I recently applied to SUNY Brockports Accelerated Program and was wondering if there is anyone out there that also applied for the Summer 2015 Cohort?
Also if there was anyone that is either currently in the program or graduated from it? I was hoping to get some feedback on it.
I decided Nursing is the path I was going to take a couple years ago & have been researching the field / schools to nauseum. For the last year I focused on completing my pre-reqs and FINALLY am done w/ them and am in the position to apply :) Through my research I was able to find a ton of info on the University of Rochester's program but not so much on Brockports. I just wanted to start a forum to try to get some more info & see if others are applying.
I also applied to U of R's program, and was accepted!!! I wont hear back from Brockport till Dec on my acceptance, if they accept me then I will have to decide between the 2 schools. Brockport is of course a fraction of the cost of UR... but I am not sure if I will even get accepted since Brockport seems to be very picky on who they let in...
I commute from Rochester, so I'm not really the best person to ask as far as housing in Brockport is concerned. Your best bet would probably be either google or craigslist. I know of a few apt. complexes in the area, but there are also many houses close to campus that have multiple apt. units within the house.
@FredWurlitzer I was curious how the clinicals were? Such as, how were your clinical instructors, were they eager to teach and happy to have you with them? How many hours of clinical rotation did you/do you expect to complete with at the end of the program. Lastly, what were your rotation sites?
I applied as a transfer student for the traditional nursing program and i got wait listed. Do you know if theres any chance of getting in even though im on the waiting list? Thanks!
Congrats to those that got into the second degree at brockport. I was in the first cohort, graduated August '14. It's a very intense program but doable, we had over 90% first time NCLEX pass rate!
Oh ok. Thanks. Approximately, how many students were in your class? And did anyone drop/ get kicked out?
Also, which semester of courses did you find the most difficult?
There are 30-35 of us in this cohort, 33 I think? I can't remember the exact number. One person was removed from the program in the first week of classes due to a personal issue. Other than that, everyone is still here! I would have to say each semester has been challenging in its own way. The first semester is tough because everyone is trying to adapt to the world of nursing that is being thrown at you. The second is challenging in the fact that things start to get a tad more specialized (med/surg 2, OB, geriatrics). And again, this semester is even more specialized (psych, community health and critical care).
@FredWurlitzer I was curious how the clinicals were? Such as, how were your clinical instructors, were they eager to teach and happy to have you with them? How many hours of clinical rotation did you/do you expect to complete with at the end of the program. Lastly, what were your rotation sites?
Thanks a bunch.
So far, clinicals have been a positive experience and all of my clinical instructors have been wonderful. I'm not really sure on the exact total hours of clinical but I do know that each clinical has been a once-a-week deal.
Med/Surg 1 - A long-term care/nursing home located in Brockport
Psych - Rochester Psychiatric Center forensics unit
Critical Care - Unity Hospital (4200 - respiratory floor)
The only issue I have with clinicals is my critical care clinical. 4200 at Unity is essentially a med/surg floor (still good nursing experience!), so in my mind, it's not a true critical care clinical (we do get 3 days out of the semester in the ICU at Unity). Some of my other classmates are at Rochester General Hospital who are in an ICU/critical care setting every week.
FredWurlitzer
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Also, if anyone has questions about the program, just post them here and I'll try to answer them.