...

Thanks for your comments! I too was thinking about taking it in the Spring w/ A&P 2 but I also thought that it would be too much and I need it for my GPA... It will be hard but definitely doable! But sadly it won't be my only class... I'm taking two other 3 credit hour classes. Although, my class is 10 wks long. Which hopefully will provide a little reprieve instead of it being shorter than that. I couldn't imagine doing it in 4 or even 6 wks... Even if it WAS my only class. I wish you luck if thats what your doing.

Thanks for your input. I am still thinking about taking it over the summer because I'm still planning on working while I finish up my pre-reqs and I don't want to work and take A&P 2 and Chem at the same time... For those that don't know (which will be everyone... ) I do alarm response and work 6p-6a 3 days one wk and 4 days the next week... And so in doing this with the huge class that is A&P 2 I figured that I would rather only have to study that material instead of it PLUS chem...

I agree that it probably wouldn't have worked for me to take it in 6 weeks either. And I know that taking it over ten weeks or whatever the summer is, is going to be challenging and require a lot of studying/memorization but I think that it can be done... I had said in an earlier post that I was considering dropping it and taking it in the Spring when I take A&P 2 but I think that that might be even more challenging then taking it over the summer. It won't be my only class. I'm also going to take English Comp 2 and Intro to Stats. Has anyone taken stats yet? What can I expect?

Yay! Hopefully more people will take it or chime in with tips on how to succeed in it over the summer... Also, as an update I am dropping on of my classes over the summer so I will just be taking Chem 101 and two other 3 credit hour classes. Yes I know that this is a lot but I can do it! Have a great night! Mike :nuke:

Thanks for your input. I am planning on dropping one of my classes over the summer. So that will leave me with two and chem. And my chem is several years old... I'm still deciding whether or not to take. But I think that I am going to take it because I don't want to have to take it AND A&P 2 in the coming spring semester... Any thoughts?