Wssu absn 2016

I applied! I graduated from UNC in 2011 and finished my prereqs at Forsyth Tech this past year. I wish it was mid October so I could stop stressing over this. I put all of my eggs in the WSSU basket. :-/

i'm in the program now. we got our decisions in an email saturday morning mid-october last year. :). good luck!

I also applied. BS from Boston U 2013. From the northeast.

I also applied, really hoping to get in.

So nervous! October needs to hurry..really hoping I get accepted as well.

Elsie0: I am excited for mid-October letters to arrive, and like everyone else, I very much hope I get in! I would be interested to hear pretty much anything you have to say about the program... schedule? courses? clinicals? I am such a planner and not knowing is torture! I know you are probably busy, but any advice or information you have to share on the program would be so helpful and very much appreciated! Thanks :-)

Elsie0: I am excited for mid-October letters to arrive, and like everyone else, I very much hope I get in! I would be interested to hear pretty much anything you have to say about the program... schedule? courses? clinicals? I am such a planner and not knowing is torture! I know you are probably busy, but any advice or information you have to share on the program would be so helpful and very much appreciated! Thanks :-)

Random information:

• ~40 people are accepted out of 400 or so applicants.
  
  
• Our schedule was from Jan 5 2015-March 4 2016
  
  
  • We got a 14 day break at the beginning of September, 5 days for Thanksgiving and 6 days for Christmas. There was an optional 5 day long NCLEX review class after March 4th.
    
    
  • You get every Monday off. Most weekends are 3 day weekends.
    

• Example cost of attendance for 1 semester:
  

Books and Supplies $650.00

Loan Fees $47.00

Miscellaneous$750.00

Room and Board $4,389.00

Tuition and Fees $2,859.00

Transportation $933.00

Total:$9,628.00

• There are Saturday/Sunday clinicals for some classes. It depends on the clinical instructors they can wrangle up for each class and what their schedules are.
  
  
• Things to bring/buy: notebook, penlight, pen, stethoscope, drug book.
  
  
• Buy a medication book. I like Davis's drug guide. You can get an older edition and it'll be fine 99% of the time.
  

I'll elaborate a little more. The classes are block classes, so they're all 6-8 weeks long, pretty much. Our days vary depending on how many classes we're in, but it's usually 8-4 on Tuesday/Wednesday, then clinical either Th/F or Sat/Sun.

We have ugly all-white button-up uniforms.

The school can be infuriating with how unorganized it is, so you'll definitely learn to assert yourself! Keep copies of everything!

Oh, and I went to UNC and had a 3.0 GPA or something like that and have my CNA license. They are really good at looking at the school you went to, your GPA and your overall experience!

Thank you so much for the information, Elsie0! I have oh so many questions, but I will try to limit myself, considering that I am not even accepted into the program. When you say 3 day weekends, do you mean that we may have some weekends that are 3 days off-in a row? That's great for studying! I did notice that you mentioned some clinicals run Saturday and Sunday, so obviously those wouldn't be 3 day weekends, but it's encouraging to know that the program does give you time off during the week. From your response, it seems that there were on average 4 days a week where you need to attend school (clinicals/classes). Does Baptist have any ties to WSSU anymore, as far as scholarship/tuition reimburement/or monetary aid? Also, I did not see a place in the application for noting CNA experience or certification. I am a CNA and have about a year and a half of experience, but did not mark this on my application. Did anyone else note their certification or experience? Last question for the time being: was your Bachelor of Science in the medical field or biology? My BS and MS are not related to the medical field, but rather education. Just wondering if it is common for people who major in things other than medical/science related fields to get into the program- or at least from your cohort? Thanks again for answering my questions, it is great to have someone who is currently in the program to ask! :)

That's really good to know. Thank you elsie0 for the details about the program. I was actually very worried about my GPA because it wasn't all that high. And as far as experiences I think I have a moderate amount.

That's really good to know. Thank you elsie0 for the details about the program. I was actually very worried about my GPA because it wasn't all that high. And as far as experiences I think I have a moderate amount.

We generally have 2-3 days in the classroom and two days in clinical per week, although it varies by the class(es).

You do get 3 day weekends fairly often, unless you have clinical on weekends. Again, varies by class but I would say it's been at least half!

Baptist doesn't do the scholarship anymore. We do have some clinicals there, but they stopped that program the year before us. On top of that, my year is supposedly the last year that the Robert Wood Johnson scholarship will be offered. Two years ago, half of the class was fully funded through the program, but neither of those will be available for the next class. Sorry about that, but there are plenty of others to apply for!

I got a bachelor of science in biology and a BA in Hispanic linguistics. Half of the students in our program have biology or exercise science degrees and the other half have things totally unrelated to nursing - communication, outdoor rec, education, etc. Some had absolutely no prior exposure to the medical field, but the first clinical is about getting you caught up on CNA skills so everyone will be on the same page.