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I attend IU-Kokomo and I am a junior in the BSN program. IU Kokomo stated that the reason for closing the ASN program was because the accrediation is up in 2010 and they do not want to reapply for ASN accrediation because the need of the field is going more towards BSN prepared nurses. All IU schools are weeding out all associate degree programs in all schools and in all programs. At the same time, all IU schools and programs are giving their associate programs to Ivy Tech, there for, you may apply any associate degree earned at Ivy Tech to a bachelor degree at IU. This is true in any and all programs including nursing. It is not just at IU-Kokomo. Frankly, I do not believe it has anything to do with business because there is a waitlist to get in the BSN program and it just opens up more BSN spots because many of the ASN professors are not teaching BSN classes and instead of only being admitted in the fall to the BSN program you will be able to start the program in spring. There is not less students attending the campus for nursing there are just more BSN students, there for, in my opinion younger students. I am happy to see the change. It opens up more BSN spots, and I, like the campus believe that is where the nursing field is going. iI you want an ASN go to Ivy Tech if you want a BSN go to IU-Kokomo. Personally, I would rather have a BSN even if I went to Ivy Tech for nursing I would prolley get a bachelor's degree in another field. As far as the pass rate for IU-Kokomo to each their own. In my opinion is it about how hard you study and how hard you work towards your goal. I do not believe it is the job of the professor to hold your hand during nursing school. To be a nurse you have to be able to think on your own and for yourself, independently. I believe IU-Kokomo prepares you for that and at the end of the day I do not hold them responsible for passing or failing my NCLEX-RN, I can only hold myself responsible for that. At the end of the day I will have a bachelor's degree from Indiana University. I had a 3.32 (not great but...) I was put on the waiting list for the BSN program. If IU-Kokomo would have not closed the ASN program I would have had to wait around for a year and re take classes to get my GPA up to get in the nursing program. Since the ASN program closed I was able to start nursing classes in the spring of 2008. The same thing happened to my friend who transferred from Purdue with a 3.54. She applied when the ASN program was still around and had to wait a year and reapply to nursing school. It will take her 6.5 years to graduate. All in all, closing of the ASN program at IU-Kokomo is better for BSN students :)

This makes me nervous. I just got hired as a CNA/SNE at Riverview.

I go to another IU campus I am in clinical. Our usual schedule is m/w class 8-11 or noon and clincal on the weekend for a twelve hour shift. Last semester (my second semester of nursing school) we had class Monday 8-12, Tuesday 13-1515, Wednesday 12-1700 and Thursday 13-1515. I don't know how IUPUI does it but I assume it is similar???? The first two semesters you are not in clinical at all but rather labs on campus. Some labs are offered at night but they fill fast to register early. The labs are 4-5 hours. You also have lecture classes with your lab and one other lecture class a semester that does not have a lab with it. Once you start clinicals, you can schedule weekend clincals but the lectures that go with the clincal are during the week and in the morning. I am sorry I couldn't give you more information! Good luck!

I go to IU-KOKOMO and I love it. We have a lot of IUPUI transfers. The admission requirements are not as tough at IUPUI, being IUPUI is the nursing program's flagship campus. It is about an hour drive from the Indianapolis area and we do usually offer clinicals in the Indy area, St. Vincent on 86th streer and Riverview in Noblesville. There should be some lines on your nursing school applications to apply for other IU campus locations as your 1-3 choices. We offer admission in the fall and the spring starting last year after we dropped our ASN program, there for, if you do not get in during the fall semester you will be admitted for the spring semester.

Hello, I just got hired at Riverview. I have my pre-employment physical tomorrow and my orientation the 16th. I work on the medical surgical floor with less than 4 months experience in LTC. I work float so I am not required to work a set amount of hours or limited to a set number of hours, although they can't make promises to how many hours I will get a week. It is great because I am still in nursing school and I have a 40 minute drive to work. My pay rate is 9.77 an hour with 10% more for nights and 20% more for weekends. I become a student nurse extern after a semester of clincals which includes a pay raise as more job duties. I really do not know how it will differ from LTC but I am excited. They offered my regular part time or part time float, at first, I choice regular part time but changed to part time float as it is more flexible. Part time regular is two twelve hour shifts a week and you will receive benefits. I will keep you updated on the new job and tell you how I like it!

Thanks for the great information! I am very excited. I have my pre-employment physical this week and orientation in two weeks.

Hey! This is my first post! YAY! I am a junior in a nursing program and a CNA. I havent worked as a CNA since I was 17 so 3 years ago! I worked at a nursing home and yesterday I just received a job offer from a hospital to be a CNA on thier medical/surgical floor and become a Student Nurse Extern in August. My question is, how is CNA work in a hospital different from CNA work in a nursing home. I have to admit, I am nervous about transfering pts. I had some problems in the nursing home due to lack of help from other CNAs. Some pts should have been lifts and the other CNAs WOULD NOT ALWAYS HELP!!! OR IF I ASKED FOR HELP THEY WOULD JUST GO IN THE PT ROOM AND DO IT THEIRSELF WITHOUT MY HELP! So, how is the work different/alike and how do the number of transfers compare, and are are co workers willing to help?