PICU

I got accepted into DNP-CNS track. I'm still waiting for one more school that I applied for. However, Hopkins only allows 3 weeks to decide and I have to pay $500 for the deposit.

Jai, I would recommend you to check the current BRN website for the approved schools. It's important that you apply for the accredited institutions. [TABLE=class: table table-default table-hover, width: 1116] [TR=class: warning] [TD]*Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Mervyn M. Dymally School of Nursing (Effective 6/16/2016, Program on Warning Status with Intent to Close) [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] RN Programs

It's public information. You can easily find it at the BRN website. They are losing accreditation from the BRN. *Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Mervyn M. Dymally School of Nursing (Effective 6/16/2016, Program on Warning Status with Intent to Close) RN Programs

Other clinical sites include Cedars-Sinai, Hollywood Presbyterian, and East LA medical center

As of now, the program is on the probation with an intention to close.

Unless the economy will change, it will be hard for you to find a job as an ADN. It may be wiser to go straight to BSN. Check out UCLA transfer prerequisites carefully. They ask for lot of science classes. You may spend many years completing those.

Hi Skybmonkey, I'm sorry for taking quite some time to reply back. I've been really busy this semester. I'll answer your questions as much as I recall them. You sure ask me a lot of questions. 1. Regarding alternatives. You may be notified as early as the week prior to the start. 2. Yes, some hospitals have options for you to work in newborn nursery. Caution to you though, the work is really repetitively. I got tired after a year of working there. 3. No I did not graduate from COC. But I can tell you that I know the program REALLY well. 4. Clinical rotation isn't the same day with lecture. You have 2 days of lecture and 2 days of clinical. There're morning and evening clinical. You do not get to choose where you will go and which which you will be. The school will assign for you. 5. There're clinical rotations on the weekend. However, there are very few as less and less instructors are willing to work on the weekend. 6. I never taken a TEA's test. When I went to school, the TEA test wasn't a requirement. 7. There're 2 separate lecture sections since there are 60 students. 30 students will be in one lecture with one professor while the rest of 30 will be in another group. I think I've covered a lot of questions :)

i floats to nicu when there is needed. i've also worked for nursery for a year before getting into peds and then picu. you will find that there is a specialty for every nurse. however, my advise for any new grads is to work med-surg first for a year at least. i love working for picu the most. nicu isn't my calling. i don't like not able to have any communication with the patients. besides, i like the variety of picu patients--head trauma, mva, near-drowning, asthma, seizure, accidental ingestions, etc. nicu has the same certain diagnoses and you will never take care of trauma patients. i'm going to answer your question below [color=yellow]could anyone tell me what a typical week is for a nursing student at coc? where clinicals are practiced? the clinical sites includes valley presbyterian, henry mayo, northridge hospital, simi valley, and glendale memorial. you will have 2 days of classroom and 2 days of clinical. the clinical is very flexible since they even offer clinical on the weekend! hope this helps!

I was going to leave you some advise. But ECMOlogist listed everything I can think of! Good luck to you!

I had peds experience before getting a job in PICU. It does help. Just remember that there're A LOT more to learn. However, peds background comes in handy. You will be able to deal with families well. Good luck to you! I hope that you will find PICU is a good place to work as much I do!

Do not get discouraged by the message you found on the womensconference.org. There're always 2 sides of the story. Besides, who can expect positive things from the message that someone who got expelled from the program wrote? Look at the rest of others' comments. They said they learned all the skills and knowledge at COC which helped them to become a real good nurse...how come they did not think of that is the result of the strict and high standard of practice of COC?