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So I am wondering does a getting a C "bone" you in regards to summer externships? From what I have found so far most places want/strongly require nothing lower than a "B" in nursing classes. Does one have a realistic shot at getting an externship with C's, is it even worth applying?

watching IM shots in the hospital whilst in clinical- I have never seen aspiration, yet when we do labs at school we have to aspirate. Thus for the school I will aspirate but in practice I wont, espically since people have linked that it is no longer legally required. I assume the schools are still doing it the old way and will eventually move to no aspiration

Job market is very tough and whilst nursing is not as "guaranteed" as it use to be it is still a very solid degree to graduate with . I.e... The unemployed nursing grad is still better off than the unemployed liberal arts grad. The popularity of nursing, accoutning, finance etc... Is not random, people know that these majors offer some of the best shots at employment post graduation . Hence how the majority of students in anatomy and phys 1 are either pre nursing or nursing majors.

You can apply as many times as you want to the program, agsin rutgers only admits for the fall semster . As for how competitive tis hard to say , I know people who did not have most of the lower level nursing courses done but still got in, at the same time I know people who had many of the lower level nursing classes done but did not get in. However I do believe rutgers factors in more than just gpa and lower level nursing classes so if you have any volunteering, excellent essay etc... That may help. You can take the lower level nursing courses even though you are not a nursing major, however you will have to gain permission from the nursing department to do so. As for declaring a major prior to nursing that really is up to you . I know people who transferred in who where undeclared, other science majors and heck even some liberal arts majors transferred into the nursing program. However if you have a back up major in case you don't get into nursing , then you should major in that. As for the nursing courses as long as you get a permission number it doesn't matter what you are studying, ie the bio major has the same chance of getting into the lower level nursing classes as the history major

Yes rutgers allows you to apply to their nursing program once you complete 24 credits, those credits can be in anything though I highly recommend taking the low level nursing courses, hip, cultural dimensions, biochemistry, stats, research in nursing etc....once you have 24 credits you can apply, rutgers admits once a year and you would have to have your app in by June 1, acceptance or rejection would come in late June. If you don't get in you can certainly try again, I know many students who transferred from bio, chemistry usually some sort of science major to nursing. As for the accelrated just be sure you have all the prerqs done by the time you apply to the accelrated - no in progress nonsense, rutgers wants the classes done.

I took both anatomy and phys at Essex county college and they transferee over fine at rutgers newark. I have no clue about online courses, but cc classes should transfer with no issue. In anycase I would call up or visit the undergrad advisors and ask, ask if they will accept the online credits, ask if they will accept cc etc.... As for classes, bang out the prereqs ASAP, anatomy and phys, microbio, stats etc...

I got into a bsn program with a "B" gpa of 3.3 so it can be done. Of course everyone wants the A but a B won't kill you. At the same time I think I wrote a killer essay and I did have some outside experience in addition to the 3.3 , but who knows maybe I just lucked out. Plainly you just have to keep applying, the worst they can do is say no.

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It says no exp required but up against someone with exp, 99% of the time it will go to the experienced. Now you do have the know someone who works there advantage which is huge , that might just put you over for the job. Apply, worst that happens is they say no. Now at the hospitals where I am at , er techs are either emts with 1-2 years of experience or graduates from a pct class or something. There are some places that will take a fresh emt and hire them as an er tech but sadly not where I live

I would not feel ashamed, don't let the haters/negativity get to you. Whether it is BSN or ADN, getting into either program is quite a challenge. The days of ADN being guaranteed for admission because it is a community college are over. The only concern would be the hiring trends as to whether X would still hire ADNs or if you do have a ADN would you be forced to go back for a BSN. In any case there are numerous colleges that have RN-BSN so its not really a big issue.

No doubt cna/pct will have an immediate advantage. But to say "well if you don't have prior cna/pct experience you better quit nursing school" is wrong. You will be brought up to speed, they will teach you. Unless your program requires you to have cna/pct prior to applying nursing school , you will be okay, the school is going to teach you from the ground up anyway. I am not belittling anyone with cna/pct experience but to those without- you are not at such a severe disadvantage that its time to change careers .

Finish prereqs and apply for both, I assume both need the prereqs anyway. What runsalot said is more or less true. Accelrated is 15 months or a it more and for 2nd degree bachelor - traditional it is usually 2-3 years as your credits from your first degree paired with the prereqs already done will more or less allow you to skip the 1 st year. No doubt acclearted is faster, but if you plan our classes accordingly, take classes during the summer etc.. The traditional bsn program will be LESS than 4 years .

Take both at the same time, they will overlap at some point

Clincal groups are about 8-10 students per group. Actual class is plaintive larger. Just counting those in my cohort I believe we are 40-60, that is not counting the many pre-nurisng students

Good that all the prereqs are done-that is one less thing to worry about. I would recommend that if you do not get in and if you can afford the time and money- look into being a CNA, PCT or some sort of hospital work. Not only will you be making money but it will boost your application to nursing when you try again in the future. Most schools admit only once a year, if you don't get in you want to stay as busy as possible.

assuming there is some sort of essay and or interview part I would really highlight your past healthcare experience, even if the school does not require previous HC experience.

I assume during the clinical semester the first 4-5 weeks would probably be you training at the school how to do vitals, head toe assment etc... then you actually go to the clinical and perform on patients. I highly doubt that at week 1 you are going to see patients with no training.

yes you can but bear in mind you still have to apply to the regular college's nursing program and if you don't get in there will still be some "wait" period. However some colleges require that you take X amount of their credits before you can even apply to their nursing program. So even if you have all the prereqs done you may still have to spend a semester or 2 taking bs classes just to fill their credit requirement. As many have said, check to be sure the CC credits will transfer over

I have a friend who graduated with a BA in oysch, did an accelrated nursin program and is now a nurse so pysch to nurse is possible. At this point I would complete as many prereqs as I can, that is the anatomies , the stats, the micro bio etc...the only way your degree in pysch would help nursing is if the pysch degree required you to take many of the nursing prereqs otherwise you are basically starting from the beginning

Assuming you hit all the prereqs and applied and stil did not get in, then I would hope the school would inform you why you did not get In

Assuming you got into both and could afford both i would go rn. If you do end up going lpn, then do lpn-rn as soon as you can, reasoning being that at least where I live , lpns don't get hired in hospitals anymore

Eh my first day was just like any other day of college though yes it was nice to actually start taking nursing classes. Now first day of clincal , that is coming up and I am looking forward to that

that's more of a fault with the school's admission polices than the student. Some school's put GPA on a pedestal over everything else, some look at the whole package-it sounds like you are at one of the "GPA above all else"

I agree with some of the above posters, while nursing does not have to be your dream job in the strictest sense, while nursing doesn't have to be " I wanted to be a nurse since I was 10 years old!", at the very least you have to be able to tolerate the profession and put in enough effort to be good, proficient at the profession. I am sure there are accountants, cpas, teachers, etc.... Whose dream job is not teaching or accounting or business etc.... But are still good accountants and teachers nonetheless. The point is whilst your profession does not nesscairly need to be the dream job, it should afford some sort of personal interest and it should exert some sort of purposeful effort that ensures you do a good job - il leave it to others to define what is good

If you hate hate hospitals , 12 hour shifts , science etc... Then I would strongly recommend not becoming a nurse, it's like wanting to become a teacher but hating students and the classroom atmosphere