vmrn387

Hello, I am finishing up my last year in the College of San Mateo program and I would like to say that I am very pleased with the nursing education that I have received over the past 2 years. While there have been some changes during my time in the program, CSM is very well known at the clinical agencies we do our rotations in. The curriculum is intense being that there is an exam every 2-3 weeks and you must obtain a 75% cumulatively on the 3 exams to stay in the program. Each course is 8 weeks (i.e. fundamentals, pediatrics, psych, maternity, and 3 classes of med surg) just makes everything a little intense learning a vast amount of information in a very short period of time. There has been a lot of people reviewing and saying that they're not satisfied with how the program is being ran, difficulty in clinical placement, schedules changing etc. Those are problems all across the board at any nursing school that you go to and no school is perfect. Nursing is a profession that teaches you to be flexible. At the end of the two years, the school prepares you and prepares you well to be eligible to sit for the NCLEX-RN examination. Another gripe that I hear people talk about is not having an official "preceptorship" at CSM. Keep in mind that we are an associates degree program and while some schools may offer it, we don't and talking to employers, it doesn't really make our graduates more marketable or hurt us either. A lot of our students go on to 4 year institutions and obtain a BSN where they do their preceptorship. Hope that you go and check out our beautiful campus and see what our program has to offer. :) Congratulations on getting in!