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This is great! I have been interested in research on this phenomenon! Thank you! I will be sharing this with my classmates.

Thank you for posting this, I couldn't relate to you more. My experience in clinical has really been a rude awakening to the career/field that I feel so passionate about and love so much. This aspect at clinicals has surely sent me questioning what I am signed up for. In my program there are a group of us split between two floors, and our clinical instructor does her best to attend to all of us running back and forth between the two levels. While we are technically "shadowing" a nurse, we are also independent in that our instructor takes time to go through a lot of the skills/check-offs with us when it is needed. Nonetheless, nothing is more disheartening and discouraging than to start my clinical round with a nurse who is rolling her eyes and brushing me off. In my experience I believe this attitude has something to do with leadership perpetuated on a particular level of the hospital. I have spent most of my time on a floor where the charge nurse be-littles us and often puts us on the spot in front of everyone by asking us rhetorical questions that feel more like judgements than teaching. (Which I heard is often done to her employees as well). On the other hand, my experience on another floor was quite the opposite. The nurses were still busy, but there was more of an air of welcome just walking up to the nurse station. The nurses are smiling and saying hello, and when we are on our shift, they approach us with "cool" skills to pass along. In a casual conversation with that floor's charge nurse one day, she told me that she loved nursing school and had the most fun in her clinical experiences. This is completely obvious by the attitude that is rampant among the nurses on that floor. Perhaps here is the correlation to the nurses who are more helpful, and the ones who want to run and hide? While I certainly understand these nurses are working hard, and aren't asked if they wanted a student or not - nor do I know when/if they do get a break from students, as this hospital serves quite a few schools in the area. I would have no problem with a nurse clearly stating to me that she was too busy to teach; however, there is a "nice" way to go about this and then there is the eye rolling, sighs, ignoring, belittling, etc. I feel adamantly that a nurse has every right to protect her license and her job as a priority over teaching students, but I am also left wondering how her clinical experiences were when this communication is practiced in a superficial manner. We are all in a career that requires compassion and understanding on all levels, and if this negative light is constantly shed on teaching students then where is the future of nursing going to be? How can I be faithful that the way a nurse acts towards me isn't exactly the same way that she will be acting towards her patients? This is a vicious cycle. While I have felt a bit battered and bruised from a few less than favorable conversations, I am taking away a positive aspect - a promise to myself to always share the same smile and passion I have for taking care of my patients to the scared, nervous nursing students waiting for a nurse to take him/her under her wings and guide her into this great profession. Nursing does not stop after the bedside.

Same here, and it was my second time applying. Fortunately, I was accepted to the ASBSN program at CSU Stanislaus, so I have already started there. I wouldn't have gone to USF regardless at this point, but I was curious to see how my improvements from the last application played out. You might want to look at the ASBSN programs for Sac State and Stanislaus. So far I am really impressed with the instructors and everyone who has organized the program to start this fall.

That date might have been for the traditional track program. Our apps were due over summer, and the program is through the College of Continuing Education, so it's a little different.

Hey mkhim, I'll be there tomorrow too. The address is tricky to find online, but here is a link to the map that I found: http://www.extendeded.com/maps/stktn_map.html It's somewhere off of East Magnolia St in Stockton. When I spoke with one of the program coordinators on the phone, she said that there would be signs on campus directing us to the exact location. I hope you get this in time, and look forward to meeting our class tomorrow :)

Hey everyone, I applied to this program for this coming spring and I had also applied last October for Spring 2011. I received my denial notice in the mail around Thanksgiving. I'd anticipate we'd hear from USF around that time again this year.

Congrats mkhim! I knew it would come through for you! I'll see you at orientation!

Lol! Well I am keeping my fingers crossed...perhaps I misunderstood the email?? That would make sense, because I think we have the same professors teaching both groups.

Well, I wish you the best of luck! It sounds like you're in...just give it some time. I am scrambling to prepare myself too; we got the schedule for the first two weeks emailed last night, but still somewhat vague overall. I plan to commute from Sacramento, but they did say that after the first two weeks of the semester to expect that we will be in class from 8am to 5pm M-F. If that is the case then I am thinking of moving out there...def considering something simple like dorms, but we have not had any info about that either yet.

I believe it's Nov 14th, although I have not received all the specific details yet...

Hi everyone! I thought I would add to this post as one of the students who will be starting at the Stanislaus program. I have been told that we will be working closely together, so I am excited to have the opportunity to collaborate with a larger group. I just got an email pertaining to the schedule for the first two weeks of our program! As excited as I am, I am now getting a reality check to how much work we are going to have on our plates!!! Do any of the Sac State ASBSN students know of the books we are required to buy yet? I am thinking about getting some of mine now if at all possible....

Thanks for your response leenak. The SFSU website has not been particularly user friendly for me to navigate in the past. I sort of came across the program randomly as I was researching exactly what their nursing program had to offer. The program says "Pre-Health," but if you read on the left hand side, there are links for pre-nursing. I too have researched med school post-bacc programs, and have been turned off by them, just because they didn't quite seem suited for someone in my shoes. I guess I'll just have to wait and see what happens now. The application was more intensive than any nursing school application I've done thus far, and the program also has an interview.

I started this thread to search for anyone else who might be applying to a post-bacc program like me, specifically at SFSU. I have basically maxed out on my opportunities to complete prereqs and boost my GPA as much as possible at the junior college, especially after my undergrad GPA isn't too hot. I have researched options, applied to schools already, and seriously considered the advantages of a post-bacc program in general. They cost a lot of extra money, but seem to be helpful with getting into a nursing school. Every person I know who has been in a post-bacc program used it for med school, and they all have positive remarks. I just sent my application to SFSU, and so now I'm curious to see how this all comes together. They have a program specifically tailored for the pre-nursing student, who is looking to fix up his/her GPA. Anyone willing to share his/her experience in this regard is welcome to respond! Thanks in advance :)

Exactly, I completely agree with you! I am perfectly fine with the waitlist position, because I know everything happens for a reason. I am starting my CNA classes next semester, and I'm pretty stoked. I just love the field of nursing so much, that I'm willing to wait it out, pay my dues, and face all the challenges ahead. Good luck at SM! I'm going to be applying to that school again as well.

Sorry to hear UCLover. I've been rooting for you! Are you starting at SM in Sacramento? I've been waitlisted for their ELMSN-CM program, but as of today I'm number 7. I'm not sure that I'll make it in at this point, but it would be a pleasant surprise!