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Has anyone attended or currently attending the CRNA program at National University? I'm considering applying for the program however I'm unable to find many reviews about the program and the one I did find was a little concerning. The online reviews for the entire university itself are quite unsettling however it's one of the few programs that will consider trauma ER experience. Any input is appreciated.

Hi there, My GPA was 2.7 and I was chosen as an alternate and ending up getting in. If you get in I hope you will have more than 10 hours a week to study because any RN program will keep you very busy! Good luck

The bag was ordered and labeled correctly for the patient and the blood was taken via venipuncture. I'm not very familiar with IV fluids and appropriate rates as of yet. we get to do that next semester, however I am trying to at least get somewhat familiarized with it now.My preceptor wasn't the RN who was defensive, it was the RN assigned to that patient along with a couple others who were sitting next to her.My preceptor said she would have asked the Dr. I agree that there needs to be more info to fully understand the scenario.Thank you all for your help

The other day during my peds rotation I had a 2 month old infant born prematurely. who was diagnosed with bacteremia and urosepsis. The original labs showed she had a slightly elevated potassium of 6.1 The 2nd draw showed the K+ at 4.1. The 3rd showed it at 5.6. The fluids hanging were D5w 10 mEq KCl ordered at 5cc/hrI asked the RN why the baby was receiving that when she had hx of elevated potassium and 3 RN's jumped down my throat, saying that there's barely any potassium in that and she's only getting 5cc/hr. I still don't understand why she would be getting that. True it's only 5cc/hr but she's only 3.405 kg and according to her labs her K+ is rising again.Can someone please help me with the rationale of this because I'm lost.

Call it what you may, but on PCC's and most other nursing program applications, there's a list of special circumstances in which one marks off and gains an extra point or so toward their cut score. It's called special circumstances, not appeal to pity. You say you have a job and children so i'm sure you checked off at least one of the boxes. They have this because not everyone has the same life circumstance, and the college acknowledges this. Some people have infants and a couple other small children, plus many other obstacles in their way. They stay up til 3am studying and then head off to work then school, I've even met a few who were in abusive relationships going to school so they can get away. So getting the grade is just that much more of a challenge than someone who can go to school and study all day with no worries etc. Maybe a couple people took it personally because you're refering to this as an appeal to pity when in all reality it's just life. As future nurses, our title consists of showing compassion, witholding judgement, as well as to teach and inform, which includes toward each other not just our patients! I just wanted to inform you of this information and remind you of the special circumstance area of the application. It's a lottery for a reason, there's a special circumstance section for a reason. Because it's FAIR and so EVERYONE who has tried their best has a chance. I know this lottery system and waiting game is EXTREMELY frustrating for all of us! The best thing we can do is to be here for each other and support each other and have compassion for one another!

Vikont It's not random chance. Your cut score is based on what you mentioned and that is how everyone is then placed into the lottery. Not everyone has time to volunteer or get straight A's. Some people are single parents who work a couple jobs to support their families and who sacrifice that A for more time with their children. It wouldn't be fair to those people if they didn't have a chance. :-) willowita I don't know if the schedule is out yet, but keep checking PCC's website, it should be posted soon! This semester it was basically everyone had theory together friday morning. Then you have pharmacology, I believe there were 2 classes offered. You then have your clinical group, which is the group you do your rotations with as well as attend your other class which is skills/seminar. The first rotation was at a nursing home and the 2nd was at a hospital. I believe the different hospitals were Good Sam, Glendale, Garfield and 2 others which I can't recall.

Congrats to everyone who was accepted! I'm finishing my first semester at PCC and I love it. It has a very good reputation and is considered one of the top ADN programs in SO. Cal because of the high pass rate for the NCLEX. The syllabus is clear and precise and they tell you from the get go what is expected of you. Do your reading, go to class and do your best and you will succeed. I work in a hospital and whenever a nurse of Dr. finds out i'm a nursing student, they ask which school I attend, and when I tell them PCC they are impressed lol PCC has a good reputation and very good teachers. We're very lucky!