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No, you don't have to be CPR certified. However, if you are accepted then you will have to get it before classes. However, for our cohort some of the 4th semester students hosted a CPR class for a really cheap cost.

Hi, thank you all for your comments. As whiney as I'm sure I sounded I didn't just come to complain but really did want some tips and I'm thankful for the "tough love". Looking forward, I think the best step to take would be keeping a positive attitude. I was defintely a bit disheartened by today and sad, but I'm going to roll with the punches and really try to blow away my instructor with improvement. I won't give up, I'm going to be a nurse this time next year :)

What is a COB?

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Hi all, so today has been a particularly awful day. I am a second-semester nursing student in an accelerated program so I am in school all this summer. This semester I have my Medsurge clinical at the veterans hospital and for some reason, it seems that all the instructors there are particularly strict. My CI is new, we are are her first group however, she trained under another VA clinical instructor who is also known for being tough. Coming from a different hospital with a particularly nice CI for foundations who was not as strict on paperwork, I am shocked by the high expectations of my CI and what little time she expects me to have it all together and be proficient. I'm only now really understanding what she expects of us, and how nothing is going to be the same or similar to my previous clinical experience. However, I have only just learned all of this because she pulled me aside and with another instructor before clinical went over what was wrong with my paperwork. Then, she sent me home saying she didn't think my care plan was efficient enough to take care of my patient today. I was so livid, this is only 2nd clinical day, but 1st clinical with medications. In my prior semester I'd never done preplanning the night before, just 45 min before the tradeoff. I'd never done med cards either. I honestly feel like it was a very harsh judgement to place on me considering my prior experience, but it's very hard to explain that since everyone in my group comes from different instructors (some of whom, also had higher expectations thus making those student's transition to our current instructor's expectations a lot easier). I feel like I have been placed at a disadvantage due to my school not having a set standard of expecations for each clinical group so we all end up with different baselines. In the meeting I tried to explain myself, but it really seemed pointless because I still didn't have what was needed for that clincal day. I also felt intimidated by the other CI that my CI brought in with her. She was very stern with me, and I felt like she maybe had the impression that I was just lazy rather than misguided. It was so bad. I feel like such an idiot because I haven't grasped things as quickly as the others in my group. Any tips for dealing with really strict instructors?

Hi, I am currently a 2nd-semester nursing student in the ABSN program at MUSC. I applied for the spring 2016 entry. I would say just from looking at your stats you have a good chance. The only other application components would be references and the short essay which shouldn't be very hard to accomplish. I transferred from USC to MUSC without having had a degree, and I was one of the younger applicants of our cohort so I didn't have much experience (20 when I applied, 21 now). My cumulative gpa was a 3.6 and I didn't have a ton of service hours either. So all in all, I think you're in good shape. However, do note that every year is different and it really all depends on the competition in your applicant pool. With that being said, I've heard and understood that spring semester is usually easier to get into than fall! Good luck to you! :)

Hi, My name is Keyasha I'm a Junior nursing major at USC in Columbia. Today I just called and the lady just told me I was accepted haha. Although she did whisper a little so maybe they're not really suppose to do that lol. I live in Greenville technically so it would probably take a while for my acceptance letter to get there but if you want to know I'd just call them.