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Are there any nursing students who are attending Saint Petersburg College? I am going into my first semester on the 20th.

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I'll be level 4 this semester. Kiss your free time good-bye because you won't have any. But I also can't believe how fast the time has gone. Good luck.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

I know you have already started, I am starting nursing school in August 08 at SPC...FINALLY got in. How was your first year?

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I know you have already started, I am starting nursing school in August 08 at SPC...FINALLY got in. How was your first year?

I am in the summer session right now, and it is very difficult. So who are your instructors? Day or night? I am in the evenings. Get ready to give up your life. Start studying now and get a head start.

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I am in the summer session right now, and it is very difficult. So who are your instructors? Day or night? I am in the evenings. Get ready to give up your life. Start studying now and get a head start.

Thanks for responding...I am so glad to hear from someone that is actually in SPC's program.

I won't know until orientation if I am doing day or night...

You started fall of 07, right? Are you in the RN program? I am a little confused about the RN program. The general program information I have is for a two year program: fall, spring, fall, spring. No summers. But then I heard that they have a 16 month program, is that what you are doing? I am interested in that to get it done faster.

How many students are in your program?

Thanks so much for any information! I cannot wait until orientation and feel like I could be getting stuff done.

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Thanks for responding...I am so glad to hear from someone that is actually in SPC's program.

I won't know until orientation if I am doing day or night...

You started fall of 07, right? Are you in the RN program? I am a little confused about the RN program. The general program information I have is for a two year program: fall, spring, fall, spring. No summers. But then I heard that they have a 16 month program, is that what you are doing? I am interested in that to get it done faster.

How many students are in your program?

Thanks so much for any information! I cannot wait until orientation and feel like I could be getting stuff done.

If you want to get it done faster, yes you will have to take the night classes because they don't stop for the summer. It will be fall 08', spring 09', summer 09' and graduation december 09', 16 months like you said. It is difficult to go through the summer, but they only put the best instructors on in the summer to help you through. Why take summer off? Not to mention the day classes have to do more dirty work, like "am care" (bed-bath, ADLs). Night instructors are better in my opinion, and the students are as well. There are a lot more dedicated students at night. I started in the days, then switched to night.

Since you don't have your class schedule or know if you are in nights or days, I am guessing that you have been selected as an "alternate". Please correct me if I am wrong. Alternates don't get to choose which instructor or hospital they get to go to, they get what ever is leftover (the ones that nobody else wants). You will get stuck with more difficult instructors, but they will make you stronger if you stick with it.

In the day program, there are 72 students, and the night has the same. However, out of the 144 students, 36 are in special grant programs that are paid for by the hospitals. When you go to orientation, they will tell you everything. And afterwards, they are going to make you take to tests. The first one is 2.5hrs, and the second is about 1-2hrs. The first one is the TEAS test which is on math, reading, writing, and science. When you are done, it will tell you your score, and compare it to students in 1600 nursing schools across the country. It isn't hard, but I will give you a heads up, know your metric conversions.

As far as the program goes, don't waste time! Start studying now for the fall semester. The syllabus is 512 pages! Read that, and also start reading Kozier & Erb nursing fundamentals (1800 pages). If you read these before August, you will pass level 1 with flying colors.

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If you want to get it done faster, yes you will have to take the night classes because they don't stop for the summer. It will be fall 08', spring 09', summer 09' and graduation december 09', 16 months like you said. It is difficult to go through the summer, but they only put the best instructors on in the summer to help you through. Why take summer off? Not to mention the day classes have to do more dirty work, like "am care" (bed-bath, ADLs). Night instructors are better in my opinion, and the students are as well. There are a lot more dedicated students at night. I started in the days, then switched to night.

Since you don't have your class schedule or know if you are in nights or days, I am guessing that you have been selected as an "alternate". Please correct me if I am wrong. Alternates don't get to choose which instructor or hospital they get to go to, they get what ever is leftover (the ones that nobody else wants). You will get stuck with more difficult instructors, but they will make you stronger if you stick with it.

In the day program, there are 72 students, and the night has the same. However, out of the 144 students, 36 are in special grant programs that are paid for by the hospitals. When you go to orientation, they will tell you everything. And afterwards, they are going to make you take to tests. The first one is 2.5hrs, and the second is about 1-2hrs. The first one is the TEAS test which is on math, reading, writing, and science. When you are done, it will tell you your score, and compare it to students in 1600 nursing schools across the country. It isn't hard, but I will give you a heads up, know your metric conversions.

As far as the program goes, don't waste time! Start studying now for the fall semester. The syllabus is 512 pages! Read that, and also start reading Kozier & Erb nursing fundamentals (1800 pages). If you read these before August, you will pass level 1 with flying colors.

Wow, thank you so much for all of that information! That is great to know.

I am not an alternate this time...though I have been the past two times. When I got my acceptance letter, I took my letter right in to the campus and turned it in and was told that I was near the top of the list so I would get to choose my program ( day or night) at the orientation. I think the reason for the delay on my orientation letter is because they changed the criteria for the selective admissions process. Now there are two pools of people they choose from. 70% of people are chosen first, based on GPA and classes done, then 30% of people are chosen. I did find out that the second group of people have not gotten their letters yet...I think they go out the beginning of June.

Great to know that the night program is the 16 month program. I will definitely do that if I can.

Thank you for the heads up on the tests...I had no idea.

So you graduate in December?? That is awesome...

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hey people I got accepted to the nursing program at SPC (Spring 2009) and I was wondering what the schedule is like with lectures and clinicals. I'm active duty Air Force and I work from 6 am to 4 pm but my boss can let me go 2 hours early. I saw on the FAQs that the night shift is from 3pm to 11 pm and 3-4 times per week. I just want to know what the typical week is like for nursing students at SPC.

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hey people I got accepted to the nursing program at SPC (Spring 2009) and I was wondering what the schedule is like with lectures and clinicals. I'm active duty Air Force and I work from 6 am to 4 pm but my boss can let me go 2 hours early. I saw on the FAQs that the night shift is from 3pm to 11 pm and 3-4 times per week. I just want to know what the typical week is like for nursing students at SPC.

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!

I just started last week and am in the evening program. Right now, we go Mon 3-5p, Tues and Wed are clinicals from 3p-11p and Thurs is 3-6pm. At orientation, you will get a slip of paper to fill out and you will rank your choices, I believe there are 3 different evening choices/hospitals and more for the day. So if you want evening, rank the evening choices as your top three. If you choose evening, you will go through the summer so you will finish the program in a year and a half! The day program students get their summers off.

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I am also accepted for the Spring 2009 class. Do you know when the orientation is?

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You are going to have trouble working during the day and going to clinicals at night. Night program for spring is 3-11 but expect to be there as early as 2 o'clock. Level II will be through the summer, and those days are packed! They are 12:30-11pm for the clinicals, and then you have theory from 1-5:30 on a seperate day. Take your pharm class online and you will only have those three days. Good luck and start reading early:)

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Nope I don't know when the orientation is all I got so far is my acceptance letter.

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