AlisonF

I agree with that, do the accelerated program. The one at Tulane is actually for Our Lady of the Lake, they are in conjunction with Tulane. You only do one (very intense)year and they pay a stipend, the trade-off is when you are done, you have to work two years for Tulane. Go to Our Lady of the Lake College website and all of the info is in there. They only accept once a year and seats are limited so if you are considering it, look into it asap. Good luck! The website is http://ololcollege.edu/Accelerated_Nursing.html

Gee wiz, where are you going to school? That is terrible that the instructors feel that way. I am also a LPN and at Southern University for my BSN but the instructors there are wonderful about my being a LPN, also the course work is not hard because I know most of it anyway from being a LPN. I got the LPN first because I wanted to be able work and make decent money while in school and at $19.00/hr I think that's decent money. I hope things get better for you, hang in there.

I also want to add that there is a standard formula that colleges use as a guide to study time. For a three hours course you should study 2hrs per week but that is typically to obtain a "c" in the course. So if you have a 6 credit hour class, that would means 6x2=12hrs/week for that one course. A full load of 12 hours would require 24 hours/wk of study time, but again, that is to obtain a C in the courses. If you are striving for an A or a B you have to increase the study time.

Congrats on your acceptance to charity. That is a difficult question to answer because everyone does not learn at the same pace. What may be easy for you to grasp, may require someone else more study time. I truly believe anything worth having is worth paying dues for, and you will pay some serious dues when trying to become a nurse. Study until you understand the material, it may seem as though you have "lost your life to nursing" but that is a temporary phase that will yield great satisfaction (and source of income) when finished. When I was in lpn school, I was a single mom with a 9 month old and a 2 year old. It is hard to study with two babies walking around during the day. My life turned literally upside down. Me and the kids went to bed for 8:30 and I slept from then until midnight. At midnight, I got up and I studied in the middle of the night while the kids were asleep. I was on that schedule for 18 months and it paid off, I graduated first in my class, and boards were a breeze for me. I am now in a BSN program and this is a cake walk compared to the other one because the kids are now 12 and 14 and I have gained so much nursing experience that I do not require much studying. The thing of it is this, you have to do what is most beneficial and comfortable for your journey. Some of it you may grasp quickly, if that is the case, move on to the next subject. Some of it may be more difficult,read and re-read until you understand the concept and the rationale behind it because at the end of the day, the only person who can protect your license (CYA, cover your a**) is you. The more you know, the better you are able to do that. Good Luck in your education.

A redneck is a white, person who typically lives in a rural area and is a bigot. They are typically violent towards non-whites and drive around with the dixie flag on their car or truck. Needless to say, we are full of them here in the deep south.

I too am a nurse in the deep south (the big easy) and as a black woman who is over forty and have had quite a few occupations before nursing, I can say that I personally have experienced more racism in nursing than any of my other occupations combined. From the patient who takes one look at you and says,"where are the white nurses?" to the doctor who gets this "funny look" on his face when he realizes that the head nurse he has to deal with is black. In a racists eye, no person of color is competent no matter what their qualifications are.

Now, that's the thing because I have a friend who went in 2002 and they were not using the NET then. I also have a friend who went in 2003 who also did not need the NET to get in. They must have started using the NET as a part of the process in 2004. I am not suprised because as I said, a lot of people are driving there for the bridge instead of going to charity because they 1)do not have to take college algebra (unless they changed that too) and 2)are not making the 100 needed to get in charity. I remember in 2003, I thought about going to MGCCC (I am in Southern University's School of Nursing BSN program )and the admissions lady said to me, "We are getting a lot of New Orleans applicants." So I am not suprised that they are putting other requirements in their application process. If you made a 136 on the PAX the NET will be a breeze for you. Good Luck to you!!

HI, I going to respond to you and MsCrecentCity here. First, all of my friends loved the experience at MGCCC. Some of them formed a car pool and drove together. They found the clinicals easy and in fact, relatively boring when compared to the charity experience we had in our LPN program. MGCCC is cheap but they get you with out-of-state fee. Best advice is, if you know someone who lives in the area, use their address. The selection process is not just your GPA, they know that people are driving to them so they select those that live in the area first, then those that live in the state, then out of state people. By the time they get to out-of-state people, they only have a few seats left so it becomes very competitive for them. One person I know did not get in because her gpa was 3.2 and they stopped at 3.4. The generic program I hear is even harder for an out-of-state person to get into and they put you on the waiting list. I am not too sure about their LPN program, I did work with a woman who drove from New Orleans to MGCC and did their LPN program, she graduated about 3 years ago. She told me that it was not a problem, and one of her fellow students even let her use her address to ease up on the out-of state fees. She did mention that she had to work in Mississippi for awhile and I "think" (I am not too sure, it's been a while) she told me it was because the credits needed for LPN boards in Louisiana are higher than Mississippi, so she had to work out there to make up the difference. CHECK ON THIS INFO BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO ATTEND. I do remember my instructor telling us that Louisiana has the highest credits and that is why we have no problem getting licensure by endorsement to other states(I have licenses to work in California, Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana of course) and had no trouble at all getting them. Hope this helps.

I don't know if you have checked out Charity's bridge program or not, but if you live in New Orleans, it is sitting right there in your back door. You already have the 136 on the pax and that seems to be the hurdle for most people. Just three semesters; summer, fall, and spring and you're done (unless you want the bsn.) Also, William Carey has a program as well. It's not a bridge but it is accelerated and you get your BSN. I don't know how far you are willing to travel but Mississippi Gulf Coast is another "hot spot" where New Orleans LPN's go to. I am a LPN also and many of my friends drove out there to enter their bridge program. It is the same distance as driving from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, just going east instead of west. Hope this helps.

My husband is a police officer at charity. From what I can gather the students (night) can use the garage. I know the officers patrol the area, and they have not had any incidents. They carry a gun, and I can't speak for the other officers but my hubby was a navy seal in the vietnam war, he also works for the sheriff's dept. and has sharp shooter ranking. And ladies, he is on the 3-11 shift at the nursing school. My best-friend just graduated from there and she had no complaints about it not being safe.

I am in Southern University's nursing program. I began last semester and from what I can gather, they take about 80 students a semester and the minimum gpa is 2.6. However, it is becoming very competitive and a good portion of the students on the campus are there for nursing. My gpa going in was a 3.6, and all of the people I have spoken to had at least a 3.0 going in. Alison