I wanted to start this thread for those fellow applicants that applied for the Southwestern Community College Fall 2016 ADN Program. Not sure If this is a little late but I have yet to receive my notification regarding being invited or not for the program. As you can probably assume, I am extremely nervous right now and have been ever since I submitted my application. I've been in contact with Martha over there and she informed me that they were currently showing attention to the Step-Up program and they should be completed by this week. After completing their portion, the remainder of the letter will be sent out.
Has any one been offered a spot in the ADN program for the fall 2016 cohort yet?
@BoBayla I see. I actually had my SEP today lol. The lady said I was a strong candidate. I forgot to ask her. Did you need to do a physical exam before applying to the program? Or is it after u get admitted?
YES! and make sure everything is PERFECT or your application will get marked incomplete and depending on when you turn it in it may be too late to fix it if it has to do with an immunization or medical item. When you get the physical take all your paperwork and make sure in advance that your primary care doctor is willing to fill it out for you. It ends up being a lot of work because they have to transcribe all your immunization records and stamp everything and sign and make sure all the dates match up. If you can afford titer that is the way to go, 1 blood test and it will last you forever because it approves immunity acquired by immunization or expose in the past. What I did was go to the doctor on campus but the thing is you have to be a enrolled student who has paid the 19$ health services fee. The doctor comes to the campus once a week (I think Thursdays) and he will do a physical for you and the office there WILL transcribe your shot records on to the proper form and they also have experience with the nursing program so they know how to do it right. Problem is the campus is off for winter break and doesn't return until early January. Doesn't leave you much time with the deadline approaching. Also make sure your TB is 2 step or you will have a hard time. By 2 step I mean 2 back to back tests with 7 days between tests. If you work in healthcare it is the same way so if you do contact your HR or EOHD and get copies of your immunization and TB. They should require the same things as the school so it may be the best form of proof. If not I recommend getting a job in a HOSPITAL (NO SNF's or ASSISTED LIVING) as soon as possible. It will help you out so much when you are in the program. Even if you just sign up for a per diem job where you only have to work 4 days a month it will help you learn the lingo, the atmosphere, the supplies, the acronyms, everything! If you are interested in the Sharp facilities I can maybe be of some assistance, that is where I work per diem. GOOD LUCK. I just got my next semester reading calendar and schedule, OMG. I am going to be a busy girl!
@BoBayla I see! I had a physical exam and TB test on June 2015 for my CNA course at the time. That's not valid anymore right? For my physical I went to my school at Miramar College and the Nurse Practitioner filled out my paper. It sucks at Southwestern is the only ADN program that requires Physical and TB test before applying. Everyone one else you do them when you get accepted. LOL.
Its only good for one year so you will have to do it again. If you are still a student at Miramar, do it there! I honestly think the school does it just to see if you can follow instructions. There are some people who still did not have their immunizations and TB when we started and then ran into a lot of problems with going to clinical. The one other thing about SWC is that we are in a way accelerated. Of course its just an ADN program but most programs do not start clinical until 2nd or 3rd semester. At SWC you go to clinical right away, as soon as you pass testing for all of your skills. Testing is similar to CNA testing in the sense you pick 3 task cards and have 30 min. to complete them successfully. Because you go to the hospital so soon after starting the program they need all your immunization and TB info to get you placement and login information for each of the facilities you will be going to. Your first week you will start doing online training for the hospitals so that you can access charts and view orders. So in a way I see why they do it, but it is a total pain in the butt!
@BoBayla Immunization doesn't expired right? as long as you have the record? I had one prior to coming here from the philippines. When I did my CNA the nurse practitioner took my immunization card and just filled it out. So basically I just need the physical and TB. This is such a pain haha. I remember for TB test I tested positive for skin test and negative for chest x ray
I have a question so I received a b in psychology and retook it at city and received an A. I wanted the extra 2 points for the English,math,speech,psychology category and the b was holding me back . I know that we can only retake a science but it doesn't say anything about retaking another class for a higher grade . Has anyone done this ? Put there higher grade on the application ?
You are required to include your transcripts in your application, they check them against the state database. Then the average the two grades together based on a 4.0 scale.
Hi everyone I had another question has anyone take the practice tests a or b that the ati website provides ? I took test a and found I didn't do to well .. I was wondering how the pretests compared to the actual teas 6? Was the actual test easier ? How was your scores different
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@BoBayla I see. I actually had my SEP today lol. The lady said I was a strong candidate. I forgot to ask her. Did you need to do a physical exam before applying to the program? Or is it after u get admitted?