Stony Brook One Year Accelerated Program...exactly what does it entail?

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Hey everyone! I'm going into the SBU one year accelerated program..so excited but scared too! I think i'm mostly scared because i dont quite know how the program is structured. Lectures, clinicals, labs? In what order? Alternating one with the other...? How quickly does it move? Are the clinicals done at Stony Brook Hospital, or do they place you in other hospitals? What are the tests like? I wish orientation was sooner than June so I could get this info! Anyone here been through the program already and knows these answers, please let me know! Or anyone who is going in in May and is better informed than I am, please enlighten me! Thanks :wink2:

of course i am completely out of it already....what's this about an admissions checklist? :idea:

It was in the admission's packet, it has red on the side. If you can't find it let me know and I'll let you know what's on there.

It's basically that you need 1mil/3mil

need to show positive titers for a few things

need some extra shots if you haven't had them

need health insurance or you can use the one the school provides

:)

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I'm wondering if it is cheaper to have the titers drawn at Stony Brook, If you're somewhere on the island.

I saw the early post about the schedule but I still would feel better if we had an actual schedule with times of the classes. I guess since they say we should not work during the program they feel it doesn't matter. But how do they not know when the classes are?

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I'm wondering if it is cheaper to have the titers drawn at Stony Brook, If you're somewhere on the island.

I saw the early post about the schedule but I still would feel better if we had an actual schedule with times of the classes. I guess since they say we should not work during the program they feel it doesn't matter. But how do they not know when the classes are?

You know I called the health center and they told me that I couldn't have my titers done there because I was not a student yet. Who knows!! If you look on solar system it says the classes are from June 29th to August 20th - I don't know if that is indicative of a break or if we start fall classes right away. I want to know about supplies toooo! And the scholarship - did you apply for the scholarship?? I Still haven't heard anything.

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I called about when the semester ends. They told me it ends August 20th and that the new semester doesn't start untill September 8th (the day after labor day) This seem like a long break to me for such an intense program. I'm hesitant to make any plans untill I see this in writing. Which brings me again to the question why don't they give us more information?

Tell me about the scholarship. How did you find out about it? The only one I heard about I found out on line when doing a seacrch for more info about the program in a copy of a press release---the one I read about was for 10,000(I think there are 6 or 8 of them) from a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. I contactacted the Professor in charge of it (Professor Escallier I think) in January and she said that I had missed the deadline and that the scholarships were already awarded. I don't know how people were notified about them in the first place. Is this the scholarship you are talking about? I would love to get some help paying for this year--any other ideas?

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i am dead against accelerated programs. I feel like people do not know what nursing school really involves. I also feel that the people that choose the accelerated programs think that nursing is something that can be crammed in. Can someone do med school in 1 year? I would so no.

I think people are going in to nursing for the money and job security. It is something that will drain you if that is why you are coming in to it.:yeah:

remember that the acclerated have people that have gone through four years of university before. you can get a diploma in nursing out of high school in two years at a county college. are you saying that they would have more discipline that people that have already gone to the university for four years. if a high schooler can absorb and get a diploma in nursing in two years then i think a person that has gone through a four year university can absorb it in one year. i even know of people with masters degrees that went for the acclerated in nursing please are you to compare these people to people that cannot handle nursing. i think they are focused people just making a career change. you cannot compare some one who has a masters degree in engineering or law or biochemistry to someone who just got out of high school and went to a county college. sorry to say but it is true. no you cannot do medicine in one year neither can you do it in two years at a county college. you cant even complete the process in four years so medicine is quite different from nursing that is why we get our orders from the doctors. they can prescribe we cannot. thank you.

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remember that the acclerated have people that have gone through four years of university before. you can get a diploma in nursing out of high school in two years at a county college. are you saying that they would have more discipline that people that have already gone to the university for four years. if a high schooler can absorb and get a diploma in nursing in two years then i think a person that has gone through a four year university can absorb it in one year. i even know of people with masters degrees that went for the acclerated in nursing please are you to compare these people to people that cannot handle nursing. i think they are focused people just making a career change. you cannot compare some one who has a masters degree in engineering or law or biochemistry to someone who just got out of high school and went to a county college. sorry to say but it is true. no you cannot do medicine in one year neither can you do it in two years at a county college. you cant even complete the process in four years so medicine is quite different from nursing that is why we get our orders from the doctors. they can prescribe we cannot. thank you.

Good response ... I agree with you. Accelerated programs are for people who have already invested their time in a baccalaureate program and have decided to make a change and know what they want and want to make the transition as quick as possible. I have not seen any instance of accelerated programs lacking in preparation over traditional programs - same courses, same clinical hours, but different pace. True, the quality varies from school to school, but that is when one has to do their homework and visit campuses and choose the best one for them. If they were not good preparation programs, they would not be accredited and their graduates would overwhelmingly not be working right now (or stay working if clearly they were not well-prepared from the get-go). For someone who wants to get back into the workforce as soon as possible, it's an ideal match. And besides, an accelerated program is capable of weeding out the ones that can't hack it. It's for the focused people who know this is what they want. Barring any lack of financial resources to pay costs, I don't see any other way of pursuing a BSN at this point in my life, I am more ready that ever.

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i for one believe that nursing should not be done in a 2 year community college. an 18 year who just finished high school can be an RN and our lives would be in their hands. i would rather have someone who have been the rigors of a four year university, have matured and know what they want. i pick the accelerated program nurses anyday. its like they've been through 5 years of schooling. (four years university and one year accelrated).

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I was put on the alternate list for Stony Brook's 2 yr program. Does anyone know how the list works?

Thanks!

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If anyone is interested in buying books for the one year accelerated program at Stony Brook let me know as I am just graduating! The books would be the same for the two year program as well but since you have longer to go the books may change by then...

As far as the alternate list I was on it for the one year program and was never able to get any information as to how it worked. I don't think that they use a ranking system. But don't give up, they even open spots during the orientation!

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As far as the alternate list I was on it for the one year program and was never able to get any information as to how it worked. I don't think that they use a ranking system. But don't give up, they even open spots during the orientation!

That's good to know, but unfortunately that kind of short notice won't work for me :( ... I am in FL and can't just uproot my life at a moment's notice to attend school like that. I've resolved to the idea of reapplying for next year. Should I be accepted months in advance, at least that will give me time to relocate properly and without much stress. However, getting an acceptance after all this time on a waitlist would be a nice thing to get even though I will eventually decline it.

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