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It's not really that the material is hard....it's just like any other material, you have to read till you get a good understanding of what it all means. It's more the tests that are hard because they are critical thinking tests, and if you've never had those kinds of tests, it takes some getting used to. From what I hear, third semester is suppose to be the hardest because you have the nursing class plus pharmacology class.

You're very welcome. Just don't give up you will get there.

Even if you don't get in this time, don't give up. Just keep trying if it is what you really want to do and you will eventually make it. Yes I really do love it but I will say that it is not exactly what I expected. I knew from hearing others talk that it was no walk in the park, but I didn't realize just how hard it was until I got in the middle of it. I just have my mind made up that I am not going to fail at this, so it gives me the extra push when I feel like I can't go on. And believe me there are times when you wonder if you made the right decision and you might even want to quit, but just keep your eye on the end result and you will be fine.

This changes every semester. I think it depends the hospitals schedules because other schools use some of these same hospitals and you don't want all schools there at the same time. Night classes last semester were divided into 3 groups and went to Houston, Greenwood or Winona. I don't think the day classes went to these hospitals. I went to Houston and I know from talking to them that we were there on the wkends but another school was there during the week, so you can see where that plays a role as far as not wanting schools to overlap. This semester we are going to Grenada, Greenwood and Starkville. So it just depends on what the hospitals in these towns already have scheduled. You will never know until the beginning of the semester when they assign you to a hospital.

You can apply for the evening/weekend program until October 16th.

The info I posted was for Grenada campus.

You're welcome and let me know how it turns out for you. Good Luck!!

Ok let me start by saying that I am fixing to start the 2nd semester of the program so I can only tell you what I know from 1st semester. Keep in mind that by the time you start, things might have changed some. Our schedule was every week Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5 to 9 (sometimes we would leave early, just depended on teachers mood) with quite a few Fridays and occasionally some Saturdays as well. (5 to 9 on Fridays but Saturdays were all day long from 8 to 4 with an approx. an hour for lunch). The schedule appears to be the same for 2nd semester as well according to what the teacher emailed us the other day. I already had all my prereqs as well but with an ACT score of 20 you will qualify for the Deans Scholarship which will pay tuition ($650 is the tuition amount and it pays 100% of that, but you will still have to pay the matriculation fee and insurance fee so you basically will still be out about $300 but thats better than having to pay the whole thing) but you have to be considered fulltime inorder to receive this which means you have to be taking 15 hours(used to be 12 but they changed it)....nursing class is only 9 hours so if you want to take advantage of that (which you would be a fool not to) you should take 2 more classes. They can be anything you want, dont have to be nursing related. They even offer a class called work based learning which to me just seems like a class to give people extra hours so they can qualify as full time. I did not know about this class last semester but my instructor told me about it when we registered for 2nd semester classes and it appears that alot of people in my class were doing it. From what I understand about that it, you don't actually attend class, you just get a booklet and the instructor posts an assignment on her door each week and you have to go online and answer 4 or 5 questions each week and that is all....I know sounds like there must be a catch, but I was assured there isn't one and its an easy A. Clinicals schedules depend on which instructor's group you are in. We had 3 groups and we all had different schedules. My instructor was very good about trying to give us a say in when we wanted to do them so we ended up going every other weekend..Friday night to get patient info, Saturday 6:30 to 12:00 and Sunday 6:30 to 12:00. We did this for 4 weekends. Now groups did theirs all 4 weekends in a row but we wanted the extra time in between to get the paper work done, and the instructor was fine with that because it meant she didn't have to be so rushed. So basically it will definately be on the weekends but you won't know the exact schedule until right before it begins. I don't know what to tell you about getting accepted because they supposedly go by a points system. All I know is that I had and ACT score of 20 and a 3.2 overall gpa but 3.7 gpa on my prereqs and I actually got a rejection letter in November. Notice I said rejection letter, not a letter saying I was an alternate. So I took that to mean that I was rejected, then the Saturday after New Years I got a phone call asking if I was still interested and if so to be at the school Monday for orientation. I was so excited I cried on the phone and the lady kept asking me if I was ok. So anyway, I really don't know how they pick them, because my letter flat out said rejected not that I was an alternate. I will say that I don't know how many people applied but they only accepted 35. The day classes accept 60 I think, but night classes are smaller. It is very competitive but you just have to not give up...if you don't make it the first time, try again next year and eventually you will get in. If you have more questions, just ask. Good Luck

I don't know about LPN but RN is white top and red pants

I am attending evening/wkend classes @ holmes. What questions do you have?

Uniforms changed last semester to cardinal red pants and white tops.

This is my first care plan (homework assignment) and I am having trouble prioritizing. My instructor is making us list the top two nursing diagnoses for the following assignment: 50 y.o. white female who underwent bowel resection due to cancer. VS: 150/80;96;28;temp. 100 IV of NS infusing at 75cc/hr c/o constant sharp pain at operative site - level 8/10; morphine ordered has large abdominal dressing w/small amt of bright red drainage; drain left in place foley catheter in place - good urine output Oxygen is at 2L/min via nasal prongs has NGT to suction IV antibiotics q4h history of smoking 2 packs/day for 40 years takes meds for hypertension I have come up with several different diagnoses but I have to list the top two and don't really know how to prioritize. I have come up with acute pain, risk for infection, impaired mobility, impaired tissue integrity. I was thinking i should use risk for infection and acute pain, but wasn't sure if tissue integrity was more important, and just plain don't know which ones are top two. Please help!

Congrats!!! I still have a month of waiting before I find out. Was this your first time applying?

I took my ACT again after being out of high school for 21 years. I knew the English and the Reading parts would come easy to me but was concerned about the Math and Science. I printed the sample test off the ACT website and that was the only thing I did to prepare for it. I aced the English and Reading but the Math and Science, I didn't know a single thing, had to guess at every question. I managed to do ok with my guessing. Made a 20 which was good enough for me because all I needed to apply for nursing school was an 18 and a 20 gets me a full tuition scholarship at my local community college, so if I get accepted, I'm all set except for books and supplies.