I'm starting this thread so that all my fellow applicants for Resu Fall 2014 can have a place to come and ask any and every question that may come to mind. I know I am a tad bit (ok a lot of bit lol) early since the app deadline isn't until April 1st. However, it would be great to hear from all of you as we start this app process.
Where are you taking your prerequisites now? Are you applying to any other BSN programs? Is there anything you are worried/nervous about as far as applying goes?
Well, when I was going 3 years ago we had classes on M-Th. At least 3 out of those 4 days. Sometimes all 4. From 5 pm until 9 or 10. Clinicals were for 6-8 hrs on Saturdays.
I don't know if anything has changed since then with the times but since nobody currently enrolled is answering you, I thought I would.
Everyone is consumed with the program I guess. LOL. It is pretty intense ..no time to play on AN :)
Haha thank you fgreen! I figured people were pretty busy if they were enrolled. That schedule seems ok and sounds like it would be about the same for next summer e/w term based on their flyers Juan Maranda has emailed me.
Ask, where were the clinical sites at? Were they just in the presence health community or could they be any hospital in the area like northwestern or something?
I'm in the day program so I'm not really sure what the e/w schedule is sorry! However in the schedule for next term it looks like most of their classes are from 5-8 during the weekday and they have their clinical rotations on the weekends.
Most of the clinical sites are within the Presence Health System but there are a few other hospitals in the 'burbs that they use. I was lucky enough to be at Northwestern for my community rotation (it was magical), and we have two groups at Lurie's for their pediatric rotation.
Here's the dirt about the evening weekend people according to the office lady. They meet 3-4 times a week anywhere between 5:00-10:15 pm. For the first two weeks of the term they have clinicals both Saturday and Sunday from 7:00-6:00, and then just on Saturdays after that. Also the days that you'll meet during the week will vary from term to term.
I've been pretty lucky with my clinicals. Your clinical experience really depends on what hospital you're at and how interactive your instructor is. Like I said in another post I was able to do my community rotation at NW and the nurses/doctors there were fantastic. They really created an environment where I felt comfortable asking questions and they really tried to set up opportunities for me to see new things. That has definitely been my favorite rotation so far.
Unfortunately I have worked with a lot of nurses who were very unhelpful and were very unwilling to work with students. This is something that you'll see everywhere though and I think it comes from nurses being protective of their patients. Also, if your instructor isn't willing to advocate for their students and find opportunities for them it can kind of suck as well. For my Adult Health clinical my instructor would disappear for 30-60 mins at a time and we would miss out on different procedures.
All that being said, you do stay fairly busy during clinicals (providing care, administering meds). My one piece of advice is that even if the nurse you're with seems unwilling to help you out, keep asking them if there's anything you can help with. If your show the initiative and interest in helping they're usually more willing to take time out to teach you things. Also if there isn't anything to do with your patient, find out about the other patients your nurse has and learn about them. The experience really is what you make out of it.
fgreen and mbransti, thank you very much for the info and insight on the program.
I've recently been accepted to the Spring 2015 BSN daytime program. Although I am excited, I am not receiving much aid. I already have a bachelors and I am extremely uncomfortable taking out private loans for the entire programming. I have recently had some not-so-good experiences with a private loan company and I am forced to pay on a loan while in school. Due to the cost may will have to consider deferring enrollment or (more appropriately) elect to enroll to the E/W program so I can keep my daytime job (with tuition benefits) and pay out of pocket....as much as I can.
@fgreen, did the E/W program still leave adequate time to study? How was your social/life outside of class? Did you feel more strain at work due to being a nursing student?
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Is anyone taking the evening program? If so what is your schedule like?