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I heard today that people have until June 9 to dispute any points.

This is a break down of points based on the entrance exam score. 4 years old but I can't imagine it has changed.

The science is nearly all physiology. When I took it 4 years ago, there were 3 on CV system, 2 F/E, 1 GI, 1 hematological, 1 homeostasis, 2 immune system, 4 neurology, 1 renal, 4 respiratory, and 1 sensory. I am pretty sure that hasn't changed too much.

In my year, and granted there were 48 spots, I believe as high as alternate 17 got in. The other post was right in that many people have applied to multiple programs and a lot of them tended to choose the four year schools over Chemeketa. Others will end up declining due to financial reasons. I will say, unfortunately, that some of the alternates will not find out till during the summer. If anyone is curious as to the financial costs, message me and I can email you a print out of the rough costs.

The science seems to be the most difficult for people. The breakdown (at least when I took it in 2016) was 3 questions cardio, 2 questions F/E, 1 question GI, 1 question hematology, 1 question homeostasis, 2 questions immune system, 4 questions neurology (which I was surprised by that many), 1 question Renal, 4 questions respiratory, and 1 question sensory. My friend has already taken it and there were definitely some questions I recognized and a couple that I distinctly remember that weren't. There much more physiology than anatomy. Know the path of blood through the heart. There were a couple that I didn’t know and had to use process of elimination (1 was not like the other 3 - trust me when I say you’ll have to know that in nursing school. There’s no more 1 question is right and 3 are wrong, but rather all 4 are right, but which is the most right (quite frustrating at times). There’s just sooo much information with A&P and I wouldn’t focus on the very, very finite things at the expense of the broad stuff. I feel lucky to have had Joe Bean for all 3 A&Ps. Definitely helped prepare me for the exam, as well as nursing school. If anyone has any other questions, I am happy to try and help.

Thank you for your reply. First term student in an associates program. My background in medicine has always been from a provider/medical diagnosis frame of reference. It's a little tougher trying to adjust to a nursing diagnosis point of view. We have only had two clinical days this term so far and have two more this Thursday and Friday. Beforehand, we are assigned age, sex, principle medical dx, and 3 medications the patient is on. We come up with two anticipated priority needs, a goal for each, and two interventions. Certainly it's tougher not yet having laid eyes on the patient and interacted. Certainly, I would think in this case some issues would be decreased cardiac output and activity intolerance would be a couple priority needs. I'm sure I'll add and/or change some of these once I see the patient. I know I'll get better at the care plans as I progress through the program. It's just a different mind-set than I've been used to. If you have any other helpful tips or good/credible websites for nursing dxs/interventions for various conditions, I would very much appreciate it.

Any suggestions will be appreciated

I'm in!!!

It would be awesome if we all get in. Seems like a good group of supportive people. My neighbor is in her 2nd year and said it's way harder than the 1st year. Would be great to have a lot of helpful people.

I was told that about 191 people applied and that it would be sometime in May that they would let us know.

I got 91 on the exam, but I would imagine that anyone in the 80s has a good chance of, at worst, being an alternate. However, I guess that will depend on the scores from April 14th. I was a bit frustrated at the lack of communication by the school on what to really study for. The Kaplan book was of course useless. Perhaps the reading part helped a bit, but not much otherwise.