Applicants with a prior degree almost always meet the liberal arts and social sciences requirements. However, many students do not meet the natural or mathematical sciences requirements, including statistics, microbiology, anatomy, and physiology. Accelerated BSN programs are a full-time commitment: students should not work during the duration of the program. This requires keen financial planning and strategizing.
Sufficient funding to cover school and living expenses must be acquired before starting these programs. Four years of full-time nursing school are compressed into an average of 15 months, with a very challenging credit load and intense clinical experiences. This leaves no time for outside employment. Typical second-degree students are older, seasoned, responsible, motivated, and hold high academic expectations.
Some are recent college graduates who are looking for the quickest route to the BSN. Accelerated students tend to excel in classroom theory and are eager in the clinical arena to gain practical experiences.
They bring to nursing rich life experiences, diverse perspectives, unique skills sets, and prior education. These students take accountability for their own learning, maintain high-grade point averages, and almost always pass the nclex- RN on the first attempt. Her research interests include: the special health and social needs of the vulnerable older adult population; registered nurse staffing and resident outcomes in intermediate care nursing facilities; and, innovations in avoiding institutionalization of frail elderly clients by providing long-term care services and supports in the community.
She is a Professor in a large baccalaureate nursing program in North Carolina. Has 14 years experience. Aug 27, Great blog. But, I don't think people should be discouraged from working if they absolutely have to. I know many people who went through accelerated nursing programs while working full time because there were no other options for them. I'm one of those people. I worked full time hours between jobs up until the last semester.
Many of my classmates did the same. Sure, it sucked cuz I had no life outside of school and work, but it was only for 15 months so it wasn't a big deal. Kudos to you.
Did your school of nursing discourage students from working during the accelerated program? Specializes in Government. Aug 28, My accelerated BSN program 22 years ago! Virtually everyone who tried to work dropped out. Mine was a 12 month program and intensely rigorous. I didn't know anyone who survived it with more than a part time "few hours a week" outside job.
Even if it is something I'm doing just for completion I don't want a degree from a diploma factory. Does anyone have any experience with any of those above mentioned programs? Has 14 years experience. Mar 24, What about your state universities? Has 12 years experience. Now the ADN program teaches you more skill and basic nursing knowledge, and the BSN teaches more about leadership, critical thinking and looking at a patient differently, more of a whole. I agree, in state universities will have a lower cost than out of state.
I do not know where you currently live or want to go to school, but I got my BSN through University of Texas Arlington and the price that was advertised for tuition was the actual price that I paid, not a cent more. I really did learn a great deal from BSN and was not real time consuming. Mar 30, You're absolutely right. I started looking into more traditional brick and mortor schools and a lot of them have online programs. Apr 3, If your only schooling after high school was ADN , you will need to take at least 30 credits in prerequisites, ON TOP of the 30 credit nursing portion.
You will be in school, 1. At per credit hour, that works out to about 17k and maybe 18 months 2 semesters for your 5 prerequisites; 4 semesters for your 30 credit higher nursing courses. Sadly i missed deadline to sign up for ohio's summer session, and i would have to wait until fall, and i don't want to waste any further time, so, chamberlain 26k for their 45 credits it is.
I've been posting these replies for other overwhelmed ADN students to save their time. I saw so many people on this website talking about these state school online programs "finish in 1 year; finish in 9 months" and bragging how they did this. Say for instance, you want to propose a change in protocol in real life. You would need to submit a ppt or executive summary for the managers and then maybe pamphlets or other materials to everyone else. Therefore, this week, I have to produce my paper word paper, my ppt, executive summary, questionnaire and my bulletin announcing my program.
Once you do allllll the papers, you put them into one BIG paper. Sort of a cut and paste, if you will, however, I'm running into a slight problem.
All these papers sort of overlap in some areas and will have repeated information. I will have to go through and edit some parts so there isn't any redundancy. Sooo, instead of being here, I should be back in Word-Land, but I needed a break:bluecry Can I just buy yours and pretend??
I'm sick of Word-Land too! I think we are all tired of Word-land. I think I can say it isn't the happiest place on earth like another place is, lol. Watch your email in the next few classes about getting a pin and applying for graduation, because one day it will be you!!
Specializes in NICU.
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