PeteZar

No. The hospital is in Hartford county.

New Grad with ADN in Connecticut at a main hospital: $28.50/hr + shift differentials.

Gateway Community College has an evening program, not Capital. MAT 136/137 is intermediate algebra.

That does not make any sense. I applied to the Connecticut Community College Program and the pre-reqs only took me a year to complete. I graduated high school in June 2008 and took BIO 105 in May 2008 as a summer course in order to be able to take A&P I in the fall and then be able to take A&P II in the spring. During Fall 2008 I was able to complete all the courses needed to actually apply to the program. (Which are only English 101, Math 137, CSA 105/CSC 101, A&P I and A&P II, they allow you to apply if you are taking A&P II during the spring semester that you're applying.) In my case I took it in Spring 2009 and applied for the Feb. 2009 deadline so I met that requirement. Unless it has changed, it is not a requirement to have ALL pre-reqs and/or general education credits done before you enter the nursing program. It is only a recommendation. The only course I did not finish was Microbiology and I took that concurrently with Nursing 101 in Fall of 2009. I do not know who told you this, but unless requirements have changed (and I don't believe they did) I think you are being misled. It should NOT take 5 years to complete this. Please feel free to PM me or e-mail me via the forum if you have any further questions. I'd be more than happy to help you.

Goodwin College is over priced. I would recommend applying to the Connecticut Community College Nursing Program. The CC program is far more affordable and offers great experiences and well educated staff.

You do not get to choose your clinical site or shift. The school will only make exceptions for you if you have a class (that is part of the program) that conflicts with a clinical shift. For example, I had microbiology at night every Wednesday so I was guaranteed a day shift clinical. Depending on your school, they may allow you to request certain shifts, but it is not a promise or guarantee. In our program's case they allowed people who wanted the weekend clinicals to request it because there were only two weekend clinical groups. But, in general you have no say on where/when you'll be assigned. If you're assigned T/W morning clinical shift, both shifts on those days must be morning. Same for evening clinical shifts.

Flashcards and practice questions will help a lot. Memorization will only take you so far. Do a lot of practice questions and try to truly understand the rationale behind answers. Nursing tests are different from other subjects because a lot of critical thinking is involved. You need to be able to prioritize and understand the rationale behind the question and the potential answers in order to do well on exams.

I am currently enrolled in the nursing program at Capital Community College, this is my second semester. For NUR101 and NUR102 my schedule has been as follows: - Monday 9:00am-11:00am (Lecture) - Tuesday/Wednesday 8:00am-3:00pm (In-School Lab Simulation, first semester was 8 weeks, second semester was two weeks.) - Tuesday/Wednesday 7:00am - 1:30pm (Morning Clinical) 3:00PM-9:30PM (Evening Clinical) - Thursday off. - Friday 9:00am-11:00am (Lecture) Each school will vary, but not by much as they all generally follow the same curriculum.