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@rfslaon29. Thanks SOMUCH for all this info, it is really really helpful, I can't wait to get my foot in the door, I can only attend evening so I will have to wait for srping 2013 but that's okay it gives me time to finish all my basics and pre reqs :) my job doesn't give us any extra time besides our own vacation so we'll see how that plays out... Question, how many points didn u get in with? I've read some pple got in with 16 , how long after u apply do u get an answer if you were accepted? Sorry for so many questions

@rjsloan, thanks so much for all this info. I am excited to start, i am also very happy to hear that several students now work full time too, see quiting is not an option for me at all, so this has to work. So overall how would you rate the ast semester? are your grades good? do you know if people didnt make it? i get off work now by 330pm and i too plan on entering the evening program, can you tell me what labs are and about what time those are from ? and are clinicals on weekdays or weekends? do we know ahead of time what day our clinicals are to be bale to accomidate vacation days at work? You can email me at [email protected] if you wish as well.. Thanks any and all info from anyone taking the RN nursing prgram ot OCCC is greatly appreciated.

i would check your colleges bookstore. i bought the mcgraw one on amazon and it had very little to do with the book my bookstore had. so i failed the first teas with the book from amazon but passed the second time with the book from my school. it is worth the extra money to spend on the right one :)

when you get the call or acceptance letter what all do you have to gather ?? Is it anything that can be gathered b4 hand?

Hello urnurse11 Can you send me your email address or how to contact you? i am also currently taking all my pre reqs to apply for the nursing program and like you said i want to have allll my pre reqs and basics done b4 i apply and im hopeful i will now especially with the points you entered with 16 and a 3.3 GPA thats awesome. I am extremely happy with that info i read from you. How is it all going now? WAS IT HARD? did you work or know anyone working while going through the program? how are the teachers and clincals?? I am so anxious and excited and want any and all info possible or anyone else currently in the OCCC nursing program can you shed some light for me? how many points and GPA did you have? what all is required after you get the acceptance letter? :)

Hello mommaof3, i am a student at OCCC working on my pre reqs to apply for the RN program at OCCC.. how was the program for you? are you done now? My main concern it TIME and clinicals and anything else associated with the RN program, i work full time and have to stay that way so how often are clinicals and do we know ahead of time when they are so we can schedule vacation time at work? Please any and ALL info is greatly appreciated.. thanks soooo much

@tokidokifantasy, see your post touched my heart, those are the stories i love to hear, yes i can imagine the feeling you felt personally being able to assist the patients, I think this is a relief for patients too huh? just knowing that the hospital cared to staff someone that spoke a different language:yeah:let me ask you this, is being multi lungual at the top of your resume? or just under special skills or traits?

WOW, All these responses have truly helped me out, Thank you Suern2b, you have opened my eyes to what the program is like and for this i thank you, i am extrememly happy to see posts where it has been done and can be done, thanks to, Turd Ferguson, elkpark,flmomof5 and scalico, i really apprecaite all of your responses, wow, i cant believe how blinded i was LOL, not that is is discouraging in any way at all, i am still anxious and excited to get this over with and start my dream job of helping people, however, let me ask this, are clinicals REALLY 2-3 days per week? about how many clinical hours are required per semester? I do have a total of 5 weeks of vacation a year so divided into individual days wont be a probelm, but if clinicals are 2 or 3 times a week each and every week that can be a problem :eek:

@ ckh23, Yes I have heard about those language lines but hopefully where ever i work, the hosptal can see how much easier it is to not have to use those language lines as often :) I am sooo anxious and excited to become an RN. @ badtx maru, thank you so much, I cant wait to see the look on patients face when they know that I am there to help them with out needing to wait on a translator :) I cant wait to finish school, i hope the next three years flllyyyy by :lol2:

thanks Cheeze12 :)

@ suern2b, WOW, thanks so much !! this is very helpful, now i am REALLY scared not by the school load BUT by this what I am about to write, I have a well paying job now i make $23 an hour . SO 5 years ago my husband and I had our dream home built, and well if i quit that job to go through 2 years of the RN program we will lose our home. Due to such a high mortgage Is it worth losing our dream home to pursue my dream job, knowing that in nursing i will make about what i make now, the reason I want to become a Nurse is becuase i know that is my calling, i love to help people and I am a very caring person. OMG, now the hard decisions have to be made huh?:crying2::crying2:

@ MN Nurse, I dont have the option to work less unfortunately what jobs can i do at a hospital while in nursing school with out being certified in anything?

thank you caliotter3, there is an exam i can take at my college to get certified in spanish it is verbal and written, i will go ahead and take this exam too, to be able to add this to my resume. i cannot wait to get in the hospital and be able to help the spanish speaking patients so they don't have to suffer while trying to express their feelings and symptoms to a translator, i know time is critical, and seconds, can mean life or death

THANK YOU VickyRN, just knowing that could be a hiring advantage is a HUGE relief :) Thank you. I know, now a days just getting one foot in the door is hard, so if this can help me get that one foot in, Im happy with that. Thanks:yeah:

Hello, i see this was posted in 2010, Im surious how this ended up for you? I am new to all nurses.com due to the fact that I am prusuing a Nursing Career myself, My situation mimics yours ALOT, so i am curious what you did and how it all worked out. I had to re take all my basic classes since I received my GED 15 years ago, i forgot alot of things, I know it will take me another year to finish my basics and all my pre reqs b4 i can apply for the Nursing Program, with one year done I am anxious for the next three to be all done and finished :) Let me know if you NOW have any advise for us new comers :)