ilikecorgis

out of the 1840 pts

If I do have a disadvantage of getting into BSN because of my flakey and unreliable past, LPN to BSN isn't a bad idea. The school I want to go to offers that bridge. But thank you. I found this post helpful.

Yeah I do. I will need to decide what to do about this class and talk to an nursing adviser about my academic transcript and such. I do not want to quit anymore. I'm serious about turning my GPA around. I have my CNA and plan on volunteering too. But I really don't know about this class this summer. I'm not blaming everything on my professor. But he's still from hell. I'll take this class again if I need to. But I'll probably do it at the university instead of hop around like someone mentioned. Or I could retake it with my first a&p professor who was helpful. I was just being a dummy back then.

I know it would be challenging to raise my GPA, but I didn't think it would take more than a year to do that, on top of taking other classes. Is it that difficult to raise? I figured I could just retake those classes I failed or made C's in (sociology, eng 2, men&masc, etc) Just the "simpler" classes I didn't take seriously freshman year. They would take the highest letter grade (if I retake the class at the university). I guess my biggest concern was how my transcript will look.

There are people in class that are doing better or worse than I am, and feel the same way. He has some serious poor ratings on ratemyprofessor. He was the only one offering a&p this summer so I figured I would just suck it up. I know I've shown patterns of failure and quitting, but I'm not looking into other professions, even if it does take longer than I anticipated.

I agree that a&p is difficult, but I do believe that my professor makes it more difficult than what it has to be. It is also condensed into an 8 week class and I expected to work my butt off. Last week we had a lab and lecture exam and pop quiz on the same day, pop quiz on the next day, and the next day, and the next day. A lot of us lost points on the pop quizzes because we thought, what are the chances of getting quizzed day after day again especially after recovering from two exams. And learning new material for the next chapter before even taking exams for the previous chapters. Today our professor was 10 minutes late and we were all in sitting in class silently studying for our lecture exam that day. We got yelled at because we weren't working on lab stuff instead (we have lab before lecture) even though the lab exam is on Wednesday. I read through the text book, my notes I take in class, I listen to the recordings, I take more notes at home, I take advantage of the internet, I feel like a failure.

Background: I have low GPA of 2.5, 31 credit hours. I did bad my freshman year and made some C's and even F's because I didn't even bother to drop the course. I got dismissed. I'm not proud. Now I'm paying for it and retaking some classes and continue taking pre-reqs for nursing to raise the GPA at a community college right now. It seems like it's taking forever. I initially planned on doing ADN to BSN, but I'm doing bad in a&p and feel discouraged, and I'm half way done with my pre-reqs now so I might as well go for the BSN. I ultimately want to enroll for the BSN program at the university I attended my freshman year. Okay. So I am failing a&p. I don't know if I can hang on to this class for another 4 weeks. I have a very hard professor and the exams are brutal. He told a girl in my class that she needed a back up plan because nursing probably isn't for her, and told this foreign guy that he was a slow learner, if that says anything. And total we can earn up to 1,840 points in the class. I've already lost 230 points. I did better the first time I took a&p. I should have taken it seriously back then and finished because I actually had a good professor. So much regret. I initially planned on finishing up this summer class at the community college and transferring to the university in the fall to continue taking pre-reqs because of commute. But now that I am thinking about dropping out this summer... I'm thinking about taking a&p at this technical college in town, and transferring over to the university. They offer it online as well. There are a few classes that I need to retake, but can only retake at the university I failed at and nowhere else, otherwise they will just average out my letter grade instead of taking the better one. And since I am on academic probation I am only allowed to take a certain number of credits, I planned on taking a few at my community college. I know it is not recommended, but I think it will be manageable. So, how bad will it look if I am attending 3 colleges in one semester? There are 2 or 3 classes I for sure have to take at the university. Possibly a&p and the technical college. And other pre-reqs and the community college because of cost, because of the university academic probation, and because it doesn't look like the technical college offers a whole lot of classes anyway. I wanted to stick the class out until I dropped below a B. I'm at an 87% for now, but I have made D's and F's on all of my lecture exams so far. And a C and D on my lab. I studied for hours and hours and hours for the last exam. I know I'm not a great student, but the tests honestly seem unreasonable. A third of my class are at a 70 something percent right now, which I was surprised to hear. Should I continue to stick it out? What do I do guys? Sincerely, Lost

I was thinking of minoring in spanish. Does anyone know how long that will take? Is this a good idea? My semesters might be kind of heavy because of the sciences. I initially planned to finish all of my pre-reqs in a year. But it looks like I'm probably going to need an extra semester. These are the classes I need: microbio pathophysi chem pharm stats sociology fine arts appreciation anthropology general elective issues and perspectives course? upper division bioethics? I have been taking most of my non science classes online and have had no problem, so I planned on taking the rest online as well. Should I drop the idea of taking up spanish if my plan is to start nursing in a year?

I don't know what a&p I and II are like, because at my college it's just straight a&p, but I've read from other posters that a&p II is generally harder.

I'm taking an 8 wk class in a&p. My first exams were over tissues and skin. Second lecture exam on Monday will be over the endocrine system, metabolism, energy, enzymes, cellular respiration and skeletal system, and lab on Tuesday just skeletal. I feel like this is the hardest part for me. The Kreb's cycle is making my head spin! It doesn't help that the professor is incredibly hard on us and goes out of his way to make people feel dumb. So far we have already been given 5 or 6 quizzes. Our syllabus we had to print out is 20 pages long, and each week we have to print two separate packets (15 pages each more or less) for both lecture and lab. We waste so much paper for our three ring binder that we have to turn in at the end of semester. Everything has to be divided with section dividers and we even have to print off a table of contents. Everything is worth 1840 points. Sorry, went off topic. Definitely ranting, haha. What was the most difficult system to learn and how comparable is it to what I'm learning now?

I'm not sure. I'm trying to figure out which classes to take together. If I get into the ADN program at my community college (jan 2016), I'd like to take microbio and patho in the fall because those classes are part of the nursing program (you can take them before or during nursing). And somewhere inbetween now and the September deadline take the TEAS. If I don't get in, I will continue to take electives and go for BSN at the university. I'm afraid to take pharm with any science courses. I figured maybe take pharm and stats and some easier classes in the spring. and chem in the summer with whatever other electives I need. But I don't know! I originally planned on doing the ADN and bridging over to BSN online. I have been taking classes at the community college and it is quite the commute, that I don't know if I can handle driving like that for the next few years. Now I am thinking of just going for BSN at the university 10 minutes away and take my time with the teas when I'm near done with electives. Obviously I don't know what to do.

I'm taking a&p now this summer and can't decide what to take next semester. Chemistry Microbiology Pathophysiology Statistics Pharmacology Is it doable to complete this all by Spring/Summer of 2016? Or no. lol

I have one for Kansas where I live. I was looking at the requirements for a nursing school in Colorado that I'm interested in, and to be admitted you have to have a CNA for their state. I don't necessarily want to go through the trouble of getting my CNA certificate in Colorado if I don't get accepted into the nursing program. What would I have to do? Take the state board exam? Or more? Would I be able to keep the certificate that I have in Kansas?

Maybe you guys are right. I figured the work load wouldn't be as comparable to nursing school. But I have no idea.

Wichita State has an accelerated bsn program. Could be less competitive than the ones you're looking at http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/majors/factsheets/HPNursing.pdf

My friend's sister attends KU for nursing. She completed her pre-reqs at Wichita State and got accepted into the university of kansas medical center. I don't think she did any volunteer work and she does not have a CNA certification. You should definitely call to check.

I plan on taking pathophysiology, microbiology, and statistics in the fall. Is this too much? Or is patho, micro, and sociology more managable? How time consuming is stats? What about taking all four? I don't plan on working. The other pre-reqs I need are chemistry, communications, and a global perspectives course (?). I figure chemistry would be too much to take with patho and micro. Communications I'm saving for next summer. And I will have to ask what global perspective courses are. What do you guys think?

What do codes mean exactly?

I don't have any experience other than clinicals in LTC for school. My friend said her hospital was hiring CNA's for nights in MICU. What does that normally consist of? She said I would be doing coding all the time. What does that mean?

Did anyone find that they completed all of the questions before the test ended? Did you barely finish or run out of time? Were you able to go back and review if you had extra time?

Thanks so much! Your story is very inspiring. A 75% is really good considering you hadn't taken any science classes in over 10 years. Also a huge improvement from the 39%. Congrats! I am very determined to get an A in a&p this summer. My chances of getting in solely depend on my teas now. I have some friends that got an early acceptance into the university here because they knew they wanted to major in nursing freshmen year. Most of them made decent grades and I had quite a few friends that didn't study for the teas at all but got a decent enough grade to get in. My GPA is not good enough to apply for any BSN programs, so the best route for me is going to ADN-BSN route. And now I feel like I am paying back for slacking off freshman year!

Hi guys. Long time follower but first post! I plan on applying to the ADN program at my community college for next spring but super nervous. This is how they do their ranking for final selection: A&P - A = 20 pts, B = 15 pts, C = 10 pts Gen Psych - A = 12, B = 9, C = 6 Eng 1 = A = 12, B = 9, C = 6 TEAS composite = Highest possibly score = 99. (Need to score 70+ to be considered) TEAS raw reading = 42 max Patient care experience = 5 Total = 190 150 + to be considered competitive. 250-300 applied last semester and 56 gets accepted every semester. The lowest score accepted was 150 or 160 (can't remember) I plan on taking A&P in the summer. The deadline for TEAS is Sept 30. (Can only be taken twice EVER, not yearly) My McGraw Hill and ATI study guide came into the mail last week and I plan on studying for the TEAS until I feel ready before the deadline. But I am freaking out. 1. I am a terrible test taker. And the fact that it is timed makes it even more nerve-wrecking. 2. I have not taken any science classes since junior year of high school (5 years ago). 3. I am currently taking college algebra so at least it will be fresh in my mind. I called the nursing department today and asked if they recommend me taking chem, bio, and physics before the TEAS, and she said it wasn't necessary if I use the ATI study guide. What do you guys think? If my goal is to apply for spring 2016 I certainly wont have time to take any science classes with A&P in the summer and TEAS deadline being in September. Will the study guides be enough for me to review over for the test? I've read other threads on study tips and mental preparation but I am worried about not knowing enough of the material. I am so worried about how competitive the program is. So far I have 26 pts. 46 if I get an A in A&P. If I made a 75/99 on the TEAS comp and 35/42 on the TEAS raw reading that would only bring me to 156.