Sumner College RN 2020 June Cohort

[Shelle]

Hello, has anyone else on this site been accepted into Sumner College's RN program in Portland, OR? I would love to get to know everyone since we can't meet for at least 4 weeks most likely! Excited to get to know you all! I'm also thrilled to start next week ?

[Mrugz, LVN]

Yes, very helpful thank you.  You are right its tiring waiting to get into the program at cc.  I have to re-evaluate my my situation as my job doesn't have work weekend only option.  

[Alukich]

Not sure if anyone would know the answer to this, but if for whatever reason an applicant doesn’t get accepted into the ADN program after the interview, is there a wait time to reapply? I can’t seem to find the info on their website and I’m the type of person who always needs a plan B... thank you!!

[Shelle, RN]

Just now, Alukich said:

Not sure if anyone would know the answer to this, but if for whatever reason an applicant doesn’t get accepted into the ADN program after the interview, is there a wait time to reapply? I can’t seem to find the info on their website and I’m the type of person who always needs a plan B... thank you!!

I don't believe so! I would try to concentrate on why you didn't get accepted the first time though so you could try to focus on improving in that area (whether it was a low TEAS score, interview fell flat, ect.) for next time to show that you are serious about getting in. The main thing to focus on in my opinion is the TEAS. I would worry about the essays and interview after that.

[Alukich]

Thank you!!

[Catherina Hawkins]

On 8/2/2020 at 12:00 AM, OliveOyl91 said:

Thanks for the tag! Cohort 9 grad here!

I am currently working at a PeaceHealth hospital with my ADN. I have classmates from my cohort who are working at Providence with their ADN. Legacy, Kaiser, and OHSU definitely want BSN-prepared nurses. Not quite sure about Adventist. Classmates are also working at hospitals on the coast, hospitals in Olympia, the Oregon State Hospital, care facilities like Prestige, and local jails.

I’m doing the online RN-BSN through Chamberlain and the transition was super easy. I graduated in September, did the NCLEX in October, and was starting BSN classes in November. For clinicals during this time of COVID, they have a limited number of students attending at a time and they’re spreading them out around the hospital. We used to get three or four nursing students on our floor at a time, but now it’s only one at a time.

What I really liked about Sumner was that we started in long term care and worked our way up to clinicals at the hospital. At work, we sometimes see nursing students in their first quarter and they look terrified. They don’t have the knowledge or experience to really benefit from what they’re seeing and doing, in my opinion.

We didn’t have clinical during our first term, that way anyone new to the medical field could get a jump on their fundamentals. Our second term we were in a locked memory care facility that was along the lines of assisted living. Third and fourth terms we were in a SNF (long term care/rehab). Fifth and sixth term we were in a hospital. The seventh term was busy, because we had another round of hospital clinicals, but we also had clinicals at a mother/baby clinic for maternal nursing. Eighth term was at the Oregon State Hospital for our psych nursing clinicals. Finally, term nine was 120 hours of clinical practicum at an approved facility of your choosing. I did mine at the hospital I worked at as a CNA and wound up greasing enough wheels to get into their RN residency after graduation. ☺️

The Portland/Vancouver area is really saturated with nursing programs. The farthest north we had to travel for clinical was Olympia, and the farthest south was Salem.

Hope this helps! Feel free to ask me any questions! ❤️

I went to one of the information sessions and they did mention that we have to pay monthly for tuition? How does that work? Also, getting to Olympia is kinda hard when you don't have  a car. Did you guys go to Olympia as a cohort?