Ventura College Fall 2023

Ryan Mendez, CNA · May 18, 2023

Mirandanicole said:

Hi everyone I was accepted as well from the waitlist. If anyone going into the fall semester wants to exchange numbers & get into contact before the semester starts let me know! ?

Hey Miranda! I have my email in my bio you can email me and we can go from there. See you in august

dalv94 · May 26, 2023

Hi guys! Just wondering if you know if the cohort has been finalized?

Jewels17 · Jul 30, 2023

Hi All!

I graduated from VC years ago. If you have an opportunity to choose another nursing program, please do so if (MODERATOR EDIT OF NAME). I hear the colleges/professors helps you at Moorpark and CSU Channel Islands. The reason they have a high success rate for passing the NCLEX the first time is that VC is BIG on failing people out. You only have one opportunity to redo (and REPAY!) a semester. They will fail you for being a percentage of a point off from passing. The school has lost many excellent professors because of pressure to fail out students. For the first semester, you will have to memorize long lists of assessments/procedures. You will fail out if you don't memorize these (assuming that they still do this). Get your hands on these lists and memorize them now. The best way is to study them with one partner reciting them repeatedly back and forth (one student says one line, the next student says the next). Find a student from a semester before and get advice on what to do for each semester. Setup a cohort app and share it with the class. You can ask each other questions and help each other through. Nursing school will be the toughest education you will ever have to accomplish. Getting my ADN was so-so-so much harder than my BSN. My professors at VC told us the same thing. For NCLEX, Mark Klimek and UWorld are key to passing with the minimum questions as possible. UWorld is expensive, but will help you understand the material so much better with the rationales. Don't worry about not knowing the material first like I did, I wish so much that I started it before my last semester at least. There could even be test questions taken from there. I wish you all the time to study and study well. Study NCLEX questions even if you don't know the material. There was a facebook group for purchasing used textbooks by prior students, and if you have not already had your orientation, bring cash to purchase lots of raffle tickets where you can also win textbooks and other items like nursing sweatshirts. I found it cheaper to purchase books online than their package deal You CAN do this no matter what school you are at if you put in the work. Good luck and have fun learning!

ICURNI3 · Aug 23, 2023

Jewels17 said:

Hi All!

I graduated from VC years ago. If you have an opportunity to choose another nursing program, please do so if (MODERATOR EDIT OF NAME). I hear the colleges/professors helps you at Moorpark and CSU Channel Islands. The reason they have a high success rate for passing the NCLEX the first time is that VC is BIG on failing people out. You only have one opportunity to redo (and REPAY!) a semester. They will fail you for being a percentage of a point off from passing. The school has lost many excellent professors because of pressure to fail out students. For the first semester, you will have to memorize long lists of assessments/procedures. You will fail out if you don't memorize these (assuming that they still do this). Get your hands on these lists and memorize them now. The best way is to study them with one partner reciting them repeatedly back and forth (one student says one line, the next student says the next). Find a student from a semester before and get advice on what to do for each semester. Setup a cohort app and share it with the class. You can ask each other questions and help each other through. Nursing school will be the toughest education you will ever have to accomplish. Getting my ADN was so-so-so much harder than my BSN. My professors at VC told us the same thing. For NCLEX, Mark Klimek and UWorld are key to passing with the minimum questions as possible. UWorld is expensive, but will help you understand the material so much better with the rationales. Don't worry about not knowing the material first like I did, I wish so much that I started it before my last semester at least. There could even be test questions taken from there. I wish you all the time to study and study well. Study NCLEX questions even if you don't know the material. There was a facebook group for purchasing used textbooks by prior students, and if you have not already had your orientation, bring cash to purcha lots of raffle tickets where you can also win textbooks and other items like nursing sweatshirts. I found it cheaper to purchase books online than their package deal You CAN do this no matter what school you are at if you put in the work. Good luck and have fun learning!

Woahhh^ a little outdated if you went here "Years ago"....Just while

So, coming from someone who completed the program a more recently... (like a year ago)

I had an amazing experience, the professors who lectured were all great, one in particular who was pretty difficult and unkind is gone and replaced by a brilliant prof.

My biggest tip is to read/study/ watch videos on the content you will be lectured on PRIOR to lecture. Maybe the night before...Write down what confused you or what you needed clarification on. This will make lecture be so resourceful and you won't feel lost.

During clinical volunteer to do absolutely anything and everything (even if you have already done it or been checked off.")!it will make the nurses want to keep grabbing you for cool skills later on.

If you want a certain specialty for preceptorship in 40. START LOOKING FOR A JOB AS A CNA/intern/tech in thay specialty like NOW! And do particularly well in that area during lecture.

Remember to have fun along the way, if you are smart about managing your time, you will succeed.