KatieM74

Yeah the PDA. You have to have one and use the software they require. So long as your iPhone can be turned off so the ringer isn't on is should be OK. When we started there were students who wanted to use blackberryies, but they couldn't because of the ringer issue. The best bet would be to call the school and speak with Devita, she is the Dean's secretary. The other concern I would say with your phone, do you really want the thing you are using for patient care also to be the thing you have in close contact with your mouth and ears? Just a thought. To be honest I don't use mine a whole lot, but it is requried.

I agree with you 100%.. I know that we stress about passing the practice tests, which you need a 90% to sit for the proctored. Given our limited time and all of the busy work we get it seems like such a waste.

I think that getting in is not as easy as it once was... If you do get in then there is always staying in. I'm in an accelerated program and I have to tell you that getting my BA was easy, now in my 3rd of 4 semesters I will say that if you were weak in your work/study ethic you will probably find nursing programs to be hard... I had a pretty good GPA and did well on my prereqs, for the most part I've carried A's and Bs in my program with the C+ in research.. go figure. I think that with nursing you really have to want it. It you have passion and you committ to it you will do fine.

Call me superficial but botox and boobs are on the list!!! And I'm not the only one in my class.. maybe we can get a group rate!

Hi there, I applied to the program in April 2008 got in for May 2008. I believe that there may be a wait list at this point. I live in Central Jersey only 35 min from Newark, but I am driving to the Stratford campus 1.5 hours away. All I can say is its worth the drive. Depending on where you live, I wouldn't rule out the other UMDNJ location.

Hi there I saw your post. I am in the UMDNJ ABSN program at Stratford. I am in my 3rd semester. If you have any questions please feel free to ask. My name is Kate.

ATI is really a pain. My program (UMDNJ) uses it as well. It was 5% of our grade, or it was going to be until they took that % out. Here's my theory, not that its right: I think that ATI should be a tool. There should be plenty of practice tests for the students to do if they choose to do them. I think they can be very helpful for the boards, but my program is accelerated and finding the time to do something I'm not getting credit for isn't easy nor my priority. The ATI books are a complete waste of time for the most part. We had to get a 90% on the practice exam to sit for a proctored test. Our instructors restrict us from seeing the answers during the practice test, so we have to search for answeres, I am still wondering what some of the answeres were for PIC lines... for the med surge test.. Needless to say its an imperfect system.