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You can look up this terms textbooks on the U of C bookstore website. Search Nurs 285, 287, 288, and 289. I only got the Community Health Nursing and Jarvis texts. You will need Jarvis again later. I found the rest at the library or borrowed them in exchange for goodies.

Congrats to everyone who got in! I was in your place last year and it is agonizing not knowing what your future holds! Anyone who didn't...keep up the hard work and best of luck if you try again next year. I will share a bit of info for everyone, because I know I would have appreciated it! First term is called Term 3, the focus is on community nursing. The courses have a more social science feel to them with an emphasis on social justice, determinants of health etc. Lots of reflective writing and talking about your feelings! My placement was with the Alzheimer's society Adult Day Program. Other people were at churches, senior centres, homeless shelters. The schedule was Mondays off (!!!) 3-hour lectures in the morning (8-11am) on Tues, Wed, Fri. On-campus time (lab and talk-about-feelings sessions) in the afternoons on Tues and Wed. Some of this on-campus time was boring and painful, just a heads up! Clinical all day Thursday and Friday afternoon. You do a group project on your clinical placement, which is supposed to be worked on during clinical hours. All in all this semester didn't feel much like nursing... but they want you to gain foundational skills in communication and establishing rapport with people. I still enjoyed it :) Term 4 feels a bit similar to Term 3, the focus is on Family. Everyone gets a placement in Long Term Care or similar, doing Health Care Aide duties. It is important because you learn basic personal care skills. I was also lucky enough to spend a couple weeks doing new baby visits with the postpartum nurses which was great, because I FINALLY got to see an actual nursing job! The course instructors for this term were horrendous, so hopefully they have changed them! There is a big focus on aging and maternal health in classes. The schedule was pretty similar to Term 3. Term 5, .... this is where they throw you into the fire!!! Placements are in an acute care setting in the hospital. You finally get to rock your stethoscope and feel like a nurse. I was on a higher acuity medical floor which I thought was awesome, and learned so much! Labs are still a bit redundant... I still feel like they are holding back on some nursing skills. My clinical made up for that though. Classes feel more "sciencey" pathophysiology and pharmacology, and it pays to remember your A&P class. There is also a dull nursing research course that is mandatory. This term you will appreciate they drop the useless on-campus 4 hour session for more clinical time. My schedule is Monday morning on-campus lab (3 hours). Tuesday and Wednesday clinical rotating days (7am-3pm) and evenings (3-11pm). Two lectures on Thursday, and lecture Friday afternoon. Term 6... from what I hear is similar to Term 5 but more of a focus on chronic illness. I have also heard Term 5 and 6 make up the "weeding out" year, then it is (hopefully) smooth sailing in Terms 7 and 8. Already a number of people have dropped, a couple got into med school, more felt like nursing wasn't for them, and a handful failed. So far, I am really loving it and look forward to my future career. I hope you all will feel the same! Now I will quit procrastinating and finish my final paper!!

Okay I made a closed group.. it is called U of C Nursing Jan 2015 Entry. Thanks jkd12 for the help!! I think you can search it and then request to join.

I have a u of c email, perhaps I can figure out how to make one.. What on earth shall I name it? Are we technically Class of 2016?

My heart really aches for all of you!! I have no idea why the decision was made so quickly for me. I just looked and its 23/120 enrolled now, so still LOTS of room. Gosh darnit U of C, get your act together!!!! In not so pleasant news the fees popped up.. $3200 per semester in case anyone wants to know. Again, hoping lots of you will find out soon. It has been a whirlwind of quitting my job, explaining my decision to all my friends and family... being nervous/excited for my new life!

That would make sense eeenfermera, because it would be very quick and easy for them to look at all my past grades and courses. The courses say they are for the Degree holder and Transfer route students. There were 11/120 enrolled as of yesterday. I am thinking any day now for all of you!! Oh I also got a letter in the mail shortly after my status changed on MyUofC, so make sure you check your mailboxes too!

Hang in there StrawberryGarden!!!! I know waiting is the absolute worst. Maybe to put your heart at ease.. my classes say 10 enrolled out of 120 spots, so that means they have not admitted the vast majority yet!

Yes one of the morning lectures is in ICT which is one of the further buildings..although I like ICT because it's newer and there is a Good Earth . At least we aren't in Kines because that is at the total opposite end, but you do have to walk there to use the gym. Luckily U of C is built so you can access all the buildings without going outside! Sometimes this takes longer, but you can easily run from the train station to the first building then comfortably walk inside. Lectures are Tues, Wed, Fri 8-11am. The clinicals are 19hrs per week, but no info on when they will be.

I did my undergrad at U of C too, so I know it pretty well. There is a c-train stop at the University, so depending on which building your class is in it's a 5-20min walk from there. I just enrolled in the Jan courses so I know that one class is 15-20 min walk and the other two are like 5-10mins. The nursing building itself is pretty close to the train, but our lectures are not in that building for some reason.

Hi aNurse'son, I believe it is based entirely on your GPa and of course if you have completed all of the pre reqs. My GPa in my last 10 courses was 3.9

Hi All, Today I checked my uofc and my status has changed to admitted :) I hope you all have heard something too! Or in the near future.

Hope I can contribute.. ENFP with an enneagram of 7 (adventurous) about to start nursing school. Coming from a STEM background, HATE working in a quiet office :)

Mine now says complete. I talked with admissions today and she said we should be finding out in a couple of weeks and she also mentioned how things move quicker at this time of the year. Fingers crossed we find out soon...so many potential life changes to come!

How exciting!! I think there is a good chance you will find out before the 24th! Good luck to you :)

Wow! I can't believe they tell you a thousand times they will order it on your behalf when in actuality they DON'T! Good thing we both caught it... I hope it doesn't mess anyone else up. Yes I did take BIOL 235 and Stats through Athabasca. Haha, yes my daily ritual includes checking both MyUC and ApplyAlberta. I am glad they are starting to evaluate, I see from last year's thread some people found out before the end of September!