VintageSwagger

VintageSwagger

Neonatal, NICU level IV

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  1. Sacramento State Spring 2016 Application

    VintageSwagger replied to coolmommy99's topic in California Nursing

    Hey Krich72, All transcripts have to be official regardless of what they are for (college, GED,

  2. Sacramento State (CSUS) Fall 2015 applications

    VintageSwagger replied to Dannydgk's topic in California Nursing

    Hey fatrabbit, I believe the foreign language requirement is waived for nursing students. As far as the 9 upper GE classes... When I was there the writing intensive class included in the nursing...

  3. Sacramento State (CSUS) Fall 2015 applications

    VintageSwagger replied to Dannydgk's topic in California Nursing

    I am not sure but I will try to help you... First, no one who is an alternate will have more points than someone accepted. The cut off for any semester is the last person admitted in that pool....

  4. Sacramento State (CSUS) Fall 2015 applications

    VintageSwagger replied to Dannydgk's topic in California Nursing

    As far as commuting... It depends on where you live. Hospitals are in Roseville, downtown, and off Mather Blvd. Mental health has some in Sacramento and some in Davis (yes the city of Davis)....

  5. Sacramento State (CSUS) Fall 2015 applications

    VintageSwagger replied to Dannydgk's topic in California Nursing

    12 hours in one

  6. Sacramento State (CSUS) Fall 2015 applications

    VintageSwagger replied to Dannydgk's topic in California Nursing

    Sl_94 and fatrrabbit, Wow… That is a lot to summarize. Clinicals – Clinicals take place at facilities across the Sacramento area. UCDMC, Mercy, Sutter, Kaiser, VA, and various community...

  7. Sacramento State (CSUS) Fall 2015 applications

    VintageSwagger replied to Dannydgk's topic in California Nursing

    Keen, If you can manage, I would recommend not working at all. If you absolutely have to, I would try to keep

  8. Sacramento State (CSUS) Fall 2015 applications

    VintageSwagger replied to Dannydgk's topic in California Nursing

    Dannydgk, Money: Cost is +/- $16,000.00 over the 2 years. I will try to break down some of it for you in order to give you an idea of what you are looking at. Tuition/Lab fees:...

  9. Males working in the NICU?

    VintageSwagger replied to cph1993's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yeah, what Zeus said... me either. My level IV rarely if ever has feeder

  10. Sacramento State (CSUS) Fall 2015 applications

    VintageSwagger replied to Dannydgk's topic in California Nursing

    ClaudiaMoss, 1. I would call them sooner than later. You are at the whim of their schedule so you would want the most options. They are usually pretty good about it though. The test doesn't take a...

  11. Sacramento State (CSUS) Fall 2015 applications

    VintageSwagger replied to Dannydgk's topic in California Nursing

    Ryno, The timeline is relatively accurate. There is only a small group of people processing all of the applications and cross checking information. I have never seen the emails come after a...

  12. Sacramento State (CSUS) Fall 2015 applications

    VintageSwagger replied to Dannydgk's topic in California Nursing

    Hello all, I am a graduate from SacState's nursing program and I spent a few years helping with pre-nursing advising. I have been commenting on SacState posts for previous semesters in order to...

  13. Applying to Sacramento State for spring 2015 question

    VintageSwagger replied to sj94's topic in California Nursing

    They have combined classes to make up the current structure but it is essentially the same. 111 - This is a lecture class covering nursing theroy, major contributors to the profession,...

  14. Males working in the NICU?

    VintageSwagger replied to cph1993's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I think you should follow what you are passionate about. I never hesitated pursuing NICU because I knew it is what I wanted to do and the fact that i was the only male on a very large unit didn't...

  15. Applying to Sacramento State for spring 2015 question

    VintageSwagger replied to sj94's topic in California Nursing

    The clinicals are different every semester... 1st semester - Medsurg: You all get thrown in to where ever they place you. 2nd semester - ICU/mental health: You will be given a list of clinicals that...

  16. Applying to Sacramento State for spring 2015 question

    VintageSwagger replied to sj94's topic in California Nursing

    I know it is hard to do but don't let all the information stress you all out... You will get most of your questions answered by or on orientation day. I can try to help with some of the questions...

  17. How full is your NICU usually?

    VintageSwagger replied to adpiRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Level IV w/ 76 beds and we have been averaging over 70 for quite a while. We also have another 80 or so beds in our level II and III and they are both relatively full as

  18. Applying to Sacramento State for spring 2015 question

    VintageSwagger replied to sj94's topic in California Nursing

    mwmoon, KathyVandy is correct. As long as you pass the in progress courses, SacState does not calculate them in your total. However, if you don't get in to that semester and you reapply for...

  19. Applying to Sacramento State for spring 2015 question

    VintageSwagger replied to sj94's topic in California Nursing

    Jolina, 1st part - When you list the class on your application, you will list it as "in progress". Since there is no grade attributed to your in progress course, that class will not be added...

  20. Applying to Sacramento State for spring 2015 question

    VintageSwagger replied to sj94's topic in California Nursing

    Lalagirl, Here is a correction for you.... "If a prerequisite or corequisite course has been taken more than once, the highest grade will be included in the Nursing GPA calculation used to rank...

  21. Applying to Sacramento State for spring 2015 question

    VintageSwagger replied to sj94's topic in California Nursing

    Hi Lalagirl, For SacState, you can repeat any prerequisite or corerequisite course 3 times. If you repeat it a 4th time, they take away 5 points from your total for the fourth and each...

  22. Applying to Sacramento State for spring 2015 question

    VintageSwagger replied to sj94's topic in California Nursing

    akulahawkRN, There is no reason to be argumentative and condescending when I was simply trying to help and encourage someone. I was merely making a point, not arguing that SacState has the...

  23. Applying to Sacramento State for spring 2015 question

    VintageSwagger replied to sj94's topic in California Nursing

    Aggie and Mishabc, You need to accept the offers from the other schools in order to ensure that you get to go somewhere. The reason schools have wait lists is for situations like yours. When I...

  24. Applying to Sacramento State for spring 2015 question

    VintageSwagger replied to sj94's topic in California Nursing

    Hello Flowingwater, It is hard to really narrow it down since they cover so much material and because each student is so very different in what will be helpful. Since you are just getting...

  25. Applying to Sacramento State for spring 2015 question

    VintageSwagger replied to sj94's topic in California Nursing

    Just a quick note.... A lot of the previous semester cohorts have started a group on facebook to help get to know each other and as a support to one another as well. It is a great tool to help...