Riverside Community College Fall 2015 RN

I know we're a quiet bunch! I think everyone is just waiting for the results I applied for fafsa and the Cal C grant. If time permits, I would like to apply for other scholarships and grants. Some of the scholarships I've looked at are income based and they want you to work for their organization for 1-2 years in exchange for the scholarship. I definitely think it's a good idea to apply for as many as possible! The downside is that it's very time consuming. Has anyone been doing anything exciting to pass the time? My current job keeps me pretty busy, but it's always on my mind....lol 1 week down....not much longer now!

That is true, Scholarships are tedious and it all depends on when we get this acceptance letters. I'm just working more (at County hospital) it's helping kill time but is a constant reminder of the stress of getting accepted.

Hello! I know earlier on you posted about the option to get your bachelors degree from university of Phoenix. Do you have any more info on these options? I think university of Fullerton is another option. Thanks!

I do not know if they signed the contract with UOP yet. I was told that it will be an option for the Fall 15 class. If so they will discuss it at intake.

That is true, Scholarships are tedious and it all depends on when we get this acceptance letters. I'm just working more (at County hospital) it's helping kill time but is a constant reminder of the stress of getting accepted.

RCC gave away 40,000 to nursing students this last year.

RCC gave away 40,000 to nursing students this last year.

You're like our Nursing Godmother! Thank you for all the info. I appreciate it entirely.

I just successfully finished nursing 11. I enjoyed it so much. I am excited for you all. Good luck guys. Never give up :)...

That's awesome Queen! I knew you would be just fine :) So do you get to relax for the summer or will you be taking classes?

RCC gave away 40,000 to nursing students this last year.[/quote

Wow! it would def be worth it to try and apply for a scholarship with RCC. I believe the deadline is over for this year but I will look into it for sure!

Hello everyone, my advice to all of you is that get your finances and personal life in order before and throughout the program. This program is very intense. Nsg 11 is fundamentals which is a breeze in the park. Nsg 12 starts to become difficult and many won't pass. Nsg 13, 21, 22 only the strong survive. Just because you have straight As going into the program doesn't mean you will succeed. This program requires you to be intelligent, organized, patient, flexible, and most of all have nursing test taking skills. Hope this helps and good luck to everyone.

Hello everyone, my advice to all of you is that get your finances and personal life in order before and throughout the program. This program is very intense. Nsg 11 is fundamentals which is a breeze in the park. Nsg 12 starts to become difficult and many won't pass. Nsg 13, 21, 22 only the strong survive. Just because you have straight As going into the program doesn't mean you will succeed. This program requires you to be intelligent, organized, patient, flexible, and most of all have nursing test taking skills. Hope this helps and good luck to everyone.

Wow that really puts things in perspective! If you don't mind, can you please share what resources or tools that have help you to remain successful in the program? Thank You!

Hello everyone, my advice to all of you is that get your finances and personal life in order before and throughout the program. This program is very intense. Nsg 11 is fundamentals which is a breeze in the park. Nsg 12 starts to become difficult and many won't pass. Nsg 13, 21, 22 only the strong survive. Just because you have straight As going into the program doesn't mean you will succeed. This program requires you to be intelligent, organized, patient, flexible, and most of all have nursing test taking skills. Hope this helps and good luck to everyone.

Thank you! I'm not too worried about test taking ( I got through LVN) but I'm wondering how much writing matters, I'm dyslexic and struggle more than a bit to crank out college level essays. Also, (pretty please) are the teachers friendly to students taping lectures? My DSS accommodations allow it but if I'm the only one I know I'll be getting funny looks from the other students so I probably won't which will (deleted obscenity) kill my grades or at the very least, kick them really hard in the peri-area. Again, many thanks..

Hi everyone, just ran into this page and I think its great there's something like this where everyone helps each other out. Wishing everyone luck, i applied also but with 70 points I doubt ill get in Im looking around for CNA schools but Im having a hard time looking for one. Anyone here have their cna license? Or does anyone know a place in or near Riverside? Im really stressing out over this

Hi everyone, just ran into this page and I think its great there's something like this where everyone helps each other out. Wishing everyone luck, i applied also but with 70 points I doubt ill get in Im looking around for CNA schools but Im having a hard time looking for one. Anyone here have their cna license? Or does anyone know a place in or near Riverside? Im really stressing out over this

Hi and welcome!! Good luck to you as well don't stress yourself there were some who got in with 70 points as well so anything is possible. I have my CNA and HHA but I did my certification course in Torrance, CA. It was a weekend program but they also have one during the week for 5 weeks I believe if I remember correctly. Also if you Google CNA programs in Riverside County I'm sure something may pop up, I can ask another gal I work with as well because she did her training in Riverside I'm just not sure how current it was. But I will sure ask for you let me know if I can help with anything else

Thank you!! I have tried Google but without any luck, all the school would just link me to other certification programs. I have heard there's programs around $900 but no one could ever give me an actual school or place. At this point I just want to find something and get the cna out of the way. I did find that the redcross has one but it doesnt start till late August and ends in late October. I need to have it done by mid October for the deadline so im kind of running out of time without finding anything