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:
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.
Hi! No, I have not made up my mind. I was just being honest with what happened contacting the school. They actually sent me an email in regards to the transcript and this is what it says on their 2018-2019 student handbook ''The college of Nursing has assigned 4.0 quality grading points to a grade of f H (Honors) or P (Pass) and a 0.0 to a grade of NP for purposes of calculating a GPA. The student's GPA will be reported on the transcript.''
I talked to some of their students on the FB. Honestly, I did not hear anything bad about the school and they told me their classmates got into graduate schools however, I wanna know if they were able to get into a reputable graduate school or not.
Anyways, I am still thinking what to do. I am applying for Marian University in Indianapolis too.
I'm glad to hear current students are speaking great things of the program. I talked to previous Roseman students who were very unhappy with it, but to be fair they were from the cohort years of 2013 and 2015. Which are also the years in which Roseman had low, non competitive program completion rates. You can find these statistics on their very own website. Most schools that I've researched had high completrtion rates, usually in the high 90's, which is telling. If you ask anyone today at Roseman the reason for these low completion rates there is a good chance they will say they are unsure because either they don't want to say or because they are new as I hear from these previous students that there were big changes being made during their time there in terms of faculty. More specifically during the 2015 year. Also, I wonder why they now decided it was a good time to include gpa's to their transcripts and why they didn't do that sooner, makes one wonder. The alumni I spoke to who attended Roseman in 2015 did mention she felt as if they were guinea pigs and how many struggled throughout the program, which I believe. Just with a quick search online one can find the bad reviews, especially from those years. In your case I think it's great news to hear that these current students say many are getting into graduate programs as that is your ultimate plan. I wasn't sure if you'd find any of that information regarding alumni getting into graduate programs given that I was under the impression that it isn't a relatively old program and those entering graduate programs usually do so after having worked and gained experience. Nevertheless it is very good to hear students are happy with it. Do you happen to know how long their currrent ABSN faculty has been around? I think it will be more telling to see if they are constantly having new people come in.
This is the information I got from reading their student handbooks for the past few years. Until 2014 they included GPA and numerical grades. Then they stopped doing that from 2014 to 2018. From this year they started using numerical grades again. As far as I know the dean of the school was changed and the new dean is making sure student's concerns are heard. They have been around for a few years but I am not sure how long they have been working thee for. They do fail students though and I agree with you but that is with any school that has a high acceptance rate. They weed out students in their first or second semester. I am not defending Roseman I am just being honest.
I have not made up my decision yet as I mentioned before. I may wait one more year to get into a state school. Have you looked into Marian Nursing Program? Their program is cheaper a little bit and they have graduate programs (CRNA, Family NP).
The whole gpa thing is just so odd to me and it is just one of the many reasons why I chose not to go with Roseman. I'm sure you were told not so long ago as I was that they didn't have gpa's and then literally just a few weeks go by and boom they decided to change that. I was never once told they were even planning on implementing goa's. It just didn't feel good to me and I wasn't 100% sold with the program; I didn't want to take out a big loan just to maybe be disappointed later like some previous students were. I have not heard of Marian but just hearing that they even offer graduate programs Would be a huge relief to me; sounds more accomplished and up to par with state schools.
If your ultimate plan is to become a psych NP look elsewhere. When you graduate from Roseman you are not given a gpa like regular schools so when you start looking into NP schools or programs some years down the line they will be obviously asking for all your previous transcripts and school information. But when they get to your Roseman transcript all they will see is that you passed. As you have probably realized by now programs usually utilize a point system to see if you qualify, but how will they calculate your overall gpa's for example with just a "pass" transcript such as Roseman. Again I'm sure you've heard that if necessary Roseman can write you a letter explaining that each course has been passed with a minimum 90% and that you can't finish their program without this minimum. But doesn't that sound a little strange? Medical programs in general are already so competitive imagine how they will be years down the line when you start looking into NP programs. It is my opinion that NP programs will much prefer another candidate without a um how do I say this...well prefer a candidate with a transcript that is just like allll the other transcripts and not suspicious. Another thing that is concerning to me is that their ABSN program has online components. How is a nurse that is suppose to provide hands on care to their patients suppose to just learn from a computer, yes I understand that their clinical and labs and tests are in person but why can't they have an actual person teaching these future nurses? Will future employers find this odd? Will a Roseman student be compatible with say a student who graduated from a state university. Also have you looked at their statistics from previous years as far how many graduates they had and how many passed the NCLEX? It is from my understanding and research that they had a year or two with suspiciously low statistics. Why is that? I just suggest to you to do your own research. Maybe start oooking into what NP programs look at as far as transcripts. Good luck! Don't look at the information that is out there for the public with foggy glasses...be vigilant... do your research...ask questions....
What about continuing education if you wanted to do MSN? Roseman is a pass/fail program and courses, correct? do you know how that would look on applications to MSN programs? Since there isn't really a GPA to go off of.
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)?
why do you need to buy a new laptop for the program?
Here is an update on the grading system at Roseman. They now use GPA and everyone who graduates gets a 4.0 GPA because you can only continue in the program if you maintain a 4.0 GPA throughout. All transcripts now reflect the GPA grading system.
Awesome details! I live in Cali but I have family who lives in Vegas. I plan on flying out there to be on campus when needed. How often are students on campus each block?
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Hi! No, I have not made up my mind. I was just being honest with what happened contacting the school. They actually sent me an email in regards to the transcript and this is what it says on their 2018-2019 student handbook ''The college of Nursing has assigned 4.0 quality grading points to a grade of f H (Honors) or P (Pass) and a 0.0 to a grade of NP for purposes of calculating a GPA. The student's GPA will be reported on the transcript.''
I talked to some of their students on the FB. Honestly, I did not hear anything bad about the school and they told me their classmates got into graduate schools however, I wanna know if they were able to get into a reputable graduate school or not.
Anyways, I am still thinking what to do. I am applying for Marian University in Indianapolis too.