University of Oklahoma-Accelerated BSN Program

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Hi All,

I'm new to this site and to the field of nursing. Has anyone gone to this school and if so, what did you think?

I live in San Diego, CA, and there is an online program that this school offers. I'm 3 prerequisites away from applying to the school, with a start date of August 08. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Nicole

I got a call from Ace Uniforms sometime after the open house, saying she had forgotten to have everybody order the nametag and ID thing (maybe she called it a badge reel?) and that she was calling everyone to get their payment information for those two items. Maybe she forgot to call you...? I would talk to her, because I don't know how else you would get the items. They're pretty specific to the program. I guess you'll see them tomorrow... Good luck!

I talked to ACE today. Apparently they went ahead and ordered them for everyone, even if you didn't order at open house and even if they didn't call you for payment, and they will passed out by OU sometime this week. I actually ordered one and then they called me right back to tell me that they already had it.

Hope that helps!

Hi everyone

wow you guys started school and noone is here....I know everyone is busy

I have a question please.....I was reading about background check and wondering if they check for credit and bankcruptcy?

thanks

Hi everyone

wow you guys started school and noone is here....I know everyone is busy

I have a question please.....I was reading about background check and wondering if they check for credit and bankcruptcy?

thanks

Yes, we are busy! But so far I'm having fun.

I think they just do a criminal background check. Credit and bankruptcy would come into play in getting private loans; maybe not the Stafford loans.

thank you...I sent you a PM

so how is it so far?

Hi, the background check is for Sharp, not for the school. They want to know this stuff because you will be working with patients, drugs, and have access to private medical records. I'm not 100% positive but I think that this is a criminal background check so I highly doubt that credit issues are relevant.

I agree with the post above.

Visit the CA Board of Registered Nursing website and the FAQ's:

http://www.rn.ca.gov/applicants/lic-faqs.shtml#disc

Hey second semester-ers. I have been hearing some horror stories about pharmacology. How is it going so far? And if you are from cohort Spring 08 - how did that summer session go for you? I know its a little too early to worry about it. Just wondering......

Thanks in advance!!

Specializes in Telemetry, Observation, Rehab, Med-Surg.

I'm currently a 3rd semester student in the program. I can't speak for everybody in my cohort but I found pharm to be doable as long as you don't procrastinate. Of course, I did and still passed but that's because I can't not procrastinate. I have a problem with that. Ha! The material isn't hard. Its the quantity of information that makes pharm a challenge compounded by the fact that their are ridiculous amounts of reading needed for the other 3 classes you are taking along with pharm. Some people in my cohort split modules up and worked in groups. Also, the professor posts a lot of podcasts explaining the material really well.

I can't speak for people who took pharm during the summer as I took it in the fall.

Specializes in ED.

carlyfry - do you recall if the objectives were a pretty good indication of what we really should know?

I'm a second semester-er. So I haven't taken the first exam yet... that's tomorrow.

On the quizzes she had some REALLY specific items asked, like therapeutic levels for a specific antibiotic... and I thought that wasn't on the objectives to memorize... so I was just wondering if that's pretty much how the exam is.

I get that we should memorize all the big stuff about each drug, but how specific is she going to get? The quizzes just worry me.

Thanks!!!!

Specializes in Telemetry, Observation, Rehab, Med-Surg.

If you study the drugs listed in the objectives, you should be fine. A good way is to study each group of drugs and know what they do, what diseases they are used for, side effects, important nursing implications, patient education for each one, etc. For example, what are beta blockers used for and what would you need to watch out for before and after administering each drug?

I found studying to be easier when you categorize the drugs instead of just memorizing each one.

Hi Nicole,

I researched every available nursing program in San Diego and took a serious look at University of Oklahoma. I know several students that are attending already but don't know any graduates. I did speak to several professionals, both working as nurses and also a nurse educator at UCSD. They both think very highly of the program. The advantages is that it is accredited, it is a BSN and it is super fast. It will cost you around $50K for 14 months, in addition to living expenses. I understand that they have good resources at their central building in Pt. Loma, although I haven't toured it extensively. One other advantage is that you don't have to take Organic Chemistry!

I opted NOT to go through this program and instead to attend Kaplan College for their ADN program. Even though this is an ADN vs. a BSN and it takes longer, it costs about the same. This was a very personal decision and I had already been accepted to University of Oklahoma. I had taken several online science classes including Chemistry and was getting burned out on sitting alone in my apartment. I do think you can network at OU but I really wanted the classroom experience. Secondly, they really emphasized that it is a 7 day a week commitment and I have a two year old son, so I didn't think this was realistic for me.

I also made sure that I could sit for the NCLEX, that Kaplan was accredited (regionally - but not nationally) and that I could get a job after finishing. I did this by interviewing some people in HR at various hospitals in personal and on the phone. Either way you will get a job.

Hope this helps.:mad:

Hi everyone...thank you all for keeping this thread updated. I am going to apply for August cohort but Iam getting a little worried about the schedule. My kids will be 3.5 and 1 year old and I keep reading different things about how many days a week we have to be in school. Please if anyone could post an actual schedule it would be great. Thank you again

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