ivyjean

Your first thought when you climb onto your memory foam mattress after a 12- hour clinical is: "This is +3 to +4 pitting edema."

Congratulations on your acceptance! The program does meet at night and on the weekend. Clinicals are on the weekend, especially once you begin ones with 12- hour shifts. Some clinicals are at night. The first semester is part- time, and then you go for 4 full- time semesters. You graduate with a BSN. So far, all of the teachers also teach in the traditional daytime program. If you work during school, it is tough, just as in any program. But it is the only program in the area for non- RN's to get a BSN at night, so it's a unique opportunity. Best advice I can think of: take statistics and nutrition before you begin at Cumberland, so your schedule will be a bit lighter during 2 semesters. Good luck!

Thanks! I know IV's are probably best learned hands- on, but I want to know as much as possible beforehand. :)

If a patient who is receiving a continuous infusion is then ordered to receive an IVPB, does the IVPB always run in place of the other fluids (as in when there is a fluid restriction), or can the piggyback sometimes run in addition to the rest of the fluids? I'm sure in a few semesters, this will look like a silly question to me, but right now I hardly know anything! Thanks in advance!:)

I hope I'll be able to pay for a house in a better school district or tuition to private school. My two boys always say, "when you're a nurse, Mama, we'll get a house with 2 toilets instead of just 1." :)

It's fun to read all the replies! I have yet to start nursing school; hopefully I'll begin this Fall- 2010! Community Health interests me... maybe working at a Public Health Department clinic. The nurses seem to have so much autonomy. The more I read through this site, ICU sounds more and more interesting. I think it would be a cool mix of technology, intense patient care, and psychiatric nursing, as you help patients and family members through a difficult time.

Hi everyone, I've found great information on this site about nursing schools in Middle Tennessee; thanks to all who have shared their experiences. I was wondering if anyone knows anything about the new nights/ weekends BSN program that Cumberland University has recently started in Mt. Juliet. I have applied for Fall 2010 admission. We are supposed to find out admissions decisions in August. I have heard and read great things about their established BSN program in Lebanon. I am specifically wanting to know how they plan to schedule clinical rotations at night and on the weekend. Someone recently told me that hospitals do not allow those with no nursing experience to have clinical experience outside of weekday/ daytime hours. I am concerned about attending a program that does not have all of the kinks worked out, but I am excited about this program, as it would fit very well with my family's schedule. Thanks for reading. Good luck to all those awaiting admissions decisions and NCLEX results! -Ivyjean