Roseman University ABSN - Change, Growth and Learn

[soguilk]

I wanted to create this topic to shed a new light to Roseman University. I am posting this coming from someone who was a skeptic to a (now) student of Roseman University. My goal is to give a perspective into the life of being a Nursing student, as well as my journey through out the nursing program of Roseman. I got accepted to program beginning of febuary 2016. Right now, our cohort are in block 5 out of 16 blocks (I will expand on this below but basically a block is one class). I am speaking entirely about the ABSN program (Henderson) and not the BSN program or the ABSN program in South Jordan.

Disclaimer: My post is entirely my opinion and is not a reflection of the alumni, my peers or the school. However, Many of what I will say are widely shared by my cohort.

Table of contents

• Past
  
• Changes
  
• School system
  
• Online system (Didactic)
  
• Life as a student
  
• Living in Henderson
  
• Clinicals (to be added)
  
• Guide to each block (to be added)
  
• Professors guide (to be added)
  
• additional comments
  

PAST

Like many of you, I went to Allnursing.com to get a student's perspective regarding the school prior to attending. I came across the topic:

"Roseman University ABSN (didactic online)"

Here is the link: https://allnurses.com/nevada-nursing/roseman-university-absn-666269.html

You can take the time to read through it if you have not done so, as it gives you a past history of students that have gone through the old system. To summarize, the older ABSN program had numerous problems regarding the prior Dean, terrible professors, and a broken system that prevented student from learning, passing, and graduating.

Changes

Fast forward to Feb 2016, and I can honestly say that the program mentioned before is nothing to what it is today. Although its hard to give a true reflection of the changes, I can note some that I have noticed. (I will add to this as I continue to the program)

• The school have provided a Super remediation that enabled students a 3rd chance to pass the block/course
  
• There is a NEW Dean, who have drastically changed the philosophy of the program to become more mindful on the opinion of the students.
  
• Based on the Dean's orientation. Many of the professors that were terrible were removed and are replaced. Some professors from the BSN program have been moved to teach the ABSN program. the professor so far that we have had are caring, passionate and ready to help.
  

ABSN System

The program is not a traditional Nursing program. It is not a quarter or semester system. The program is set up in a way that you are taking one course a time called, blocks. There is a total of 16 blocks lasting 16 months. each block last between 2 weeks to 6 weeks (as far as I know). therefore, throughout the program you are focusing at one course a time. However, each block is very fast paced. To give a perspective, our pharmacology class taken at block 4 is less than 2 weeks long but encompasses the whole body system (trust me when I say this, its a lot!). Be prepared to study. Based on our experience so far, the amount of study we put in, reflects the grade we get.

Online/Didactic

The program is primarily online. Assignments, quizes, projects, and group collaborations are completed online. Anything that will need to be submitted to professors will more than likely be online. Despite this, you will have to move Here to Vegas due to labs, clinical experience, final exams and some requirements requires you to be physically in Vegas. Is it doable to just fly here on the required days? In my opinion, this is very doable but may end up being more costly than just living here. 16 months is not very long.

Living in Vegas/Henderson

Living in Henderson is not like living in the strip of Vegas. Its suburban, clean and pretty low-key. If the issue is focusing in school, you shouldnt have a problem with that here. It is generally safe here in Henderson, nothing like North Las Vegas (thankfully thats far from henderson). The city is located roughly 15-20 minutes from the strip. So party goers will definetly have a good time here. If you eat out a lot, you will run out of money fast, many restuarants are pricey, especially if you are going to the 4 and above stars in yelp. Cost of living here is cheap so if cost is an issue, I guarantee you it wont be so bad. To give an example, I am living with 2 other roomates who are in the same program as me and our total rent is 1535. my portion is $439 + utilities. There are awsome hiking spots close by: Red rock and Mt. charleston.

Things I like:

• So much to do! So many places to eat! You will never be bored here!
  
• the Strip
  

Things I dont like about living here:

• The weather here is wierd. you can wake up with a windy morning, then go to lunch perfectly sunny and cool, then go to sleep with thunders and rain.
  
• Theres no beaches:( (I love beaches)
  
• There are some terrible drivers out here, please be careful.
  

Student life

How is it being a student in Roseman University living in Henderson? Well its going to go something like this. You are going to end up meeting different people from different backgrounds in your cohort. You are going to make friends almost immediately beginning with your interview and orientation. From monday to thursday, you are going to study extremely hard because you want to learn and be the best nurse you can be. You are going to depend on your classmates and they will do the same to you. They will become your family away from home. They are going to be your shoulder when things get hard. You are going to be mentally exhuasted. Then from friday to sunday you are going to relax. You may decide to go to the bars to drink with your new found friends on friday, go clubbing ( if you are into that) on saterday and relax on sunday. Then on finals, week you are going to be studying so hard that you only have 4-6 hours sleep a night. But since you worked hard along with your cohort, everyone passes the block and most of your cohort will celebrate. From time to time (once and month or couple of months) you are going to fly or drive home to visit your family. You will tell them what you have learned and how life in henderson is different from what they think it is. Then you are going to go back to henderson, ready to repeat the process again. Nursing school is difficult because of the amount of material you have to absorb. So study hard like there is no tomorrow. However, Roseman ABSN program is set up in a way that if you work hard and pass your exams, you have extra days you can relax. take those times to truly relax and unwind.

Additional comments

I am now currently on Block 5. I will be continuing to update this as I progress through the program. I will also be checking this post for questions or comments throughout the time I will be in the program so dont hesistate to ask.

[Viktorijac5]

Thanks I will apply today in Vegas campus for the regular track they told m that the dead line to apply is May 31. Whish m luck for Teas

[Guest962281]

Although, it isn't the perfect program, I am so glad that the program has changed for the better. I am going to be applying for both the Utah and Nevada campus for the Fall ABSN program. I took the Teas already, but it isn't competitive enough, so I will be retaking it soon. I cannot seem to find anyone in the Utah ABSN program. If anybody reads this, can anybody tell me their testimony on the Utah program? Thank you. My advisor told me the Nevada is more competitive, so I would be better off in Utah, but I would love to stay near my home state, California.

[ger_bearr, BSN, RN]

Hi, do you happen to know what model Dell laptop we get for the ABSN program?

Also, when do I NEED to move to Last Vegas?... It seems the first block "Intro to the profession," shouldn't be requiring any on-campus work, whereas the second block, that starts 3 weeks in is "health assessment." I'm presuming I'll definitely have to be there for second block, but what about during the first block (first 2 weeks)?

[jjlr]

I would like to know what is the structure on exam days. How long are they typically? How often do they occur?

[AvaRose]

Hopefully you new(ish) Roseman students are more prepared than the students I saw in clinicals while I was going through the Everest College ADN program. Most of the time the Roseman students were unprepared for clinical and delegated to mainly complete tasks with the CNA because they weren't ready for passing meds (I mean really 2 weeks for Pharmacology...at Everest it is 2 quarters long (6 months) and we had to pass Dosage Calculation tests each quarter to go to clinical with at least a 95%). The last time I worked with a student from Roseman we had a code come into the ER and myself and my classmate jumped in to give compressions whereas the Roseman student was asked to assist and was not able to because she didn't feel comfortable since they hadn't run any code drills in school...

[ger_bearr, BSN, RN]

Interesting... Did this happen recently?

[queenlyblessed]

Way to Go!!!! Are you still at Roseman? How is the ABSN going (if so). Also what was your GPA and TEAS score when you applied? I see that you have to have Chemistry and Stats but which one? Is it harder to get into the ABSN program than the regular BSN program?

[Jennyxjenx]

Hi! Any tips on how to prepare for this program I start in a few months! I am watching a lecture on pathology right now. Any suggestions are appreciated thanks!

[Jennyxjenx]

How have clinical's been do you feel prepared? Im excited to start but nervous about the whole online thing; but I have good study habits so I should be fine!

[christinahlee, BSN, RN]

Hello,

I was just wondering if you could update me on how your cohort is doing? Also, could you specify as to how the clinicals are and how the sim labs are? Thank you!

[ger_bearr, BSN, RN]

AvaRose, sorry you had that experience with a previous cohort. You probably were at the same hospital with an outlying group, since most, if not all of us are always so "hopeful" that we would get to participate in a Code. The students use saw who were doing "CNA" tasks were Block 3 students, who haven't taken the pharmacology course yet, nor have practiced MAR checking, med administration, etc. At the point, Block 3 student are there to get familiar with a hospital environment and doing assessments, getting basic vitals, sometimes computer charting. Had you worked with a cohort from Block 5 -- they would be passing out meds, EXCEPT IVs. Block 10 - all of above, basically precepting.

I am proud to say that my cohort is a very dedicated bunch. Like I said, we're hopeful for codes to be nearby/accessible and are always curious about any procedures that we could sit in on and watch. We help the staff with vitals of course, do our assessments, answer call outs... all that jazz, I'm sure hospital staff appreciates all the extra hands. We text each other if there's something 'cool' going on that we could watch. We truly do put in a great team effort.

[ger_bearr, BSN, RN]

My cohort is doing well. A couple of people are block remediating next week -- once they pass that test, they go into their clinical. Meanwhile, those who did not have to block remediate, are finishing up clinical this week, then go on break for 3 weeks (while the remediating group does their clinical).

I love my cohort, the people are awesome. I think we've got a good class vibe going on, really. We share notes, help each other out (some stay after class), post tips and tricks, etc. It's a team effort and everyone is pretty good at appreciating that. We all want each other to pass.

Sim labs: we've only done one sim lab so far... there's more coming up. They chose a handful of pairs to go into the room, with the professor speaking as the dummy. You treat it like you would a real hospital situation - identify your patient, assess, ensure safety, etc. - just do what you've been taught in class and what you practice in clinical. It's not too bad.... little nerve wracking because you know your friends are watching you outside and you get to watch a playback... but otherwise, it's fun. hahaha.

Clinical: We got our clinical locations 2 weeks before the rotation start date. 3 days out of the week, 12 hr shifts... some instructors might make you come in the day before your first day(of the week) to pick a patient to do your paperwork/care plan one. The length and what you get to do during clinical depends on what block you're in (3, 5, 8, 10, 11, etc.). I'm just about to complete Block 5's clinical, so I can only really speak for blocks 3 and 5 for now.

- Block 3: Fundamentals; at this point you've learned how to provide basic care and how to do a full head to toe assessment on a patient. You can also practice sterile technique (e.g. inserting urinary catheters, wound dressing changes). Since you can't hand out meds (b/c you haven't taken pharm yet), your days tend to consist of answering call lights, getting vital signs, and scoping out for any interesting wounds/procedures for you and your groupmates to witness. This is when you start to try and get comfortable in hospital/patient situations, plus you gotta do paperwork on your patient(s).

-Block 5.Adult Health 1; you've got your fundamentals down (assessment and basic care), but know you have also learned about more diseases and conditions, medications and how to administer them and chart them. At this point you can give oral medications and injections, no IV medications until block 10, BUT you can start IVs (that's as close as you're gonna get to flushing a line for now). Annnd you've got paperwork to do on your patient(s), hahaha.