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It sounds like they based the uniform ship date on the new RN cohort and forgot about the LVN to RN students :-/ I'll call the Allied Health office when they return from the holidays. beccas1128 - When I attended orientation a couple of years ago, they said that up to ten percent of the students are admitted into the program through the lottery. There are more factors taken into account than just grades, such as the TEAS V test score and experience. At the orientation, they said that the TEAS V score is weighted the most heavily.

I contacted Dove Apparel and they told me that I need to contact the nursing department and have the nursing department call them to change the date of our first clinical. The Allied Health office is closed until 1/2 :-/ I really don't understand why they won't ship out the uniforms until two weeks before our first clinical date...

erick - Yes, I'm in the bridge program. We have twenty students in the class and we will all be in the same theory class and will be separated into two groups of ten students each for the clinicals. We all have the same instructor, we just have a different day of clinicals depending on which hospital we were assigned to. Half of us have clinicals on Tuesdays and the other half has clinicals on Fridays. The instructor seems to be very detailed and on point. In the original email that she sent the classroom and clinical dates were not in order so she sent a follow up email to inform us that our first day of classroom would be 2/3 to make sure that everyone understood the schedule. I'm quite concerned that I won't be able to have my uniforms ready in time for my first clinical. What date is listed for your first clinical?

On the Dove Apparel website it says, "My Clinical Start Date: Mon, Feb 10 2014" and "Bill & Ship Date: Mon, Jan 27,2014." On my schedule it says my first clinical is on 2/4. Is anyone starting clinical on or after 2/10? If they don't ship out the uniforms until 1/27 I can't imagine how I'm going to be able to find someone to hem the pants and sew on the patches by 2/4 :-O

batman - I'm in the LVN to RN bridge program and the schedule was sent in an email to my COC email account. I have my COC email set up to send a copy of every email to my personal email account. On the left side of the COC homepage there's a link to calendars where you can check out the spring registration dates. In the email I received from the instructor it says, "You must register on your registration date and it must be on or before January 27, 2014." My spring registration date is 1/15/2014. TikTokk - It looks like the bridge program instructor is the only one who's sent out the schedule so far. Wow, that's great news that the program won't be brutal like I was expecting :-)

The schedules have been sent out :-) For the transitions course we need to purchase six books and a CD! Oh my...

doodlebuggie - Yes, you're right, good connections will be a big help finding a good job. If you can really impress the charge nurse or a well-regarded floor nurse while doing clinicals or have a good friend that works in a hospital that still hires ASN's and they put in a good word for you, then your chances are good that you will be hired. The problem I see is that many hospitals don't hire new graduate ASN's anymore, only new graduate BSN's. For example, a couple of weeks ago when I finished my CPR skills testing, the instructor and I had a conversation about this very subject. He informed me that his wife has a BSN and is working in the hospital. He said that his wife told him that anymore, most hospitals consider an ASN for new graduates the same as a high school diploma. He then went on to say that the hospital where his wife works is encouraging all the nurses to get their MSN. Of course I, along with probably all of my classmates, will do our best to establish great connections. Hopefully, you will have an easy time getting work through your friend at Providence Holy Cross :-)

Scottienurse - I was afraid of that :-/ I guess I'm just going to have to buck up and fork over the cash. Beans and weenies and ramen noodles here I come! Oh well, it could be worse. A friend of mine is paying over $30,000 for her RN to BSN! I'm hearing that it's difficult to get a good job without a BSN also. Hopefully, they won't be requiring a MSN by the time I graduate!

Scottienurse - Thanks for the great information! I'll qualify for the program after I finish the critical thinking class. I'm registered to take philosophy 106 during the winter intersession. $2000? Yikes! Is that for one summer session? One day a week sounds great! I'm hoping to take metrolink to save some wear and tear on my nerves :-) Chrrristinad - A five minute commute sounds awesome! Wow, you'll be starting the program so soon! Best wishes to you!

Chrrristinad - Congratulations on getting into AVC! I'm sorry that you won't be joining us at COC but I understand that you prefer the one year program at AVC :-) I wish you all the best! jessii427 - I haven't received an email yet but I'm thinking that we'll be receiving them any day now :-) Hi doodlebuggie! Congratulations! The only thing that I can add to jessii427's reply regarding working while going through the nursing program is that, from what I've heard, the first semester is the most difficult. Good luck completing COC's "to do" list :-) I thought it would never end!

erick - Thanks for the reply :-) Good news!

The CSUN notifications have been sent out! Check your COC email :-) Does anyone know what the CSUN schedule is like as far as how many days a week the classes are and what the hours are, i.e. 9am to 3pm etc.? Also, Scottienurse mentioned that financial aid isn't available for the summer classes. I really don't know anything about financial aid and am wondering if you can apply for a student loan and use the money for the summer classes?

LVN to RN CSUN applicants - I just spoke with the nursing department and they will be sending out CSUN notifications to the LVN to RN students this week. They told me that they just received confirmation from CSUN that they will accept LVN bridge students into the program, which is why the notifications are being sent out later than the rest. Best wishes to everyone!

TikTokk - That sounds a lot better than what I imagined it would be :-) I guess I'm just wary of any class at this point. This statistics class has me bound up like I just drank five bottles of kaopectate! Figuratively speaking of course...

TikTokk - Thanks for the info :-) I think I'll call the nursing office on Monday to find out why I wasn't chosen. Which class did you take to satisfy the critical thinking requirement? I'm just curious because when I checked out English 102 and 103, they both sounded dreadful! Congratulations to everyone who got excepted into the CSUN program!