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JCCC also has a nursing informational meeting like once or twice a month... where a director does a powerpoint presentation of all the different nursing programs they offer, plus they have a ton of transfer information for those taking pre-nursing classes at jccc and then transferring to other schools for their BSN and such... Its pretty helpful and you can ask lots of questions and its a great introduction to the programs... plus you get like a gazillion handouts with helpful information. You have to call and reserve a spot, you can just call the student resource center or any of the other numbers above will get you with someone you need to talk to. they do fill up, they ended up doing standing room only in the one I was at because so many people wanted to attend.

jccc has an LPN-RN bridge program... the lpn's jump on the 2nd semester of the RN program and its pretty good (so I hear).... there are very few spots, like 4-16 depending on how many people from the original group of 60 something RN's in the original program are left standing.... but not too many lpn's apply, only like 30-60 or something like that.

I know you may want a more personal/specific response... but in case you dont get one i'd try salary.com. You can do searches that get as specific as zip code or you can do metropolitan areas and you can search for salary ranges for all types of LPN's w/ different levels of education and company size and industry type. I hope that helps a little!

basically every school i have looked at (and would actually want to go to) will take Anatomy (4cr) and physiology(4cr) and/or A&P(5cr). They dont care if you take it together or separate, the requirements are simply to take some form of anatomy and some form of physiology.... I was just curious how people felt the classes should be taken regardless of requirements. Anatomy is easier than A&P and Physiology is the most difficult of the 3. I figure taking them together would be nice because you get form w/ function... but taking them separately you would probably get more information than taking them together... thats when I wondered if anyone had just taken all 3 of the classes. I think im leaning towards taking them separately right now but just wondered what other peoples experiences w/ the class were.

Should I take anatomy and physiology together as one class or as 2 separate classes?... or would there be a benefit of just taking all 3? I know some schools requite them to be taken separately, and most schools dont really care, and i'm not really concerned about the difficulty of the material... I was just curious how everyone else took the classes and what they thought. Thanks!

I haven't taken the online program... but it seems like people assume the on-line programs are all on-line and you dont get the experience you need with patients, and that isn't true. so this is what I know about on-line nursing classes... the online programs aren't entirely online... for example... instead of having class two days a week, it would be 1 day a week for clinicals and homework and discussions are done on-line... or some variation on that. There are requirements for contact hours that do not change from on-line to regular classes. So you would still be getting hands on experience. The material is obviously more self-taught... if you're the type of person that prefers learning that way anyway then it shouldn't be so bad. Also, for all of the schools i know of online classes do not show up any differently on transcripts then regular classes, so unless you tell people you took the classes on-line, they will not know. all that being said, i still cant decide if i want to go the on-line or traditional campus route either

I posted this in the MO forum but didn't get as much response as i was hoping, so lets see what you guys think.... Would it even be possible for me to get into a nursing program with this as my situation: My first 3 semesters of college I did horribly in school, very bad grades. For the past few semesters I have had very good grades (3.5/4.0)... but my gpa is still around 3.0 and i used a gpa calculator and found it will be almost impossible to bring it up to even a 3.5 (like 100+ credit hours would be needed or something) I will be starting volunteer this month and getting CNA certification after taking the class in the spring, then getting a job at a hospital sometime around March hopefully in the kcmo/johnson county area. I will have all pre-reqs/core-reqs done for most of the BSN programs and ADN programs by the end of next fall for NS deadlines in janurary of 2010. With the little experience I have should I apply for any RN nursing programs next fall/winter (09/10) .... or should I wait until the fall/winter after that (10/11)? Would I even get accepted to a school? will they take into consideration the fact that my grades have improved and been great for atleast 2 years when they go thru applications or will they just look at the overall GPA? Let me know, any input you all have is great! Thanks!!

I'm in southern overland park, ks. I go to Johnson County community college right now to get my pre-reqs... and I am pretty interetested in their ADN programs, and LPN too. The schools I have looked at include, JCCC, KU, Mid-american Nazarene, UMKC, Park University, Penn Valley, Rockhurst, St. Luke's, K-sate, Pitt State.... pretty much every school in the area ... and then some. My first semesters were at KU and they have an academic forgiveness thing where they will wipe out my bad semesters, but that means I would have to take comp I and II again.... im not 100% sure how that whole process works, but i think that might increase my odds of acceptance into their BSN or RN-BSN program eventually. What bridge program are you in now? Where were you before? Are you happy taking the LPN route? Are the other students very accepting? Are bridge programs hard to get into? Sorry for all the questions... I just have so many!!!! Thanks for all the input!

Would it even be possible for me to get into a nursing program with this as my situation: My first 3 semesters of college I did horribly in school, very bad grades. For the past few semesters I have had very good grades (3.5/4.0)... but my gpa is still around 3.0 and i used a gpa calculator and found it will be almost impossible to bring it up to even a 3.5 (like 100+ credit hours would be needed or something) I will be starting volunteer this month and getting CNA certification after taking the class in the spring, then getting a job at a hospital sometime around March hopefully in the kcmo/johnson county area. I will have all pre-reqs/core-reqs done for most of the BSN programs and ADN programs by the end of next fall for NS deadlines in janurary of 2010. With the little experience I have should I apply for any RN nursing programs next fall/winter (09/10) .... or should I wait until the fall/winter after that (10/11)? will they take into consideration the fact that my grades have improved and been great for atleast 2 years when they go thru applications or will they just look at the overall number? Let me know, any input you all have is great! Thanks!!

I looked at the site and it had the required GPA of 2.0, then like a 2.8 in the prereqs. and then ACT comp of 17 and science of 18.... but i didn't know if you really need to have like a 3.5 gpa and 27 plus for act scores. I know a lot of schools give a set gpa requirement but the lowest GPA accepted is actually way higher. Is that how JCCC is?

there would still be clinicals... half the class would be online and then one day a week for 2 months or so you have to meet (for clinicals i assume) I didn't know if it was just a lot harder to absorb the information if it wasn't given to you buy an instructor ... or if it was the was basic and could be done easily online.

Has anyone taken their CNA classes online? The CNA classes I have seen offered would really throw off my entire spring schedule... but the online classes seem like they might not be so bad. The one i'm looking at is through JCCC and there is still 1 all day class that meets which wouldn't be bad at all. Anyone taken one and liked/disliked it? if so do you take online classes regularly? Ive only taken 1 online class before, and it was art history and it was in the summer... and I ended up dropping it (i think it was because i didn't like the class, not because it was online) I was also thinking it would work really well to take the classes over the summer but haven't seen any summer schedules available w/ CNA classes posted, are they offered over the summer? Any help is appreciated! thanks.

Thank you so much for your responses... I'm happy to hear this hasn't been a problem for anyone. I have been looking at the curriculum for a lot of different nursing schools and have seen many with nursing courses strongly tied to religion and required chapel attendance ... that coupled with all of the hospitals with religious affiliation... I didn't know how strongly religion tied into the entire occupation. I realize there are plenty of schools and hospitals that aren't tied to religion... but the overwhelming majority seem to be. Thanks for the input!

I am not currently a nurse but am pretty set on becoming one and was wondering how nurses dealt with responding to patients with conflicting religious beliefs. I don't think religion is that big of a deal, but i have come into contact with people (especially in times of illness) where religion becomes a huge deal. Have any nurses who aren't religious/affiliated with a religion had difficulties connecting w/ patients who are religious? Has it ever been a problem? any insight? Much thanks!!

Thanks! If I apply I will be sure to have everything they specify. It says that the only prereq's are chemistry and algebra and I thought I had read somewhere that comp I was required too... will I want to take the other classes like microbiology, anatomy/physiology, child development.... before applying if I want to ensure i will get in?