Tidewater Community College Nursing Fall 2019

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Anyone out there applying to the fall 2019 program? Today’s the first day to apply and I feel like I’m overly excited to submit my application lol. The only pre-req I haven’t taken is Bio 142 & the math placement test.

Is anyone planning on applying to Sentara? I want to apply if I don’t get into TCC since I think registration open until June or July.

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I'm applying to Sentara once I finish Chemistry this semester. Just went to their open house this past weekend and they have a really nice program. I wish it started this upcoming Fall instead of Spring 2020

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congrats how exciting! I wanted to apply to ODU but They require for me to take a foreign language and idk about that.

I have an Associate of science degree that I took at TCC, so I was exempt from all lower level prerequisites courses. I didn't have to take any foreign language. If I decide on going there I will only have to take option D, which is two 300 level classes this summer.

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Is anyone planning on applying to Sentara? I want to apply if I don’t get into TCC since I think registration

The cut off time for sentara application is June 15. They have a very good program and it's not as expensive compared to ECPI. I was planning on applying to them, but now that I got accepted to Odu, I will just wait for TCC to reply.

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I'm applying to Sentara once I finish Chemistry this semester. Just went to their open house this past weekend and they have a really nice program. I wish it started this upcoming Fall instead of Spring 2020

I agree the start date is a bit far off, but they have a lot of prerequisites classes to complete before the start of the program. I think the reason why they did this is to give students enough time to complete all their prerequisites classes

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That's understandable! It is unfortunate for those who already have their degree though (I do). After retaking Chem this semester I'll have all of their prereqs done since I took care of most of them at my last school.

Has anyone thought about or considered becoming a patient care tech to prepare for nursing?

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8 hours ago, Tayquick08 said:

Is anyone planning on applying to Sentara? I want to apply if I don’t get into TCC since I think registration open until June or July.

I definitely want to apply to sentara if I don’t make it into tcc. I’m actually gonna do their nursing care partner program this summer.

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25 minutes ago, Jchilds7 said:

That's understandable! It is unfortunate for those who already have their degree though (I do). After retaking Chem this semester I'll have all of their prereqs done since I took care of most of them at my last school.

Has anyone thought about or considered becoming a patient care tech to prepare for nursing?

I’m gonna do the nursing care partner at sentara this summer! I’m trying to research if it’s the equivalent of being a patient care tech.

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Say what?? It is the same! Sentara calls that job a nursing care partner but other facilities like Bon Secours calls it patient care tech. I'm getting ready to apply for the summer program as well. I figure if I get into TCC I can just work prn as a tech while in school. Or, work full time until Sentara's program starts in January if they accept me

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@sc_1992 do you already have a degree or any health care experience?

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2 minutes ago, Jchilds7 said:

Say what?? It is the same! Sentara calls that job a nursing care partner but other facilities like Bon Secours calls it patient care tech. I'm getting ready to apply for the summer program as well. I figure if I get into TCC I can just work prn as a tech while in school. Or, work full time until Sentara's program starts in January if they accept me

Oh wow we’re definitely in the same boat! Lol. I want to work part time while I’m in school and want to just gain experience overall. As of right now I have zero healthcare experience. I’m coming up on the end of my navy contract and want to do something I’m actually passionate about (nursing!)

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Yes we are! Lol, that's pretty cool actually. And good for you pursuing something that you truly want! I work as a rehab tech in physical therapy which is healthcare but not true patient care. I figure going through that PCT program won't hurt me at all. The only negative I saw is that it doesn't have night classes like the 16 week courses do so working at the same time might be tough

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