Saddleback Nursing Fall 2020

dreambigrn26 · May 5, 2020

5 minutes ago, kdarling said:
You can easily accept the first schools offer. If you get an acceptance from Saddleback let the first school know via email or phone call you are rescinding your acceptance because you decided to accept another schools offer.
Just make sure you do let the first school know if you make that decision. That’s why every school has 10-20 alternates. At the end of the day we can only attend one program. If you’re blessed enough to have more than one acceptance after thinking you should decide on one. It will solidify your plan and also help an alternate who's waiting to get an opportunity to be in a nursing program.
They always have encouraged us to apply to more than one school especially in California due to how impacted it is. So they understand and anticipate people to change their minds whether it’s due to school preferences, financial reasons, or even choosing a school that’s closer to you. That’s just my advice though ? Wish you and all of us in this thread good luck and hopefully a response in the next week.

Thank you so much! Your response already makes me feel better! I will likely have to do that. Good luck to everyone!

AndersonRN · May 5, 2020

49 minutes ago, kdarling said:
You can easily accept the first schools offer. If you get an acceptance from Saddleback let the first school know via email or phone call you are rescinding your acceptance because you decided to accept another schools offer.
Just make sure you do let the first school know if you make that decision. That’s why every school has 10-20 alternates. At the end of the day we can only attend one program. If you’re blessed enough to have more than one acceptance after thinking you should decide on one. It will solidify your plan and also help an alternate who's waiting to get an opportunity to be in a nursing program.
They always have encouraged us to apply to more than one school especially in California due to how impacted it is. So they understand and anticipate people to change their minds whether it’s due to school preferences, financial reasons, or even choosing a school that’s closer to you. That’s just my advice though ? Wish you and all of us in this thread good luck and hopefully a response in the next week.

Well said!

I agree 100% ??

dreambigrn26 · May 5, 2020

Just saw this on Saddleback’s website. Sounds like many have been emailing them. Ouch LOL

Guest1124792 · May 5, 2020

Thanks for the update!

bmont96, BSN, RN · May 6, 2020

Hey! I'm currently a 2nd semester student at saddleback, and wanted to give you a little update. I'm sure you're all super nervous about finding out if you got accepted. For myself, I believe I was accepted with about 79 points, with 1000 hrs CNA experience and all B's in science prereqs.

-Our clinical sites are still pending for fall, we have not heard about when we will be going back to the hospital.

-We may be able to go to practice for our required skills days in small groups. 1st semester has 4 days of skills days within first two weeks.

-All lectures will be held online.

I'm happy to answer any questions!

Guest1124792 · May 6, 2020

15 minutes ago, bmont96 said:
Hey! I'm currently a 2nd semester student at saddleback, and wanted to give you a little update. I'm sure you're all super nervous about finding out if you got accepted. For myself, I believe I was accepted with about 79 points, with 1000 hrs CNA experience and all B's in science prereqs.
-Our clinical sites are still pending for fall, we have not heard about when we will be going back to the hospital.
-We may be able to go to practice for our required skills days in small groups. 1st semester has 4 days of skills days within first two weeks.
-All lectures will be held online.
I'm happy to answer any questions!

Thank you for posting! How was it transitioning from the classroom to online? Are the class meetings weekly and live on set days/times, or are they at your own pace?

bmont96, BSN, RN · May 6, 2020

1 hour ago, SkyMar1 said:
Thank you for posting! How was it transitioning from the classroom to online? Are the class meetings weekly and live on set days/times, or are they at your own pace?

Lecture is always going to be on Wednesday. Our professors now record the powerpoint slides and their lecture and post it on online. You watch the lectures at your own pace, but they do take roughly about 2-3 hours and they provide detailed lecture notes. We have a weekly Q&A session on Wednesday’s from 10-11:30, so it is expected you have already watched the lecture and took notes. The professor does a quick overview and answers questions. As for clinical(depending on your assigned clinical day), we used online case studies and a program called V-sim, which is an online simulation program with different medical/surgical scenarios, and there are questions you must answer before and after. Those simulations and assignments would take roughly 4 or so hours each, and on some clinical days we had 2.

bmont96, BSN, RN · May 6, 2020

Lecture is always going to be on Wednesday. Our professors now record the powerpoint slides and their lecture and post it on online. You watchthe lectures at your own pace, but they do take roughly about 2-3 hours and they provide detailed lecture notes. We have a weekly Q&A session on Wednesday’s from 10-11:30, so it is expected you have already watched the lecture and took notes. The professor does a quick overview and answers questions. As for clinical(depending on your assigned clinical day), we used online case studies and a program called V-sim, which is an online simulation program with different medical/surgical scenarios, and there are questions you must answer before and after. Those simulations and assignments would take roughly 4 or so hours each, and on some clinical days we had 2.

dreambigrn26 · May 7, 2020

17 hours ago, bmont96 said:
Hey! I'm currently a 2nd semester student at saddleback, and wanted to give you a little update. I'm sure you're all super nervous about finding out if you got accepted. For myself, I believe I was accepted with about 79 points, with 1000 hrs CNA experience and all B's in science prereqs.
-Our clinical sites are still pending for fall, we have not heard about when we will be going back to the hospital.
-We may be able to go to practice for our required skills days in small groups. 1st semester has 4 days of skills days within first two weeks.
-All lectures will be held online.
I'm happy to answer any questions!

Thanks so much for the update! So nice of you!

14 hours ago, bmont96 said:
Lecture is always going to be on Wednesday. Our professors now record the powerpoint slides and their lecture and post it on online. You watchthe lectures at your own pace, but they do take roughly about 2-3 hours and they provide detailed lecture notes. We have a weekly Q&A session on Wednesday’s from 10-11:30, so it is expected you have already watched the lecture and took notes. The professor does a quick overview and answers questions. As for clinical(depending on your assigned clinical day), we used online case studies and a program called V-sim, which is an online simulation program with different medical/surgical scenarios, and there are questions you must answer before and after. Those simulations and assignments would take roughly 4 or so hours each, and on some clinical days we had 2.

This is great info! Thank you!

ipinktoes · May 8, 2020

Do we need to register for fall classes now?

Guest1124792 · May 10, 2020

On 5/6/2020 at 1:20 PM, bmont96 said:
Hey! I'm currently a 2nd semester student at saddleback, and wanted to give you a little update. I'm sure you're all super nervous about finding out if you got accepted. For myself, I believe I was accepted with about 79 points, with 1000 hrs CNA experience and all B's in science prereqs.
-Our clinical sites are still pending for fall, we have not heard about when we will be going back to the hospital.
-We may be able to go to practice for our required skills days in small groups. 1st semester has 4 days of skills days within first two weeks.
-All lectures will be held online.
I'm happy to answer any questions!

More of a personal question. Are you working as well? If I get into this program, I would be commuting about one hour each way for clinicals. Lectures being online does definitely help. I work in San Diego, but think that doing clinicals and working in San Diego (16-24 hours per week) would be very taxing and I would get burned out quickly.

I've done the whole full-time work and full-time course load for years. My mental health is a priority and I want to do well in these courses, aiming for straight As as I intend to obtain more advanced degrees.

What are your thoughts?

Nica Irish · May 11, 2020

Has anyone heard from Saddleback yet?