black_knight

This post was made in 2010. Its 2019 now. I’m sure the school has made changes with the program. And yes you have to do a great deal of self teaching. But guess what, its the same thing everywhere you go. Thats just the nature of nursing school. And fyi, I’ve been a successful nurse for 6 years now (icu and er) and i dont regret going to CSU one bit. The tuition was affordable. I didnt have to take out any loans but it did require me to work during the weekends. btw hesi was harder than the nclex. Theres a reason why the schcool administers those tests. It prepares you for the nclex. I didnt spend a day studying for the nclex. Took it immediately after i passed hesi and got my att So my advice to you queen101 is put the work in if you want to be successful. Go read your books instead of wasting time on allnurses.com and calling a 9yr old post a lie

Just took the CEN Books used: 1. Sheeshy ED Manual 2. ENA Review Manual 4th edition - my advice, rent it on amazon. Cheaper. Just cover the answers when you're answering questions Amount of time spent studying: - Probably 2 weeks max is all you need. It took me 2 months from the time I registered to the day I took the exam because I had other commitments. I also went on vacation during that time so I procrastinated quite a bit. If you don't have any other obligations, 2 weeks of dedicated studying should be enough. Years of experience: -1.5 yrs ED Level 2 mixed adult/peds -1.5 yrs Tele Scores on ENA practice exams 1st practice - 68% (I've done 50% of my content review when I took this one and the score showed it) 2nd practice - 78% (Roughly 75% content review done) 3rd practice - 75% 4th practice - 76% 5th practice - 64% (Took on the day of the exam, probably not a good idea and I couldn't concentrate. This was after the cubs won the world series lol. Although I thought this practice test was considerably harder compare to the other ones) CEN SCORE: 76% Hope this helps!

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I'm Filipino (born and raised) and a nurse. You need to get a new wife. All lies. Tell her to stop watching too much telenovela She's milking you financially. Where did you meet your wife? I know how hard it is to work in healthcare and to save money. I also know how hard and competitive it is to get into medical school. Do NOT drop out of medical school to go to nursing school. You already spent a lot of money on tuition, med application, and mcat. Why drop out now when you're half way done. Edited: Don't get her pregnant. I'm sorry but I'm gonna be blunt here. It seems like this girl is using you. If I were you, I'd stop sending money to the Philippines as well to test her. It's not your obligation to help her family in the Philippines. $150 is a lot of money for a med student who does not have an income. also her reasoning does not make sense either. Why is she encouraging you to go to nursing school? Does she think nurses earn more money than chiropractors? Lol. Actually I just came back from a chiropractor. I had to pay mine $250 for an hr session to fix my shoulder..

can you leave the country while applying for citizenship? anyway, I know what you're going thru. We're on the same boat. However, I think you overestimated the cost of living in the Philippines. 60,000 pesos can last for 3 months maybe even more if you know how to budget. Tuition fee in top notch universities will only cost you 2000 dollars per year or approx 100,000 pesos (I know Lasalle and Ateneo you have to pay 100,000 pesos for the whole school year. 2nd tier like UE will cost you about 60,000 pesos) .. same amount as going to community college here in US. Also you're not gonna spend 100,000 pesos just for books in one year.

Hi where can I see the admit/grad rate for CSU? I went to the website you posted but couldn't find it. thanks.

Nice I am definitely considering CSU. Couple of questions.. 1. how much is the cost of your tuition for the whole year? I went to the bursar's office and they gave me the prices for summer. However, I'm still having a hard time calculating how much it would cost for the whole year. By the way, do you live on campus? do you think driving 40 minutes back and forth is advisable? 2. could you explain the step by step process in getting into the nursing program? The admission counselor just told me to apply and submit my college transcript. After that, they will evaluate my transcript and I guess they will schedule me an appointment with a nursing advisor. He also said I have to take some classes in fall before I can apply to the nursing program. 3. Do you have to take the HESI at the end of every school year? thank you so much.

hey Im just wondering if anyone know anything about CSU's nursing program? How's their program? clinicals, teachers, etc? I talked to an admission counselor and he said they have a 98% passing rate on nclex. btw, I didn't grow up in Illinois so I dont know if this is true or not but I heard CSU's reputation as a school is not good. Is this true? What I really like about CSU is the cost of their tuition fee. It's not as expensive compare to St. Xavier or Lewis University since it's a state school. I'd prefer to graduate (God forbid) with as little debt as possible.:)

great replies. I agree it's just a matter of getting comfortable with the labs, diagnoses, meds, skills etc. When you start becoming comfortable, everything will fall into place. Good luck.