JacobK

Please don't give out misinformation. St. Rose definitely DOES take new grads, and has one of the longer and more instructive new grad internships in the Las Vegas valley. ER, Oncology, Orthopedics, IMC, Surgery, and L&D all take new grads at St. Rose, although the number of positions and frequency of availability changes based on staffing needs.

Incorrect Touro received permission to accept 56 students for November, and are likely to accept students for March as well, as long as they maintain 80% NCLEX pass rate. http://nevadanursingboard.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/071811boardmin.pdf I believe they have become stricter with their admissions requirements due to their need to maintain the 80% pass rate. http://tun.touro.edu/prospective-students/applying-for-admission/bsn-admission/

So much wrong with this post, grammatically and content wise. Can't tell you how many addicts say "You don't know me, I can handle it!"

Ideally its best to have all A's. That said when I was accepted I had(in the classes that count toward your GPA calculation): 1 C, 2 B's, 2B+'s, 1 A- and 1 class in progress(acts as an F on the points form). What got me in was the fact that I had passed all the "B required" classes on the first try, and got a 91 on the HESI A2. There are a total of 112.1 or 100.7 points possible depending on who which councilor you ask. Of those only 40 points are GPA. 15 are from getting at least a B in BIO 223, BIO 224, BIO 251, NURS 299, MATH 120/124 the first time through(this is where many people lose points) And depending on the councilor you talk to either 57.1 or 45.7 come from the HESI. Many people focus way too much on GPA, when they should truly focus on passing the specific classes with B's on the first try and doing well on the HESI. It takes YEARS of work to get 4.0 in GPA, however study hard for a month in preparation for the HESI and it will actually pay off as much or better(I have an excellent PDF study guide if you PM me your email address) . That doesn't mean slack off in your classes, but don't stress too much about getting straight A's, there is plenty of stress waiting for you in the program I assure you. Link to the form: http://nursing.unlv.edu/pdf/bsn%20pdfs/hesi-a2_calculation_worksheet_08-09.pdf

Incorrect. The evaluation of transferred credit from NSC needs to happen before submitting the packet, otherwise the DARS will be incomplete and the credits won't count toward the prerequisites/points.

Cheyenne Campus is where the credit evaluation takes place, or it was when I applied. Tell the people at the registration desk that you are a nursing student and need it to be rushed, if possible try and get them to walk it up to the lady who does the credit evaluation right there and then, however they don't always accommodate that request.

Lets make this simple. :) Registered Nurse NCLEX-RN Diploma in Nursing Program = NCLEX-RN Associate of Science Nursing(ASN) Program = NCLEX-RN Associate of Applied Science in Nursing (AAS) Program= NCLEX-RN Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) Program = NCLEX-RN Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Program = NCLEX-RN Master of Science in Nursing(MSN) Program = NCLEX-RN Practical Nurse NCLEX-PN Licensed Practical Nurse(LPN) Program = NCLEX-PN Licensed Vocational Nurse(LVN) Program = NCLEX-PN Anything I have wrong/missing?

B+ in chem 111, I took it at NSC. I don't know what the cut off for this fall was, you might want to try the advising office.

The only difference between the Cardio III and Cardio II SE is that the Cardio III bell can be converted into a Pediatric Diaphragm.

Study what the professor says is important, don't try to memorize 300 pages for information for a test. Try to get acclimatized to NCLEX style questions, particularly figuring out what the question is really asking. I'm a certified EMT-I, just education, no work experience. How much you study outside of class pales in comparison to paying attention to your professor's lecture in class. Many students record them and listen to them multiple times. I tried study groups for a while, but I found them more detrimental than helpful. I find they often turn into "OMG, guess what I did last weekend!"

Like being set against giving blood because of personal reasons?

I don't believe the advising office when they say that GPA and Hesi scores increase every semester, I'm fairly certain the minimum entrance points for Spring 2011(my class) was lower than fall 2010, as people with similar points didn't get in for fall 2010 but did get in for spring 2011. Also, high prerequisites are not a guarantee for success. I was probably one of the lowest scores to get in for Spring 2011, but I made it through, the first semester at least. As for the main cause of why students did not progress I can only say what I observed. I'm not certain what you believe "significant support from the school" is. The proffessors will not hold your hand, and it isn't easy.

I believe the final count was 11 out of 48 did not proceed to the second semester. 1 or 2 were people who passed their classes and simply decided not to return. The rest did not pass at least one class, most are still in the program, but are having to repeat the first semester.

And therein lies the problem with the anti-vaccination crowd.

There is a real scientific/medical reason for a pregnant or transplant recipient nurse not to be around patients with infectious diseases. There isn't a scientific reason for a nurse to not be able to administer blood products.