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I would wait until Orientation to purchase books because I heard they are changing books. Once school starts you don't a bunch of nursing books you don't need or can't resale. But if your are very anxious go to Southwest online bookstore to see if they have Foundations books available.

I think you may have started in the Spring semester? The Fall semester is done differently, we could not do anything until after Orientation in August. After orientation we had to email the dean our permits and she would reply back saying it was ok to register for the class. Also, in the Fall one of the clinicals are different, they have a Friday/Saturday split clinical, so the first 6 weeks you have clinical on Friday at the campus then when we went the hospital your clinical day changed to Saturday. And we also had the option to have a clinical on a Sunday. Preparing for the Spring semester doesn't give much time compared to the fall because Foundations would start at 12:30p or 2:45p but once you move on to the other semesters your classes start at 9:10a. They just had us sign our paperwork and told us don't do anything until after Orientation. And plus the dean is out attending meetings so she doesn't have access to issue permits right now. The spring semester might be a little more organized. The fall was extremely disorganized.

You are at the right place, you are going behind the nursing annex, I go there and can't remember the name of the building(pretty sad). No you won't have to pick your schedule on Friday. You will get an opporunity to pick your clinicial day after Orientation in August. So my advice is look at the class schedules(like you are registering for class) and keep in mind that you want that clinical day. I know that the Daytime program has clinical days on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. It is a first come first serve type of thing but you will have to wait until they give everyone directions on what to do once Orientation is over but I was able to get exactly what I wanted with no trouble when I started.

Oh yeah you all won't be able to register for class until after Orientation. You can view the class schedule if you want too just to get an idea on when your classes will start. Don't buy your books at the bookstore, too dang blasted high!! Go to amazon.com or abebooks or half.com or somewhere else, now if you have financial aid then you probably have to buy your books at the campus. I think that's all the I can remember.

The nursing building is behind the "fake nursing hospital" on the Union Campus. Congrats on the ones that was accepted. Enjoy your summer break, no need to try to get material to study up on because you will need this time to get other things in order because once school starts it will start. You all probably won't get a chance to find out much until Orientation which takes place in the fall. My advice stay focus spend as much time with your family and friends, watch endless hours of TV, go to the movies, walk in the park, do something you consider fun. Get plenty of sleep!!!!

LOL!! Yes it does teaches patience or teaches you how to bite your nails off from waiting! They only send letters to the applicants that wasn't accepted.

Look for a phone call around the very end of March and maybe the begining of April.

I loved the book, I swear my teacher used some of those questions from the first edition on one of our exams! You can buy either one because most of the information is the same but I think with the second edition you get a CD. Its worth the money because the rationales helped me understand the information a lot better than my textbook.

Good luck to all the newbies, middle agies(2nd and 3rd semester), and the oldies(4th semester)!!

Thats a good score being that you bubbled in some of your answers. To be honest with you I didn't know a thing about the NLN until some classmates of mines told me about it, I didn't study for it. I didn't even know Southwest required an exam(shows you how much research I did). They also told me when the next test was offered so I went along with them, paid for the test and took it. I had no idea what the heck the test covered. I took it, ran out of time on every dang blasted section so I left some answers blank and my score was a 100. I did really well on the Biology portion if my memory serves me correctly. So you are still in the running to be america's next top model(just had to get that out). A good friend of mines told me they accepted someone with an index score of 48 in the fall of 2009 so your chances are good.

WOW!!! Well hopefully it will help because I heard Adult Health I is hard. I'm trying to prepare myself but I can't stop relaxing!! I forgot what it feels like to be relaxed:p

First semester!!! I have Adulth Health the first part of next semester, now I wonder should I have signed up for OB instead. I want something fun!!!

YAY!! It does feel good to sit and relax. I don't even know what to do with myself because my nerves has been so frazzled these last few months with studying, working, studying, no life, studying, working, studying, exam, studying, exam, studying, wondering wth I got myself into, then studying some more! After the last exam I went home and started studying LOL!! then it dawned on me that class is over, I passed!!

Shoot, I would apply if I were you. Your scores are good but it depends on the other applicants scores as well. Take the NLN and then go from there because you could blow that exam out the water which could boost your overall score. Good Luck.

That's great! Now all you need is the special application to apply for the program and your letter. Looks like you got in to me based on your scores. Keep us posted when you decide to apply & when they call you to tell you have been accepted!!

Thanxs! And thanxs again on the advice. I will be buying a filing cabinet to store information like that. And congrats on your last semester, you made it!! If you have anymore advice please feel free share it! LOL!

You're very welcome! And thanxs! Yes I know this semester will have me very busy. I will keep everyone posted because I understand being the person in your shoes researching schools. Trying to find infromation about certain courses from students. I'll tell you right now, we had orientation yesterday and they over-loaded my brain! I feel like I'm behind already!! Good luck to you too! Hopefully I'll get to meet you next semster:-)

They take the overall GPA, plus the NLN pre-admission exam score divided by 10, then add the QPA(an A is worth 16 points, a B is worth 12 points and a C is worth 8 points)from the science courses you have taken. For example if this was someone scores NLN score-12(120/10) A&P I-16 A&P II-16 Micro-16 GPA-3.0 12+16+16+16+3=63 is the total index score This was how the Dean of the nursing program explained it to me so I hope this helps.

You're right the exam is only 10% of your final score. I was talking about my test score was only worth 10points because I made a 100. Sorry for the misunderstanding. Sometimes I don't proof read.

You're welcome:-) Nope I haven't graduated yet. I heard good things about the program as well. I haven't even started LOL!! School starts at the end of this month.

You're welcome. The NLN is only worth 10points so that's why I didn't retake it. So whatever your final score is just divide by 10. I can't remember the max score on the NLN. Sounds like you will be able to get in. I applied to the fall semester. So if we add up your points 16+16+16+3.6=51.6 points so far!!!

Sometimes it depends on which semester you are applying for. Add up your points up then you will know your score. I had B's in both AP I & II, I got an A in Micro. I bombed the NLN got a 100(very lucky cause that's what you need to get in and I missed a few sections due to timing) but my overall GPA was a 3.2 I believe. I can't remember because I had to retake my science courses over due the 5 year thing. So if you add those points up 12+12+16+10+3.2=53.2 points. Hope this helps!

Sorry for taking so long to reply, I forgot my password lol then I got mad cause I couldn't remember it! I haven't graduated yet, I will be starting the ASN program at the end of August. I picked the ASN route because it was cheaper for me and I need to work to pay bills. I decided to take my chances on getting an ASN because someone will hire me, I don't believe I will be an unemployed RN with an associate degree forever. Also, the state I reside in a lot of nursing programs BSN or ASN will not accept your anatomy and physiology and microbiology classes if they are older than 5 years so I ended up retaking those courses. If I wanted to apply to the BSN program I might have to wait and I don't know for how long. If this is something that you want to do then go for the ASN. ASN vs BSN debate will continue until all ASN programs becomes obsolete!! Look at it like this you are investing in yourself and that investment will pay off.

Sorry I don't know. I'm not a RN