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Im planning to start the RN-MSN this spring/summer. Ive been impressed by what I have learned about WGU. Also, I work for the VA and they support WGU nationally with the scholorship program. That speaks highly- the VA always joins new things late in the game and only after much research.

For the RN to MSN, how may CU do/did you have? I just got my transcript review and have 67, which is a little more than I expected. I would love to do I in a year but....that's a lot., although, there are many who did 35ish in 6mos so...maybe [emoji12]....

Hi! I haven't posted in years but Frequently hang around to read (posted this in general student but realized this is where it should be). I found Allnurses to be so helpful when I was in school...I'm heading back for my MSN and have a question...so I'm back posting here as well. :-) I'm in the admission process at WGU and am really excited (and dreading it too, lol), but probably won't start until summer due to timing of scholarship funds. I've seen a lot of WGU alumni posts say the capstone takes 6 months. Is this while working on other competencies or did you have to take a semester just for that alone? I know it's different for everyone and there are the rare few that finish in less than 6 mos, but is it a paper you can work on continuously or is it a stand alone? thanks!

Hi! Yeah I got in, and it is not really that competative. I think there were only a couple people who had met all the requirements and didn't get in, if that. Last year there was only one person. It is a good program, I have two months left-grad in August! WooHoo!! cannot wait! Hope it goes well for you, nursing school is tough but it goes fast and is such a rewarding accomplishment!!

Yeah, I am in PO too, (but OC has an LPN too, if anyone needed/wanted to go that route) and yeah, you have to want it really bad to get through nursing school.

No, I am working as a caregiver. I passed the state board in Oct, and my employer has been very flexible with school hours, so I think I will stay there.... I had planned to go straight ADN, but didn't get in fall of 08 because I didn't have my micro done at the time, so I went to Clover Park and will be done at the same time I would have if I had gotten in the ADN. Also, the competetion is much less for both the LPN and the bridge program. It is another option for those who don't get in to the 2 year program.....

Hi! Anyone starting Olympic College's TADN this winter? I graduated from Clover Park's LPN program last August and am scheduled to start the TADN (Transition to ADN) program at OC winter 2010. Anyone completed this program? Any input is appreciated! :loveya:

I would ask , what is group A or B doing while the other is in lab -aside from the one afternoon a week SSP?...or is it the clinicals? Thanks!

Hi. I start at Clover Park Tech in a week and a half!!!! I am curious about others who got their LPN at a tech school and how the schedules were/are? We attend class 8-3:30 M-F until clinicals start, and then that sched on Mondays and clinical shifts T-F. Sound similar to anyone? How was the daily schedule set up? How many hours in lab? Any study or group times scheduled in or is it only lecture and lab?? I am sooooo excited and my mind keeps trying to imagine it all! The closer I get the more antsy I get!!

Hi! I am Apostolic, a nursing student, and I don't wear pants either. I appreciate your willingness to share, not be ashamed of your faith, and approach this issue online!! When a uniform decision is faith based, it has been my experience (although not yet as a nurse) that employers are generally pretty reasonable, and there are usually ways to address all these issues (probably even fall-out! LOL). You want to work in OR- Go for it! God Bless!

Thanks!!

Lamie, Thanks (again)!! Congrats to you as well-I am sure you are relieved to know everything is settled!! Cindy asked me to come in to register, although it appears on the website that a person can do it online, I don't know? I am going in because I want to find out all I can about books, uniform, etc, as well as check on my financial aid. I can PM and let you know how it goes. I think hard, crazy, but enjoyable is often the description of nursing programs. I have been pretty fortunate with my professors while taking my pre-req's at OC, but man have I heard some horror stories! The LPN who told me CP is a good program also said there is a teacher at a clinical site who has a sarcastic manner, but she said listen to her-she really knows her stuff! There were times that this student knew things others didn't because of this particular teacher. I sent you a PM, and asked where you commute from- I asked be cause of the possibility of carpooling-let me know if you would be/could be interested.

I did get in this fall!!! I am sooo excited! I cant believe it-I am going to register tomorrow! WooHooo!

Thanks! I found out yesturday that I did get in, so I start this fall too! :yeah: As for the program, I heard that the teachers are good; not easy but knowledgeable and fair?!? Go figure?

I had Netter's cards and found them very helpful, although others made their own and it helped them learn. I also made some of my own that were not included in the set I had (ie: histology) or not specific to what we were required to focus on. I often did this by photo-copying the graphics from the text at Staples onto card stock. I also had the coloring book by Kapit and Elson, which I found very helpful too. I didn't color everything in it, but when I needed to study specific systems I often got a better grasp of how each part was interconnected with others. Many times I had an 'a ha!' moment while coloring! I would go over physiology and concepts in my mind while I colored. I remember specifically when the cardiac anatomy and physiology both clicked in my mind--while coloring them. To me the 16$ I spent on it was well worth it.

:yeah:congratulations on graduation and a coveted position!! :yeah:

The RN Bridge at my school requires a two-quarter A&P and the LPN program only requires one. It also requires Developmental Psyche, another math, and micro. As I knew I wanted to take the RN ultimately, I did all the pre-req's at once. I actually took the one quarter A&P and the first of the two quarter A&P at the same time so I could put my nursing app in sooner (the two quarter met the requirement for the LPN, but only after both quarters were taken) Two classes of human bio at the same time was kind of cool!

Hey, Candiceena, who did you take for Chem and how did you like it? I took Flowers, and he was good (although not easy!).

My CC has previously used cats as well as cadavers for A&P but has started eliminating cats altogether and only using the cadavers. According to my Proff, it is the trend, as well as what is becoming expected at university programs--- in keeping with the idea that most students taking those classes are going to have humans for patients, not animals. I thought the cadaver would bother me, but I did alright. I didn't touch him though. I was ok if organs, etc were out of the body but as a whole person it was different. Our Prof used the cadaver in tests for recognition and identification.

This is an awesome thread! Scribble and Daytonite, your comments are very informative and helpful! I hope to have teachers like you two who will give an indication not just how to do something, but what they want me to learn from it. I enter nursing school this year and really appreciate the foreknowledge of the tool that care plan writing is. Daytonite, your mention of problem solving and critical thinking will help me approach them from that angle and hopefully learn more from them!

Started pre-req's at 35, enter program this year at 37, and graduate at 39.

Thanks!!

Age, education, and experience can lend an air of condescension to some peoples' tones of 'voice'. It is not very nice, but it is fact. Although I am considerably older than you, I am only a pre-nursing student, and I fully expect that this is far from the only time we will hear this tone of voice from another nurse. I would imagine there will be some like this that we will have to work with or even have for professors. Best thing to take from this is to try not to be defensive when another has this kind of attitude (we don't have to let someone else ruin our attitude too:rolleyes:), and when you get to their place, remember what it was like to be a younger and newer nurse.

Hi! I am new, but just love this site! Nobody understands a nursing students perspective like nursing students!! I got two items of good news this week. First, I made the Dean's list at OC where I have been taking Pre-req's. I am pretty proud of that at the age of 36 with a husband and four kids! But second and more importantly, I found out I am only the 7th student in the list of 60 scheduled to start at Clover Park Tech in Spring. That means that if students drop out of fall, there is a real possibility I could get offered to start in Sept! ---My school does not go by GPA for entrance. There is a minimum of 3.0, but beyond that it is 'first come first serve'. (They believe in giving everyone an opportunity without competition among students, and that grades are not the only factors in a person becoming a good nurse)--- Because it goes in order of App date, if spaces are vacated, the next students in line get an option to move up! I have seen so many posts about the first day of nsg school being anxiously waited for and boy, can I identify!! This news leaves open the possibility of my getting in 6 mos earlier!! (Now the excited/anxious, etc just made a huge spike---and it's only a possibility, which is almost worse! )---:confused: Thanks for letting me vent some excitement/nervousness!:redbeathe

Hello. I am new to this board and find this discussion very interesting. I will be attending a Tech school, and one of the main reasons is because the schedule is more 'structured' than I have heard my community college is. I have friends who said the schedule is 'crazy' in the varying hours of the nursing classes/clinicals. But......The idea of wanting to complete the program enough to work a persons rear off is one I think some students are not prepared for, otherwise, why do all nsg programs have such high attrition rates?? Hope that helps to clear the air. :redbeathe