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Hi! I am a adelphi alum from the program. Here are a few pointers: - some of the staff is fantastic and the most helpful in the world and the rest are not. You need to watch your classes and don't just register for what your advisor says because I got screwed over doing that - the nursing program was recently completely revamped and will have some kinks to work out as they work students through the new curriculum - they don't tell you now, but just for being a nursing student you pay more for tuition. They always have extra fees they add on to it. - do not listen to rate my professor!!! I have had some amazing professor that were not rated well on there. When professors become hard and strict people become resentful and write nasty things. - do not count on administration to just solve your problems. You will need to do ALL of the leg work to correct a problem or issue - become involved in the organizations and go on trips! I went on the costa rica service trip and had a blast. We learned about healthcare in the country and had a ton of fun doing it! - be prepared for the extra costs down the road. The school made us buy nursing packs which included simple supplies for a few of our labs. It cost about $350. Also you will eventually need to buy their scrubs, a stethoscope, and many other supplies the school does not cover the cost of. - COHORT programs are fantastic. I was in the st. Francis cohort for my clinicals and it gives you a real sense of an actual nursing career. In a regular clinical you have 1 patient for 8 hours. In the cohort we were paired of with a nurse and shared her load. This means it would be 2 students to a nurse and if she had 4 patients we had 2 each. We also did 12 hour shifts so we did the same amount of hours in the long run but were there for less weeks. This gave us more time to study for finals at the end of the semester. - be prepared to lose out on a social life. My friends made fun of me the entire time I was in school because I occasionally went for a night out. To survive the program you need to be extremely dedicated and motivated. Hope the advice prepares you!

I actually already graduated in January and passed my boards in march. Some people I went to school with did horrendously on the ATI predictor, lower than you, and they are current RNs looking for jobs. You need to relax because the more you stress the worse it makes it. We all took Hurst review and found it to be great. We all got a lot out of it. Kaplan just really drills you with questions and shows you how to breakdown the questions and answers to figure out which answer it most likely will be. Hurst actually makes sure you know your core concepts and drills them into your head. They also do it in a fun way that doesn't include someone at the front of the room just reading off of power points. You do definetely need to study on your own. I used the Saunders nclex review book and just repeatedly did questions from there. Good luck!

NUMC is actually currently looking to cut or layoff more nurse