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Anyone that got in do you remember the interview questions they asked?

I ended up going. Not sure what you want to know specifically. I mentioned some things that people had asked about in the earlier threads if you look back on here. Things are changing now since I've been here. There's a new Chairperson. If you have specific questions, I can better answer them. I don't know anything about the interview process. This is something new they have implemented. I heard that supposedly it is a group interview, that's why the time is so long.

@ROSLAURANo, it's not like an undergrad setup where the professor just takes you to clinicals during regular school hours. They really want you to gain hands-on experience on your own schedule. For clinicals, you're expected to complete a total of 200 hours each semester. For example, in pediatrics, we needed 170 hours in person and completed the remaining 30 hours using Shadowhealth (an online clinical software program). In the second semester, you must do 100 hours in adult internal/primary care and another 100 hours in GYN. Then, in the final semester for adult care, you're back to 200 hours. While they help you find clinical sites, it's also a good idea to find your own if you can. This flexibility is especially important for many of us who have kids, jobs, or other commitments—and remember, we already have Tuesdays off for lectures (a lot of people do clinicals Tuesday mornings before class! You collaborate with your preceptor to set up a schedule that fits both your availability and the clinical site's operations, ensuring you complete the required hours by the end of the semester. Hope this helps!

@Nurse Olivia So my cohort is the first group to resume after they got their accreditation back...so the pressure is on us to perform well. They made a new rule now that in order to even get our dipolma we have to pass the certification exam FIRST! I think this is a way to ensure that their passing score increases and they maintain their accreditation. So far though they are okay and not in danger of losing their accreditation. Things are legit. We don't have to find our preceptors and clinical sites, HOWEVER, the clinical coordinators are a bit disorganized. Some of my friends couldn't get clinical sites for PEDS until mid-semester. They had to wait when others finished their hours to go to their site so that sucked. I honestly would recommend if you can find your own as a backup. Peds is the hardest specialty to get a site....everything else is much easier Adults and GYN (GYN is harder if you're a man). So far they've been getting sites for everyone in Adults and GYN this semester. Classes are only on Tuesdays. The times vary. In the first semester, we had morning classes and evening. My first semester I had classes from 9am to 8pm! But we had gaps and breaks in between.....but yeah it was an ALLLL day thing. We had to eat lunch and dinner there. LOL That's why I say it's so good to make friends....you can eat, study, and just chat with people. When you start doing clinicals classes are only from 6 to 8:40pm. I did have one afternoon class at 2pm to 4:30pm (however, the professor was mad chill and we only had to attend in person 5 times throughout the semester). Nevertheless, the hours do vary from semester to semester. Hope that helps!

@Nurse Olivia Yeah March is when you're supposed to get decisions. I know in the past some of my friends didn't get the official decision letter, but they had gotten accepted. I don't know how they knew. It was very weird. If you don't hear anything by like May (whether you got accepted or rejected) reach out. I heard they are making some changes and I think they are making the classes bigger now and splitting them into two sections like having two groups each with 35 students, instead of just having one cohort. They need to make more money from us students LOL

@ICUandbeyond I can admit that my GPA wasn't the best. I think that hindered me from getting into many of the private colleges I had applied to (which I'm happy I didn't because of no loans). I have two degrees as well. However, they only care about Nursing, and my 2-year Associate degree I got a 2.8 GPA and when I went for my BSN I got a 4.0. Of course, your essay and recommendation letters help! The Dean actually said she read the essays. So they look at the whole package. I'm just lucky they accepted me. Like someone said Lehman College is the ONLY CUNY school that has FNP. Hunter College doesn't which is shocking and there are no other CUNYs from what I recall.

@ICUandbeyond We have complained to the chair and director about some things including taking pharm in such a short time. So hopefully they make changes in the near future.

@ICUandbeyond The Patho and Pharm class was brutal. For Patho, the professor was terrible—she literally just sat down and read from her notebook. A lot of people were failing, and she ended up giving extra credit at the end. Pharm, on the other hand, was traumatic for me and my friends. It was a Summer course, so it was only 6 weeks (technically 5). The best part was the professor—she was really good and had recorded lectures, so we could always play them back. That definitely helped! Don't ask me how I passed. LOL Doing practice questions from Quizlet helped A LOT. Would I reccommend the program.....if you don't want loans...yes. However, you really need a good group of friends to make, even if it's just one person just for that support. With the friends I made IDK how I would make it where I am now. There's been a few cons in this program but you just have to remember you have a goal in mind and push through.

@Grace4Grace Hi! I'll email you right now and answer your questions!

I'm an FNP student currently seeking a primary adult rotation in internal medicine for the Spring 2025 semester, located in NY or the tri-state area. I'm looking for placements in the boroughs of Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, or Brooklyn. If anyone has any leads or knows of preceptors open to taking on a student, please let me know. Thank you so much for your help!

@FutureNurseKay1 Sorry for the delay in response. I hope you have started? The program is 2.5 years on a full-time basis. They recently just changed it to cohort-style, you cannot complete classes on your time and when you want.

@amikatoth Hey what do you want to know? I'm in my second semester taking Patho which is super hard. So far things are ehhh when it comes to certain professors...But I highly recommend having and making friends in the class, it helps a ton! I don't think any school is perfect, there's pros and cons everywhere. I'd still recommend to come here, esp due to the tuition price. They are slowly making changes for the better after a lot of complaints have been arisen in the past, so that's good.

@Kjd321 sorry for the late reply! So far it's not too bad. It really depends on what kind of student you are and how you balance your work and personal life. So far I'm having no issues and I made a great group of classmates that we stick together to survive this process. Classes are always on Tuesdays and the days can be long, so just prepare yourself for that. But I haven't taken the hard classes yet like patho or pharm. Those are the ones I'm worried about the most.

Hi @thecareerchanger we start classes next week so I can't give you a full review yet. All I can say is that when it comes to getting things communicated to you, knowing about things etc. They are lacking in that. You really have to be on top of things and reach out to the proper people to get information and questions answered.

Hey Everyone! I created a facebook group called "Lehman Fall FNP 2023". If you guys have a facebook let's move this conversation over there! I don't want things to get too personal or us get flagged for anything!