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Good luck everyone! I graduated from the program last year and I had such a wonderful experience. I know there's a few people on here that graduated from the sac state program and a lot of your questions have been answered but if you have some more just ask away!!! :)

I couldn't remember as it was 2 years ago. you should have the deadlines on your checklist. You can call the school of nursing office tomorrow instead of emailing as it could provide a quicker answer.

I would contact the school of nursing and ask them if there are places closer to you. I did mine in Sacramento, so I am not sure if they have any other places.

hey everyone! you might wanna change the name of your facebook group into something that is not related to the school. they're not big fans of that. just take out the sac state thing. just a heads up.

yeah... probably not. LOL! at least now you have a guideline n when the email will come. for most of the people in my class, we got the email around that time. just minutes apart. I would say, if you have a 74, you should be in a good spot, since last semester the cut off was 69. Historical trends show that for each cohort, the cut off goes up by 2 points.

i had 83 points.

I got my acceptance email on April 30, 2012 at exactly 5pm. It should be around that time.

questions in nursing school will be a lot different from prereqs. its gonna be more application of what you've learned. they will still be multiple choice questions but it's not gonna be all what is this? it'll be more, what are you gonna do first for this patient? or, all these answers are correct, but which one is the MOST correct. things like that. you have to know your content so you can apply it to every question on tests.

Also, it depends on you, if you can handle working and school.

I did not work during school, but some of the people in my class did. It's definitely doable. It just depends on how flexible the job would be with your schedule, because nursing school schedule can change overnight.

There's really no job placement thing per se, but paid internships are available after second semester. There's the Kaiser Internship and the VALOR program which is an internship at VA hospital. Taking a medical terminology class will be helpful.

So first semester can be a bit crazy. I'm not sure if they're pushing through with the major changes, but based on last semester, you'll have 3 classes. N112 (Medical-Surgical Nursing), N113 (Physical Assessment, Skills and Communication) and N111 (Professional Nursing). The first 2-3 weeks leading up to clinicals is what we call Frontloading and it's superbusy. It might not be as bad for some because they have some background on nursing/healthcare, but just expect it to be busy and a lot of new information coming at you all at once so that when it is actually easier for you, then that'll be a nice surprise. Schedule during this time is chaotic, plan on being there all day for all those weeks. Anyway, after the first 2-3 weeks of frontloading, you'll have a better gauge on your schedule. Clinicals will be either Tuesday or Wednesday and you go to the hospital the day before to prep on your patient. Monday will be N112 lecture which is the morning 8-11, but sometimes you'll have Simulation lab and you'll have to be there earlier... like 7ish. Then you have N113 on Wednesday or Thursday or Friday, depending on your clinical day. That can be up to an entire day. Thuesday afternoon, I believe is N111. Well I've had my clinical experiences at Sutter Roseville, Mercy General, UC Davis. They were all awesome places to learn, but just like every other workplace, you'll encounter good nurses and bad ones... or at least ones that doesn't like students. Skills wise, you'll have to be proactive in looking for skills at your clinical site, but at school, you'll have open labs where you can practice those skills if you're not fully confident in them. I think you'll have to be flexible, practice your skills when you have time and be prepared to a whole new way of answering test questions. Let me know if you have other questions. Sorry for the super later response, I've been caught up with preceptorship (last semester clinicals where you work one on one with a nurse) and projects and a whole lot of other school stuff. Good luck, a few more days for the results!!!

I'm currently on my last semester at Sac State and I'm wishing you guys the best. :) If you have any questions, just ask away... hopefully I can answer them in a timely manner. Good luck!

No you don't. If you're doing certified profile background checks, you don't have to physically turn anything in. They have access to whatever you upload to that site.

i mean Mather.