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You shouldn't worry too much about which schools to go to and where to live yet.. just apply to all of them and see which ones you get into first because they are all pretty competitive schools that you have listed there.. In Vancouver, Rent is anywhere from 800-1000+/month (depending on area.. usually its cheaper further away from UBC). The program itself is pretty good from what I hear (the accelerated program anyway). You start in clinicals in your 3rd week and its 2x's/week every week for 10-12 weeks I believe. And it will be like that until you graduate 2 years later. I believe there is one consolidated practice experience at the end of the 2 years but I'm not too sure on that.

sorry I haven't been replying! hehe I just got accepted to UBC Pharmacy so I'm dropping nursing now! Hopefully one of you guys takes my spot My GPA = 3.5 Experience in hospital = Hospital Security @ two of the landmark hospitals in Vancouver (St.Pauls/VGH)

If you look at the major universities UBC, UofC, UofT, they all offer something called 'accelerated programs'. What those are are 1.5-2 year add-ons to previous degree's or previous post-secondary experience (2 years minimum usually.. at UBC 48 credits). Basically UBC only offers this 'accelerated program', the difference WAS that UBC took in students directly from highschool, and let the fresh grads' go and pick their own courses for two years counting that as '2 years of nursing'.. even though they learn NO nursing theory courses. They share classes with science students arts students and pharmacy students and learn a lot more on collaboration with other future healthcare providers. UBC Nursing students also have opportunities to take courses such as IHHS, where med students, social work students, pharmacy students etc. learn to work with each other I believe. When people speak of the UBC Nursing program, they shouldn't be saying stuff about the 4 year program because in reality, the only nursing stuff is in the last two years of the program like every other major university offering the "ACCELERATED" program. The first two years are thus, still 'general studies'.

Anyone else on the board accepted?!

Nevermind! I Just got my acceptance for January 2008 along with another friend of mine!!!

yikes... nothing yet.. still waiting

Just thought I'd add that SFU does not have a nursing program. Go rough it out completely at UBC if you wish, but it is going to be difficult trust me.. I've been through the grind. I did 2 years of science straight from high school to UBC and was not even considered to the interview the first time I applied. Only this year did they even give me one.. and still pending on the results

yeah Ruxandra told me 2-3 weeks.... I'm so nervous =s

anybody hear back yet?

Hopefully you recieved my email on time =) How did it go for you? I confirmed with Ruxandra.. the last interviews will be held on June 7th and they will start handing out the student invites in around 2-3 weeks time during the month of june hopefully.

Whats your time/date? I'm June 5th 9am

Last year if i remember correctly they were still handing out interviews until the end of June... this year may have changed though so check with Ruxandra on that. I've got 3 other friends that have been invited to the interview as well! Good luck

Anybody receive a interview invite yet?! I have!! anyone care to share some past experiences with the interview?

I Will offer a second opinion here. Just go directly for your BScN. Reasons why: 1- you can apply to be a care aide after your first year of schooling (some facilities require you take one extra course if you are in RN school.. but if you're in RN school they usually let you work right away, especially if there is a huge demand) 2- you can apply to be either a UGN or a LPN after your 2nd year of schooling. (UGN starting wage right now is approximately 22-23$/hr.. but the UGN contract is actually going along with the BCNU contract so.. by the time you reach 2nd year you could possibly be making 25-26$/hr.. LPN's are only making around 21$/hr i believe) 3- I "Heard" that RN schools are slowly phasing out LPN-bridge in's... BCIT already stopped taking in LPN's a long time ago.. and I know for a fact that Langara is going to stop taking LPN's in very soon (Langara is under the collaborative curriculum which includes UVic, Malaspina, and a about 8 other colleges of nursing in BC. 4- after the first two terms of RN school.. you'll realize whehter it is for you or not.

when you start your program private message me. there are books that literally will never be touched at all.. let me know and i'll save you a few hundred dollars worth of books. as for first term it goes by extremely slowly.. very boring dry stuff. second term we are placed in geriatric care homes third term we are put into acute care (still majority is old people.. they come in with cva's and mi's most of the time)

Hey Kyung! I'm a first year nursing student too, which school are you at right now?

One more thing, if you plan on applying do it soon, I know that from last term there are 5 people that have already failed out of my section. We will be starting the next term (the term for the LPN bridgers) section in May I believe. And they have another one starting september.. usually 1 or 2 people get the boot after first year so they don't get to advance, this is where the LPN's usually get their spots from.. spots do exist so just try to apply! Good luck

You could try to apply to Langara college if you are interested... tuition is around range from 800-1200$/term depending on whehter its a clinical practice experience or clinicals + class mix. If you bridge into the langara program (@ vancouver), you will only have to take roughly 7 terms so that works out to around $8000~ which you could easily earn back. With a few paycheques... the only con for that is Langara is located in an expensive city (vancouver), but from what I hear it isn't alot better on the island.

Go for it !! BScN-RN is way more worth it in terms of opportunity and salary. Although it may seem to cost a bit to start, once you are a RN you'll be making enough to pay it off within the first 4-5 years of work (depending where you go for schooling). Not to mention you'll be making roughly 25-26$/hr as a UGN (undergrad nurse). We have a 36y.o. male that just started in his first year in my class.. so its not too late, especially since you will have advanced standing if you apply within this year! Good luck

how much do you expect to spend? there are some schools that offer degrees at significantly cheaper costs than others

Sorry Jan I don't think my earlier post was quite clear enough.. Say I graduate in June 2009.. is it possible for me to write the exam say.. 10 weeks before graduation? So once I graduate I can come out to work as a RN as opposed to a graduate nurse? Or.. is this the typical route people go? It's just from what I 'hear' it seems that most students graduate and write their exams while working as a graduate nurse.

Quick question about the CRNE.. what does it test exactly...? I went onto the website and it said it tests stuff like psychosocial aspects of human behaviour/professional growth/health and healing etc.. But my instructor said that it actually tests 5 subjects. Medicine Surgury Ped's Obgyn Psychiatry Thanks in advance

I'm not too sure about the latter questions in your post, but I believe that tuition should roughly be identical after you take into consideration that you are a international student. From my knowledge I believe Canada only has TWO accelerated BScN programs.. one at UBC and one at UofT (maybe UofA too..)

Sorry, I don't get it... why are they making such a big deal out of the influenza virus this time? A new strain arises almost every year if I remember correctly..

I didn't write the exam yet.. and won't for the next few years.. Just wondering though, is it possible to write before graduating from my program? or do i Have to graduate before I'm allowed/prepared to write the exam?