Riverside School of Health Careers RN program

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Hello everyone!

I am looking for current, past, and even prospective students for Riverside's RN program. I will be applying for the September 2013 professional nursing program. For current or past students, what was your GPA and teas score? Also how was the program, instructors, clinicals? I did attend the last open house in December and I was hoping that a student or recent grad would be there to talk about their experience. I love how the instructors seem to be really supportive and the small campus also appealed to me. To other prospective students what start date are you applying to and do you have any other nursing/healthcare experience? Any advice or other information on the program is greatly appreciated! :up:

Specializes in Federal Nurse Consultant.

Just to piggy back off of what some of the others have mentioned...this area is HIGHLY competitive..yes most programs say "must have 2.5 GPA to apply however it is highly unlikely that will choose some with a Low GPA . Accredited programs are the most competitive to get in to. You could always apply at one of the proprietary schools around here and likely get in, but it will cost you mega bucks and you'll end up with a license ( from non accredited school). First , you may want to consider re-taking some of your lower grade pre-reqs to boost your score, also work on that TEAS V score...the other alternative is to get your LPN, however when you go to apply for the lpn to rn prgms, your GPA for your pre reason will still be the same. I know it sucks, but being for this area I just wanted to keep it real with you. Best wishes to ya :)

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Hi Ms.G,

There are multiple start dates for the RN program. The start dates are Jan 2014 with applications due by Aug 16th and the Sept 2014 and the due date is sometime May 2014.

You should definitely retake the test. Try do something that helps you to relax night before and morning/day of the test. Do some math drills, practice questions for each section, youtube videos, Khan Academy videos. Time yourself when doing the practice questions/tests so that it will as close to taking the real thing.

If you can afford to, I'd retake at least a couple of the pre-reqs. As everyone has said, I think you need a either a high GPA or a high test score to have a decent shot at making it in to the RN program. Another option would be to retake the TEAS, apply to the LPN program (the minimum score is a 54, I think), and then later apply for a bridge program. As stated earlier, your pre-req GPA would remain the same. You still may need to retake some of the pre-reqs to get accepted into a bridge program.

Good luck to you no matter what path you take!

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Do you guys know what happens if you can't attend orientation. It says its mandatory but my grandpa has cancer and I'm flying to California to visit my family aug 6

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I have no idea, but you should talk to Ms.W ASAP! Sorry about you grandfather, will definitely pray for him!

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I wonder what they do at orientation! And thanks this is just stressing me out!

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Like the whole situation! If I would have known before hand I wouldn't have made my flight then

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I can't imagine. I'm sure there has to be some way around it for emergency situations

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Yeah I'm sure it has happened before!

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Yea, just call her and let her know. She said that it is mandatory but if you can't make it to let her know ASAP.

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And sorry to hear about his illness. I'll be praying for you and your family as well.

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I hope they will be updating the school website sometime soon. I'm ready to purchase some books and supplies!

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Thank you! And yeah I was all confused about the site I printed off the checklist. When can we buy the uniforms? I saw that on there and how do we sign up for books and classes I was soooo confused!!

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