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Comment on Recommendations For Small Schools With Strong Acceptance Rates Into Med School And/or Nursing Programs? by Randy R

Randy R — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:22:49 +0000

Abilene Christian University in Texas had an exceptionally high placement rate of pre-med students. It is a small Christian school with strong emphasis on academics.

Comment on Recommendations For Small Schools With Strong Acceptance Rates Into Med School And/or Nursing Programs? by xo379

xo379 — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:22:30 +0000

–Franklin & Marshall: “From 1999-2003, 139 seniors and alumni applied with a cumulative GPA of 3.3/4.0 or better, and 111 (79.9%) were accepted. Of these students with a BCPM (biology, chemistry, physics, and math) GPA above a 3.3, 82% were accepted. Coupled with a total MCAT score of 27 or better, this percentage jumps to 87.5%. Counting those students with a 3.3 or better cumulative GPA, 3.3 or better BCPM, and 30 or better MCAT score, the acceptance rate is over 90%. Students with higher GPAs and board scores have an even higher acceptance rate, and those students with the national average cumulative GPAs above 3.5 have had a 93% acceptance rate these past five years.”
–Bates: “Bates’ acceptance rates for medical school are significantly higher than the national average. In fact, 80 percent of Bates students and alumni who applied to medical school in 1999 were accepted, according to a survey completed in September. Nationally the acceptance rate for medical schools during the same period was about 37 percent…If one counts veterinary, dental, nursing and other health-related graduate programs, the acceptance rate for Bates graduates is 84 percent.”
–Wesleyan: “For the classes entering between 1999 and 2003, Wesleyan graduates with overall grade point averages of 3.5 or above have acceptance rates ranging from 83% to 100% to medical school.”
BUT…” There are three major educational paths to registered nursing—a bachelor’s of science degree in nursing (BSN), an associate degree in nursing (ADN), and a diploma.”
So…some smaller schools with nursing: Quinnipiac, Boston College (very good school), NYU (bigger, but a good school), Villanova (only a couple miles from Haverford!)
And, this is good: “In 2005-06, 73 percent of the Boston College seniors who applied to medical schools were admitted”
For Villanova: “Over the last several years, the percent of applicants accepted to medical school has been between 50% and 60%. “

Comment on About How Much Does It Cost To Apply To Nursing School? by Hillary 2008

Hillary 2008 — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:35:46 +0000

It dosen’t cost anything to apply to nursing school; well, maybe a $10 application fee or whatever. The important thing to remember is most of the time you have to take prerequisite course; Human Anatomy I, Human Anatomy II, Microbiology, Developmental Psychology, Biological Sciences, a Nutrition Class. I do reccomend taking the nutrition class first though but again whatever

Comment on About How Much Does It Cost To Apply To Nursing School? by April

April — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:17:36 +0000

Different schools have different prices. The normal range is $25-$30. However, there is usually no costs at most community colleges.

Comment on Is It Hard Taking The Nclex In The Us If You Graduated From A Nursing School In The Philippines? by jd

jd — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:58:23 +0000

It takes five years here to get what you can in two years in America as far as nursing goes.The degree will get you more money though.
I worked with a lot of Philippine nurses in America and found them to be every bit as good, but figure this has to be the cream of the crop as many can’t pass the test.
Get serious or don’t waste your time.

Comment on Is It Hard Taking The Nclex In The Us If You Graduated From A Nursing School In The Philippines? by 1x1 pic

1x1 pic — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:16:40 +0000

not trying to be arrogant but i find the test a bit easy and my hands were like even glued to PS2 controllers. same goes with my classmates, they said it was easier than the PNLE. i never heard anyone from our class who failed NCLEX yet. review classes were even harder than the NCLEX. when i enrolled to Kaplan for on-line review classes, the questions were like 3-4x harder than the actual test. well, that should be a breather for you so don’t worry too much.
ive noticed that the US curriculum tends to focus more on assessment while the Phil curriculum tends to focus more on Patho-physiology; so i think that’s an advantage for us.
some specific differences that i’ve noticed:
new born assessment: measurement of the newborn
immunization schedule (very different)
drug laws
nursing practice laws: patient focus
focus on diseases
delegation (especially w/ LVN and aides)
other than those things, i can’t think of anything more.
some additional things to study:
cultural and religious considerations
diet
risk factors for ethnic groups
rape kit
delegation
Besides, the NCLEX is more of critical thinking and analysis and not of memory and recall. if it turns out that all your questions are on the latter level, then you are performing below the passing line. Assuming that you already know all that you have to know, now its time to practice your critical thinking skills.
Good Luck!

Comment on Is It Hard Taking The Nclex In The Us If You Graduated From A Nursing School In The Philippines? by CHRIS A

CHRIS A — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:42:11 +0000

I think it was hard. I took and passed the NCLEX-RN ( TEXAS ) in 1996. Harder than CGFNS, in my opinion. And 10 times harder than Philippine Nursing Licensure Board exams! I think the question is how prepared are you for the challenge? The tests are only a reflection of the work you put in during Nursing school, and all the review centers in the world cannot make up for anything you already do not know. The thousands of Pinoy Nurses working in the United States are a testament to the nursing schools in the Philippines, while the teaching might be a little different, the results speak for themselves. Be confident , study hard and you can always succeed!

Comment on Is It Hard Taking The Nclex In The Us If You Graduated From A Nursing School In The Philippines? by cael

cael — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:25:42 +0000

YEAH..

Comment on Racist Health Care? Where Im From In Queens Ny, Poor Provision Of Health Care Is Very Prevalent. ? by mishkin

mishkin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:37:59 +0000

Ok, just so you know New York City has the worst effing medical care available to the general population. It is subpar, i can only compare it to Mexican health care. It sucks! Doctors here are unfriendly, hospitals are dirty and they do every unnecessary procedure your insurance allows. You don’t like health care in Queens move to the Midwest. Trust me it is not race, it is just the dirty, overpopulated, greedy NY.

Comment on Does The Entire Health Care Reform Debate Strike Anyone Else As Being Largely Irrelevant And Beside The Point? by i_was_my

i_was_my — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:11:11 +0000

You do realize that it is the poor that have children don’t you? Populations that are well off don’t grow.
The highest growing segments of populations are the ones that have no life plan that children can interfere with. That is generally the poor who have no reason to wait and save their resources to accomplish something because they don’t see life getting better in the future than they are currently. So why wait?
Segments of populations that have goals typically decline in population size. They don’t have as much time for children. And they have reasons to wait until later to do so.
If you truly want the population to decline, then pay everyone to go to college and make something of themselves.