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To my knowledge no, I didn't take A&P there. We work on manikins further along in the program though.

Clinical coordinator is smug. That's just her, she's rude. Front desk people they can't keep. Some have quit and the financial aid people who make up our schedules are not too bright. You have to advocate for yourself they don't bother to figure out what credits will transfer they would be happy just charging you for classes you already have. Your Nursing Assessment teacher is the best you will have so enjoy her while you can, Pharm and OB teacher is also good. Adult Health teacher is not willing to work with students, do study groups or anything to help the students. I'm sure all schools have similar complaints. Unfortunately we the new students are the guinea pigs. Good luck with school :)

Well this school has only been open for a year or year and a half. We can't keep a dean. And I'm in the negative cohort. I think the positive people need to stick out, and this person is right, it's your attitude. Many people complain that it's too far. I think that's where all the negativity comes from. That and people not getting their way. You get this kind of thing anywhere. The campus is small though considering they just brought on another college, making that 4 colleges in one little campus. Over all most of the teachers are great and encouraging :) good luck and congrats

Did you end up starting in October? Do you like it? Our first graduating class has 1 (out of 4) but the classes get bigger and bigger, hopefully. I just started in July, and yes it is a very hard program.

I don't know if you have found what you are looking for but when I started I went 3 days a week the first semester session A then session B was 4 days a week plus 1 day for clinical. The next semester is also 4 days a week, 2 at school and 2 at the clinical site. There is a clinical spot on Broadway and Power, I forget what it's called and for your Adult health clinical there is one at Banner Baywood. Those are the farthest East. Hope this helps :)

I think if you are gonna take a gen ed one do it now, however I wouldn't only because it's your first clinical and it might be stressful until you get the hang of it. Are you going to be in assessment and 226 AND patho? or are you gonna take only 2 classes in session B, if that's the case then yeah you can take another class like history or socs. whatever you do I'm sure you'll do just fine :)

I was in the morning class. They let about 5 or 6 other students do that because we have all of our general education credits done, meaning we had no other classes to take but just the NR222, and it's all about money so they put us in all they could!

No I meant when you took NR222 or are you in all three? Nr222, 224 and 304? I took 222 last semester with 224 and assessment. If you are a class behind me, I wondered if I was in your 222 class :) And yeah I don't think they will let me which sucks but I'll try and work something out.

I did really well on the HESI for assessment. Not very well for fundamentals but I still got a B in both classes :] As for my semester, I'm allowed to take session B, then I will retake session A with your class, then move on to pediatrics (missing OB) then hopefully taking OB and Mental health at the same time. I'm not sure if they will let me I know of another student trying to do this. It works with the pre-reqs so we are able to try it. Were you in NR222 in the AM or afternoon class?

Assessment is very easy compared to Adult Health, I understand the policy for no rounding, but he wouldn't even let me see my past scan trons to make sure there was not points lost in translation. The assessment HESI I believe I was well prepared for because the book was good and we had an excellent instructor. I could have read more but the med surg book is so poorly written. I was fine until the HESI test. I mean we are taught that normal levels for things are a certain amount yet but HESI standards its different (ie HCO3 levels 22-26 well hesi said its like 21-28) it's ******** like that that screwed me up. They have given us a HESI book to study. My advice is just read and practice HESI questions as well as doing NCLEX questions. Good luck to you in session B

UGH I just failed Adult Health one. Stupid teacher was a jerkface too. 0.7% away from passing. My advice to everyone, don't be anywhere close to borderline. That stupid HESI did it. Do other schools require that as the final? That's the only thing I hate about this school.

When I went to the open house the clinical coordinator was there explaining this. She said they make deals with hospitals around the area, and they also take into consideration where you live. So it's not all just one place, especially since there are only 8 classmates to each clinical. She did mention the one right across the street, Lincoln something or other. She also said because they've only been open for a year, they are still working on these contracts because many students haven't reached the end of the semesters. She said for example the psych clinicals because that is in the 3rd year, yet no one is there, so they are still in the process of getting all those contracts. Sorry if this was a WAY too long answer lol

Oh ok, I thought July was better than October, the sooner you start the sooner you finish you know I'm not sure if it's already filled up because they do a rolling enrollment meaning about every 3 to 4 weeks or so they take their applications and review those and take the top 10 or whatever out of that pile, and do it again. I'm not 100% sure when they do it. They just had an open house did you go? I haven't started yet but I do on July 6th and I do believe it's 50 per semester, but there are 3 semesters so, 150 a year is good :) the HESI is sorta like the NET only it has more sections including chem, A&P and bio, I can't remember if the NET had that. They mainly focus on math, reading and vocabulary. Good luck let me know if you have any more questions

Is there a reason you aren't applying for the July semester? The official deadline was March something but I know someone who applied about a month before the March semester started and she got in. Your chances are probably really good if you do well on the A2 test, which is the HESI I believe, and you write an essay which is graded based on 11 points, you need 7 to pass. I can't believe how easy it was to get in, considering how difficult ASU's workshop made it seem and the two year waiting list for maricopa colleges. Anyways, Good luck!

I think I will start in the 4th semester since I too have most of my general credits done, all actually except for pharmacology. I have to make an appointment this week to sign up for my classes and whatnot, but it sounds like you are all set to go, that's great! I need to get all my titers and whatnot, I just did my urine test today. Hopefully we'll see each other, and I'm Valerie by the way