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I was wondering when they were gonna send me my reply. I doubt i'll get in but i am still being optimistic. If not then i will take a couple classes and reapply next year. My heart jumps w/ every small and large envelope that comes out of that mailbox. Now I have to wait until next month? One more month of the worry. To Pearl 26 someone from the one yr program who is an alumni also said the new student tab will still pop up. I am still checking mine. Good luck to everyone:) I thought they forgot about me when i got no letter.

Congrats!!!:)Hospitals do hire CNA's in hospital NICU but with many years of experience(unless u have connections) b/c everyone wants NICU and Mother Baby. They usually hire CNA's in hospitals after a couple months or a year of experience.

I am in the same boat as you trying to figure out what to do and what field of health care to choose. the job you choose for your experience can make all the difference. i think u being a lpn for experience is a lot better than being a cna for experience. u will truly get to see what nurses do first hand as opposed to cna's who just do what the nurses tell them to. i am doing the cna for experience and already have a degree. i ultimately want to become a NP. in the past i thought about PA too. i even shadowed a PA.In my opinion, nurses are around the patients much longer. PA's often do what docs do and treat and go. with nursing you are on you feet much more. i would have done the emt for experience but it was more expensive than cna. it all depends on what you like or what you find more fulfilling. As a PA you may be more likely to have a 9 to 5 job down the road if you want. you can have that as a nurse if u go into a leadership position or work in a dr's office. I do believe in the end experience is the key. when u work and see first hand what each professional does u can decide what u want to spend the rest of your life doing.

Dont let the fact that they say they are not hiring discourage you. A previous professor was giving me advice b4 I graduated. The professor said even when they say they are not hiring drop off your resume anyway. Whenever a spot opens up your resume will be there. This advice has worked for me. They told me they werent hiring but i should keep checking every week and apply and it paid off. Persistence is they key. Its tough right now but you will get something. You can look at different cover letter templates online to get different ideas. I wish you good luck. :)

Thanks:)

You can always get someone to look over your resume for you. sometimes it has tiny errors that we dont notice but someone else can spot it easily. With the economy they get so many applications. They may throw your resume out for one little error. The cover letter is where you cover things you didnt get a chance to mention in your resume. You can put under the category certification where you got your cna certification and what date. In the cover letter you get the opportunity to show you know the skills despite lack of experience. In the middle paragraph you can put during your clinical week/weeks of your course you did skills, x,y, and z. EX: During my the clinicals at XYZ nursing home I performed skills such as changing bedpans, taking vitals,etc.

Thanks:) I am so nervous.

You'll do fine. Dont worry about the age think. The key is feeling comfortable with each skill using your personality. You dont have to be "motherly". A couple of us in the class I took were in our early 20s. Some people were in their late 50s. We all passed b/c we learned how to use our personality to do each skill. Some people are more outgoing and some are more introverted. Just try to be yourself and be professional when doing each skill. The key is practice. Practice a lot at home. I used my body pillow as my patient. You can use your volunteer so they get used to the routine. The keys to remember are safety, respect, and privacy. So when u go in and have to introduce yourself(respect and professionalism) and check ID badge(safety)..u dont want to be doing procedure on wrong patient. Closing privacy curtains is a must(for privacy of course). Raising and lowering beds. Raise b4 u begin procedure to protect YOUR back. Lower b4 u leave to protect patient(so they dont fall out of bed,etc) Give call light b4 u leave room, even if you are coming back right away. No one wants to be stuck w/o being able to communicate. In the healthcare world each second is important. A second could mean life or death so the call light is key. Another think to do is relax. Take the time to think when getting your supplies so you dont forget anything. You will do fine. I remember when i did a skill in front of my class and screwed up big time. i felt so bad even though i had the highest education. some even jokingly teased me. But guess what? On the state exam the evaluator said i did it all "perfectly..not one mistake" and the people who thought they knew it more passed but not "perfectly"..lol. Dont worry about the others in the class, just practice and work hard. You CAN and WILL do well.:) Good luck

Sounds encouraging, my first day of my first CNA job is next week and i am super nervous. I hope it goes well. Just curious, what did they have you do? Did you have to lift patients a lot?

At the hospital i volunteered at there were signs outside the patients room that said NPO(meaning nothing by mouth or nothing prescribed orally) so i knew not to bring them anything even if they asked. As for as not bothering the nurses I did that by asking a CNA instead. If it was something that needed a nurses care the CNA would let the nurse know. Once u get comfortable in the unit u will know who to ask and who to not ask. I asked nurses when there was no CNA around. In some units i volunteered the nurses were happy to help and the in other units they seemed a little annoyed but if they seemed annoyed dont take it personally. they are usually tired and stressed. most will enjoy the help from volunteers. Good luck:) I hope u enjoy volunteering

Lol, i wont lie. I gained weight there but most of it(except two lbs) came off after graduation w/ plenty of walking and some diet changes. There is always salads and healthy other alternatives. but as usual healthier is a little more costly. Hey, for you one yr students it wont be that bad.

Congrats, I didnt get into the 1 yr but i am keeping hope alive for the two yr. with my financial situation i am not sure i could do the 1yr anyway. but i hope i get into the 2 yr. i had similar grades(switch micro and ANP) but i didnt see all my recommendations since i waived my rights so who knows( i saw one). i did health science too:) i hope i get in, if not i will try for suffolk community. i cant afford private... I will make the best of my job and use the tuition reimbursement and take more science classes. when there is a will there is a way.

Yes, we prefer to think of ourselves as a "commuter school"..lol(eventhough the term usually refers to those who dont dorm). But yea, i remember dragging myself out of bed at 8am saturday morning and dragging my little carryon w/ wheels around campus to go home. if i didnt go home my friends did so i was bored sometimes. i think its more than 50%, it felt like 65% at least. try driving around campus from thursday evening to saturday morning, people are heading for the bus or train or packing their cars w/ their bags..good old days. ( i am a little dramatic so its not as bas as it sounds)DOnt worry many of the students will still be on campus. usually people dont travel home every weekend. its like once or twice a month. most live in LI or the city so that's why they leave... You will probably be studying so much you wont notice who is there and who isnt. a lot of good food places are closed b/c few are on campus but u can access dunkin donuts,cali pizza and kitchen,starbucks(nice lounge) and wendy's most of the week.

I know your parents are trying to look out for you and your best interest but you should follow your dream. My mom wasnt keen on me changing my career path to nursing at first. I had open discussions with her about the profession and what nursing entails b/c believe it or not many people do not TRULY know what nurses do. My mom got sick once and was in the hospital and saw for herself first hand what they did. she grew such an appreciation for them and is now my biggest cheerleader:yeah: in my pursuit of a nursing degree. Nursing has come a long way and is slowly gaining more of the respect it deserves(with a long way to go). Maybe try asking your parents why they think its a blue collar job and that will open the floor for discussion. If they get upset just try to stay come b/c if you get upset too then they will stop listening. Two to seven years of education(ADN to DNP) is far from a blue collar job.

This is good info..i've seen this school on another post as well. They seem to have a pass rate over 90% on the NCLEX. I wish i lived closer or that there was something like that in the tristate area. There tier 3 schools with pass rates that are only 70% and are hard to get into despite high cost.(To reply to the original post) Some community colleges have less prereqs. Try taking the prereqs over at a community college where it's cheap and do some work or volunteer in healthcare setting and then apply. think of it like this..take it at a community college, get your ADN and you can do the RN to BSN online so u can work and make the same money and take classes online after or b4 work. You can also just take the prereqs at a community college and get high grades in them then apply to a for yr school and get a BSN there. Just focus on getting the prereqs in w/ high grades and your gpa should shoot up. the four yr schools may take into consideration that your previous degree was at an ivy league school

I dont think it makes it easier (unless you are currently there to meet professors,etc). I wouldnt mind if they did though... If i dont get in then i will take some classes, make my job pay for them then just try again.

You'll be fine..trust me. A lot of it is common sense. A lot of things are basic anatomy and medical terminology. We arent just saying that. Trust me if you took some college science courses this will be a breeze. The only thing is worrying about making little mistakes on the state exam b/c you are nervous. Like closing privacy curtain, washing hands, lowering bed and handing patient call bell before you leave is VERY important on the state exam(its easy stuff but becomes a lot when u are nervous). You will learn to do pulse and respiration. this is easy once you get the hang of it. I volunteered at a hospital and that played a huge role in getting me the job as a cna w/o experience. i thought this was pretty cool. the previous posts are all correct...if you want to get noticed by the RNs for a recommendation later on then cna is the way to go. plus as a volunteer you get to volunteer in depts you may not have the opportunity to work as a cna w/o experience. they mentioned the fact that i volunteered at the hospital on my interview.

Heyy..a fellow Alumni!!:) That' so cool...what year did you graduate? I'm class of 09. I dont know if they accept a lot of stony brook alumni/students. from what i've seen in the health science center...the 1yr had people who were much older so i dont know. but for the two yr, a lot were from stony brook. at the info session they said the two yr program sb students and alumni were given preference only b/c they usually take a lot more science courses at one time and that would be taken into account.(So if you did the same thing at another school then u have the same chance) i know for their prenursing club the students get to network directly with people in charge of the nursing program when they do volunteer work as a club. that was my mistake for not getting up at 7am on saturdays to attend the events when i was on campus:(..lol. we will never really know what thoughts go into their admissions..times like this you wish you were a fly on the wall..lol

Yea, Chapin is. They usually dont let undergrads live there though. I'm guessing they make an acception for nursing students since many are older and wont live in dorms. I know for the health science major they dont let you live in chapin unless you are doing the clinicals after graduation. I saw that they were building more buildings in Chapin and on campus so housing shouldnt be a problem.

I hope they accept all of us. They dont call your references, they just read the letters..there's too many people to call all your references. Plus, they may not always get people over the phone.

Yea, maybe. I thought Chapin was only for post-bacc or grad students..i dunno. there's west apts and schomburg but i think schomburg is only for grad,med, or post bacc students. but u are right i think its maybe just to save a spot. if they accept me before May( i think its the deadline for housing) then i will inform them i may be interested in housing. if they have me waitlisted after May then i guess i cant do the housing thing. I will e-mail the school of nursing and ask this question. they must be so tired of me e-mailing them..lol. but i have to make sure they get my stuff on time. i will relay the message when i e-mail them:)

wow..i knew they were slowly bringing in the doctorate but i didnt know that it would be a requirement for the NP soon. 5 years flies when you are in school. I want to get my masters soon but i dont know yet. well i guess even if you do the two yr program and work a yr you may still be able to make it for 2015? they did this w/ PT too. I feel like i will never be done w/ school...lol. Is Concordia upstate?

I hope we both get in:) Group dynamics is like group theory or social psych right? I felt unsure why they required knowledge about if i was to live on campus or not. i may decide to live on campus since i wont have to worry about commuting and i can use loans to pay for housing while i worked. i just got a job at stony brook hospital. i dont know what to do if i dont get in.... do you work in the healthcare field?

Oh long island state veteran's home in stony brook..right next to the SB hospital.

Yes, I finished them at Stony Brook...i have had this gut feeling from the start that i wont get into the 1yr but the 2 yr program(fingers crossed). Did you finish your prereqs? Honestly the two year program is longer,especially since i already have a degree but to be able to work and go to school is a must.it will be worth it in the end when i graduate and have that RN license. I dont think i ever wanted something this much. Sorry if this question is off topic but do you know why they REQUIRE you to put if you want on campus housing or not on the application? does it affect their decision?