Roseman BSN 2023

SCaballero · May 17, 2023

Future Nurse_RM said:

Hi! Thank you for your reply! I appreciate the info! What about dress code for class, labs, and clinicals?

you can only wear either all grey or all burgundy scrubs for lab days, most of the time if you're on campus it'll be a lab day so you'll be wearing scrubs. And clinical you'll wear burgundy scrubs pants and a white scrub top (but don't buy the white top yet because they have a specific kind they want you to get and take to their seamstress to sew on the patch and the sleeve stripes, and they'll give you that info at orientation).

also, you can wear jogger scrubs to lab but not for clinical so keep that in mind. And shoes just need to be all white and wipeable. A lot of people in my cohort have the white bistro crocs without the hole on the top.

Karibunii · May 17, 2023

Future Nurse_RM said:

Hi! Congratulations on completing the program! What an accomplishment!

What advice would you give when it comes to housing? Is it necessary to live as close as possible or would Salt Lake City be fine? Based on my research, rent will be more the closer you are to the school. I've looked into Salt Lake, which is a little more cheaper but it's about 15+ min away from campus. I'm from California (Bay Area) and have gone to Tahoe planty of times, but living in snowy wealthy will definitely be different LOL. So my question is, would you recommend living as closest as possible to Roseman to avoid traveling delays when it snows, or is living in cities within a 15-20 min drive be just as fine?

Also, what is the dress code like, for clinicals and campus lectures/labs? When it snows, is it best to wear snow shoes outdoors then changing into regular shoes once indoors? LOL I know that sounds like a silly question, but I've been thinking about how all that works out.

Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Thank you! The degree will be yours as well in a blink of an eye:)

Glad your questions are about SLC cos thats where I finished my program, forgot to mention that. So for housing and potential weather issues I would say try to live as close to campus as you can because you might have to attend class everyday (depends on the teacher) and you will have sim/lab days that are mandatory and it helps if you don't have to wake up earlier than you have to.

Especially on snowy days. You CAN live anywhere but keep in mind that you have to wake up way early to scrape off snow from your car or around your car, allow time for potential accidents or issues on the road that may cause traffic, etc. I've never had an issue with the snow even on the worst days with my toyota camry with normal all season tires - you just treat it as if it's heavy rain. Drive as slow as a snail and stay on the far right lane, make sure your headlights work, etc and be cautious cos just cos you're a good driver doesn't mean the other people are LOL stay away from people who don't scrape the snow piles on top of their car. As for shoes, you'll be fine, just be aware that when theres any snow and the temps drop to 20F or so at night the ground will be SLEEK and you can slip. I got a habit of checking the weather cos of that. I've fallen like three times my first year here from that alone haha walking with tip toes and stuff but I NEVER bought any special Winter clothes/shoes. I was walking out in sandals and puma shoes and normal stuff id wear back at home San Diego, CA LOL

So if you're living 20 mins away I would add make time to allow for an extra hour JUST IN CASE during snowy days. Another thing to keep in mind is snow comes late october and continues up until potentially April; monitor the weather app for when the snow comes. Snow will 100% fall once the temps drop to 20F at night

As for dress codes...for simulations and lab you will wear purple colored scrubs or gray scrubs (top and bottom, no joggers) and for clinicals only they'll tell you that you need the same purple bottoms + a new white top (with a purple colored band on the shoulder sleeve) that has the school logo embroidered on the shoulder sleeve. You can find an example on their IG page. You can get all the required scrubs at the Dubs Scrubs in Murray, UT. I didn't buy expensive scrubs cos I knew I was gonna throw these away anyway. I was fine with just two of the white clinical tops, 2 purple scrub tops, and 2 pants.

If u have more questions lemme knoww

Karibunii · May 17, 2023

Futurenurseso said:

Hi Karibunii,

Can you give advice on how you were able to be successful in obtaining 90 percent on all exams. What helped you succeed? PowerPoints, reading the books, outside resources, adapative quizzes, study group, or overall all that I've mentioned? The fact it's one class at a time makes this obtainable.

What helped me the most was solo study. Nursing information didn't come easy to me because I felt the logic a lot of the times was clashing with my own thought process + as time goes by you learn exactly what the program requires of you in which you then tweak your study habits.

The first half of the battle is understanding the material thoroughly. For example if you're learning about diabetes you need to know the basic physiology of diabetes and know what organs are affected, why, and how; if you can do that then you can guess the signs and symptoms and what to expect/assess/look for and then what you expect in terms of nursing treatment. Emphasis on physiology, s/s, nursing intervention.

All nsg schools have sht teachers, including this one (except 1) but you're still responsible for the material. I read the books front and back, paid attention to the boxes in the books, and used the powerpoints as extra. The books (ATI and whatever is listed on their list) are what you're gonna wanna use the most because you can use them to back you up during the team testing to fight for your points back.

Second half of the battle is learning HOW to answer questions to pass these tests. In order to master the art of answering NCLEX/nursing questions I used ATI quiz banks until I learned how to answer questions. I used this for fundamentals, Adult health/med surg 1 and 2, mental health, maternal newborn, and peds. However, I used quizlet to make my own sets to memorize pharmacology content.

The ATI quizbanks (once u get access) can be found in the Assessments tab>Dynamic Quizzing Learning System RN 3.0>Dynamic Quizzes (and then customize what subject u wanna do)

Lxhddt · May 17, 2023

@Karibunii

Thanks for all the advice you've given so far! Just to clarify the teachers are not great? What makes them not great? And also could you tell us what to expect for clinicals?

Karibunii · May 17, 2023

Mindele said:

@Karibunii

Thanks for all the advice you've given so far! Just to clarify the teachers are not great? What makes them not great? And also could you tell us what to expect for clinicals?

IMO a teacher is supposed to do just that, teach material while ensuring that students are understanding material. However, most of the lectures that I attended either felt like kindergarten playtime with projects assigned to kill valuable time in class or the profs go off on tangents, stories, or "lectures" that have nothing to do with the material that's actually on the exam and so you go home having learned nothing and wasted 8hrs that you could've used at home LOL you're better off teaching yourself from the books so that there's no contradiction from what's said in class versus what you've read and can use as a backup during the exams.

Clinicals at roseman are awesome. There's so many horror stories out there about super strict professors and doing care plans etc. Not at Roseman. Your most important references are your clinical instructors!! They see how you act and work on the job. Just act right, be responsible, treat every site/staff/faculty/student with respect, show up on time, and be ready to help/act. Most of the time profs come with you to the site, walk you to your units, and then they may pop in to check on you randomly or they might just ask to meet as a group to talk about your day somewhere in the hospital. You don't wanna let them catch you sitting even if there is down time. don't use your phone at clinical sites. There are no care plans or anything, just small assignments that aren't too bad as long as you don't procrastinate and you use time wisely during any down time you may have at clinicals. Treat clinicals like new grad orientation where you have time to practice all the skills you can before you graduate cos it'll be less stressful by then.

Clinicals at the Utah campus take place in a number of hospitals, most close by the campus and SLC. However, the farthest you'll go is 1hr north (Ogden) or south (Provo) of campus.

Futurenurseso · May 18, 2023

Karibunii said:

What helped me the most was solo study. Nursing information didn't come easy to me because I felt the logic a lot of the times was clashing with my own thought process + as time goes by you learn exactly what the program requires of you in which you then tweak your study habits.

The first half of the battle is understanding the material thoroughly. For example if you're learning about diabetes you need to know the basic physiology of diabetes and know what organs are affected, why, and how; if you can do that then you can guess the signs and symptoms and what to expect/assess/look for and then what you expect in terms of nursing treatment. Emphasis on physiology, s/s, nursing intervention.

All nsg schools have sht teachers, including this one (except 1) but you're still responsible for the material. I read the books front and back, paid attention to the boxes in the books, and used the powerpoints as extra. The books (ATI and whatever is listed on their list) are what you're gonna wanna use the most because you can use them to back you up during the team testing to fight for your points back.

Second half of the battle is learning HOW to answer questions to pass these tests. In order to master the art of answering NCLEX/nursing questions I used ATI quiz banks until I learned how to answer questions. I used this for fundamentals, Adult health/med surg 1 and 2, mental health, maternal newborn, and peds. However, I used quizlet to make my own sets to memorize pharmacology content.

The ATI quizbanks (once u get access) can be found in the Assessments tab>Dynamic Quizzing Learning System RN 3.0>Dynamic Quizzes (and then customize what subject u wanna do)

Thank you so much for breaking it down like that. It makes complete sense. I am going to use this method with my learning style.

HapaNurse610, LVN · Jun 3, 2023

samantha.bowl94 said:

Honestly I really enjoyed the structure of the program! It was frustrating at times but I made the best of it. I got a job in sds/pacu which is what I wanted to go into

@samantha.bowl94 how were clinicals? What's the clinical schedule like? I live I'm Northern Cali and willing to fly to Henderson for clinicals (I also have family who lives in Vegas whom I can stay with whenever I need to go to clinicals).

Abema · Feb 15

ayuhime said:

I graduated from roseman (henderson campus) in 2019 if you have any questions about the curriculum or just generalized questions about nursing ?

Hi! Can I reach out to you over email? I'm planning to apply to Roseman this fall. [email protected]

jlg25 · Mar 4

Hi! Does anyone mind sharing what books they had for block 1 and 2? I'm going to be working until the beginning of block 2 and then will be moving so I wanted to get a head start that way I'm not stressing trying to balance everything when the time comes. Thank you!