EricaB

I am going the Monday AM meeting, and I'm pretty excited about it. I bought the book on Thursday, and I've gotten about half way through it. It does seem like a good book to read. There was a girl at the bookstore who is going into her second year, and she said they didn't have to do this last year.

Oh I would love the syllabus! I'll PM you with my e-mail, too! Thanks!

I registered, too! I got Patho Mon morning, 110 &111 Tues Morning, Micro Mon and Wed @ 1, and then 112 lab tues at 1, and clinicals at SAMC Fri 7-2. I wish I could have taken micro or patho over the summer, but I have a vacation planned the first week of June, and my husband would kill me if I tried to reschedule just so I could take more classes this summer!

Hi Jessicuy! I think they look at a lot of things, just your GPA and NLN aren't the only things they look at. I have a 2.5 GPA currently (due to some completely non-related classes a few years ago that I goofed because of working two jobs and my pride), my NLN was 91, I had an A in my CNA class, A in Anatomy, and currently have an A in Physiology. After the summer semester I will hopefully have a 4.0 or very close to it. After the initial deadline (March 15 was the deadline for Fall start), they look at all applicants, even those who have not completed all of their pre-reqs (like me, I just have Physiology not completed). They are not looking at people who meet the bare minimums.....and I guess even getting a C in any of your science classes make you look like a risky student to them (heard this at the info meeting, and from someone I know who is in the program). I think in-district is required, or atleast in-district students get top priority. So, a strong NLN, decent GPA, A or B in your science classes. It all depends really on what the applicant pool is like. What's good enough to get in really varies each time. But I think as long as you strive towards those 3 things, it does nothing but improve your chances!

I think I read some old posts where everyone kind of registers together, I will try e-mailing my friend in the program and ask her. They extended the deadline though, so I would think any meetings would be after all the program spots have been filled. My only concern is Micro....what if it fills up before that? I think they hold classes for students in the program, right?

Yay, I got my letter today! I went to an info meeting last month, and they didn't give out a mock schedule....I asked about it and the lady said it would be all over the place. So I hope it hasn't changed, but that sounds reasonable to me.

No letter in the mail today, but I live in Mount Prospect so maybe tomorrow!

Yeah, I'm not looking forward to having to take Micro along with Patho the first semester....but I didn't want to have to mess with any of the other classes. I want to be able to focuse just on my nursing classes. I am taking Basic Pharmacology this summer so I have some sort of an intro.....so hopefully that helps, too!

Thanks for the tip! I'll definitely remember that!! I was really nervous up until last week because I'm married and working full time, and just wasn't sure how everything would work time-wise and financially. But my In-law's offered to give us their guest bedrooms so that I can afford to quit or go extremely part time at my dental office job. As long as I have the time to study, I feel I will be ok, and now I will have it!! And their house is VERY close to harper, so that will cut down on my commute time, I could eve walk if I wanted to. I'm waiting for the official letter to come in the mail.....I got my hopes up yesterday when there was an envelope from Harper....but it was just announcing dates for registering for fall.....talk about messing with a girl!

Congrats to you, too! Yeah, I wish I could take Micro this summer, but I wasn't originally planning to apply for Fall and my husband and I planned a long-overdue vacation the first week of June. But I already have Psych 228 and all of the other support classes, so other than Micro, I'll be straight nursing classes.

I have to be at work tomorrow @ 8, and I just can't sleep, my mind is racing! No need to explain...I know exactly how you are feeling!!

I got in!!! I checked my application status online, and it said "Decision Made: LE Contingent Accept"!!!! So as long as I don't manage to screw up the 2nd half of Physiology...I'm in!!! Oh my goodness....don't even know what to start thinking!!

I applied!! I'm currently taking Physiology....so I'm even more on edge because I don't know if they will extend the deadline or not. But all of my other pre-req's are done, so I'm hoping!

I start my class in a few weeks, and I completely see where you are coming from. I wanted to do this, but talked myself out of it because bills and life just got in the way, and I never thought I'd be able to pay for school, and still have a roof over my head. But I am nervous, just because you don't know what it will be like, but I think that all passed once the class starts. Good luck!

I am about to start my CNA program at the end of this month, and I've been doing a lot of reading. And I have prior experience working in boarding home for senior citizens that was owned by my grandmother. I was not certified, nor did I have any real training, I was just kind of thrown into. And as I read up on laws regarding assisted living and similar types of homes for senior citizens, I realized there were some seriously illegal things going on. I would administer meds to a patient who had alzheimers, as she was unable to safely take them herself. When a couple of patients were on hospice, the hospice nurse showed me how to pass liquid morphine and lorezapam (se?) through a port. As I read through the laws governing these types of homes, I realized atleast half of the patients shouldn't have been there. I was only 18 when my grandmother asked me to work for her, and I never even thought any of the things she had me doing would be considered illegal. I originally thought this experience would be good, as I have done many of the things a CNA does, but now I feel guilty as I really should not have been doing those things. Is this something I should keep quiet about, and not openly discuss my experience when in class? My grandmother no longer owns this boarding home, and I think it would definitely be a waste of time to even try to report this since it happened over 6 years ago. I just feel sick knowing I was part of this, even though I truly loved working with the residents while I was there.