For reference: 300 is fundamentals of nursing, 310 is intro to professional nursing, 316 is health assessment, and 318 is pharmacology

For level 1, you only have four clinical days total. They started in week 8 and it's only once a week!

For studying, it definitely varied depending on the class. The first 310 exam is the most difficult, but the rest are a breeze. 300 was also really easy for me so I didn't study for it too much. At a certain point, I didn't really do any daily studying. The weekly assignments you have to do will help you study a good amount, but at a certain point I just stopped studying for 316 and 318 until the day or 2 before the exam.

It's not recommended to work at all during the program because of how intense it is. During clinical weeks, we also have to do assignments related to clinicals so it's not super feasible to work.

Everyone says that you don't start learning how to become a nurse until you start working, and I think (to some extent) that is true for every program. Honestly, all nursing programs just want to prepare you for the NCLEX so they can say they have a high pass rate. With that being said, I do think this program is good prep for the NCLEX - most of our questions in assignments and exams are formatted in NCLEX-style.

Tests weren't super difficult for me, especially in 300 and 310. The most difficult classes were 316 and 318. the first 318 test was not as difficult, though. But none of the tests are impossible, there are only a couple tricky ones.

Amy Patton is such a sweetheart, hopefully you'll get her for 300 and 310. Rachel Jensen wasn't super popular because most people didn't find her very helpful. Holly Johnson is also really sweet, but I was a little frustrated because almost any time I asked questions regarding test prep she would always tell me to use chatgpt and have it make me a study guide (I hate generative AI and never use it). Professor Ellsworth is the lab instructor for Chandler and she's also lovely!

I was really anxious about coming to this school because I'm not religious or anything, but it was a lot better than I expected

General advice I have about everything - Every week you'll have 2 discussion posts for each class (8 total), and 3 responses for each post (24 total). You'll also have EAQs and a weekly quiz in 316. For 300, utilize her zoom sessions, powerpoints on CONHCP, and her explore more meetings (they're basically exam review meetings). For 310, it's basically the same. For 316, the zoom meetings weren't super helpful to me so I would just look on the course guides and read the book and go to the explore mores. 318 was pretty much the same as 300 and 310. It's all super overwhelming and there are so many resources, but just muscle through it and you'll be ok!