Yuba College ADN

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Hi!

I wanted to see if anyone is currently going to, or has recently applied to the Yuba College nursing program. I just submitted my application and am waiting to hear back :)

Hi guys!! Congratulations to edmed for getting in!!

Looks like we will be seeing each other at orientation! I'm super excited as well as getting pretty nervous as it gets closer! Just trying to see if there's anything that we can do to prepare ourselves for first semester.

I'm actually a student from Sierra College and feel so fortunate for getting in my first try. I was just wondering if subquatique knows where I would be doing clinicals? I'm located in grass valley :)

As far as studying for the teas , I used the yellow teas secrets book from momentrix. I can give it to you or u can order from amazon..it amazing. I found that book is alot more detailed and easier to read than the actual ATI manual..it also comes with free videos and 3 sets of practice tests for each subject which are pretty similar to ATI. I bought the 2 practice tests from ATI as well.

For first semester, does weekly paperwork consist of patient charts and prepping?

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I got accepted as an alternate. I'm so nervous. Hoping that people get accepted in other places so that will give me a spot! I've been applying for 5 years already. This is the closest I've ever been and I'm really trying not to get my hopes up but at the same time I really want to believe that I'll get in 😔🙏🏼

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Congratulations Mama! I hope it works out for you! I know that a few of the alternates in my class ended up getting in because the person that got the spot went to a different school- so my fingers are crossed for you!

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Thank you!! í ½í¸­â¤ï¸ I'm so desperate for this!

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Specializes in Critical Care.

I'm sorry it took me so long to reply- I thought I did, but in replying to someone else, I saw that it didn't post :dead:

So as far as clinicals go- for first semester, the two locations are Woodland Memorial and Rideout. They try to place people based on their geographic location, but 2/3 go to Woodland (either Wednesday or Thursday) and 1/3 go to Rideout (Wednesday), so although you will most likely go to Rideout, you may not depending on the luck of the draw. The location changes each semester except for the Rideout group- which does all 4 semesters of clinical at Rideout. OB, Peds and Mental Health have different locations, but you don't have to worry about those until after you're done with 1st semester.

Weekly paperwork: On the first day you will be given a syllabus with a "clinical paperwork" section. The night before your clinical, you will go to the hospital and prep on your patient with that paperwork. It's about 5 pages. You fill out this paperwork and bring it the day of clinical- it's information based off the patient's chart (medications, labs, pathophysiology of the patient, etc), plus a careplan that you write yourself that will be your guide for the following day. You fill out only certain sections of the paperwork (and they will explain this to you more in depth). Your clinical instructor will look at this and check it off at 0630 before she lets you go take care of your patient to make sure that you're prepared (she might ask you questions about potential complications or what a medication is fore, etc). She won't collect the paperwork, but she will make sure it's complete. If it's not, you may get sent home or she will make you finish it before she releases you to your patient.

Following day of care, you fill out the rest of those sections, and add some more information. So what was due on the day of care (5-7 pagesish), plus a detailed physical assessment, a more detailed pathophysiology, some questions about your patient's response to interventions, etc. This completed paperwork (which is due a week from that clinical day) can be about 14 pages or more. Again, your clinical instructor will go over every page and prepare you for this before they require you to turn one in :)

Unless they have changed this requirement, you only need to pass 5 of these before the semester is over. Each one is graded according to a rubric in your syllabus, but doesn't affect your overall grade unless you are not able to meet the minimum objective of "pass". I recommend doing a really good job on your first 5 or 6 and getting it over with early. Some people slacked and didn't follow the instructions, so they didn't pass all 5 until the end of the semester, so they had to keep turning in weekly stacks of paper. I was the first one in my group to pass- but I was the only one to follow the examples that they provided us. So my advice is look at the examples that they give you, and let those be your guide!

Once you pass, you still have to prep and turn in those 5ish papers on the morning of care, but there is no follow-up paperwork. Yes, you are using the hospital computers to chart on your patient too, but that's just checked to make sure it's correct. There's no research required with that- but there is for the weekly paperwork.

As far as preparing for the semester- get some sleep and relax! I'd get a planner before the semester starts and once you get dates of when things are due, or tests, etc- put those in your planner and plan your time for studying and doing homework!

There's no real "prep" for 1st- but if you're super excited about it, your first semester instructor will recommend that you get the Nugent & Vitale "Fundamentals Success" book, which helps you learn to take nursing tests, and you can get that early to start practicing. I bought it the first week of school never got lower than a 93% of any test- it really helps you with taking tests by breaking down the questions. Plus it's specific to fundamentals, so it has all the content you need to know as well. Take your vacations over the summer, and do whatever you need to do, because once you begin, you will feel like you have no time for anything else. Plan for $$, childcare, study space, etc early so you don't have to worry about it during the semester.

Good luck!!

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Hi, I applied to the LVN to RN bridge program for 2017. Wondering if anyone else on here has also. Anxiously waiting to hear back

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Hey everyone! I am applying for spring 2018 and this is my first time applying. Yuba changed the point system this semester and I was just wondering how many points any of you have with this new system?

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Hello, Kylie_brand, CNA! I just calculated my score using the new point system and I got 61 pts. Good luck!

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Yuba heavily looks at the TEAS test..I personally got a 87% and got into the program immediately. I'm in the 3rd semester and recommend studying really well for it, even if your points are on the lower side. Best of luck

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Hi, I'm not applying to Yuba college's ADN program, but I was wondering if any of you guys have taken the online pathophysiology and pharmacology at Yuba? Those two classes aren't offered at my school, so I was planning on taking it online at Yuba (because I live two hours away). I was wondering would it be very difficult to ace Physiology and statistics while also taking pathophysiology and pharmacology together

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I got accepted as an alternate. I'm so nervous. Hoping that people get accepted in other places so that will give me a spot! I've been applying for 5 years already. This is the closest I've ever been and I'm really trying not to get my hopes up but at the same time I really want to believe that I'll get in í ½í¸”í ½í¹í ¼í¿¼

Hi MamaOf2Boys- I stumbled across this thread as I just applied to Yuba and was accepted as an alternate. I was curious if you got in? I am so hopeful...

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I also applied for spring 2018 I started a thread but no one has applied I'm an alteranate. Did you get in?

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