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| No. 380 | 
Sep 01, 2007, 09:05 AM
 Re: RN to BSN online
Is anyone going to South University? If so can you tell me how it's going?
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Sep 21, 2007, 03:17 AM
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Sep 22, 2007 at 01:58 AM by leslymill
Re: RN to BSN online Since I have decided after 25 years I would like my BSN, I have been following the board. Now UOP is way too expensive and reminded me of the last time I attempted to get my BSN by doing some pre- reqs at a Community College. At the time ,also, a trade school had a group of CNAs doing clinicals at out lil Community Hospital. These CNAs were in a for-profit program that was costing them more than my ADN at a community college. It was $3000+ and lasted 6 wks compared to the $250/3 week CNA program at the Community College. What bothered me about this for profit mess? These are low income people trying to better their lives, but instead will probably have a hard time getting through the programs and finding a job. If they do find a job they will be paying off the loan for years and years. Out of the 20 students who arrived at the Hospital for clinicals , less than half finished and those that didn't finish still had to pay off the loans. Their excuse was they could not even afford the $250 up front cost for the certificate from the CC, but where willing to go into debt for $3000+ even if they didn't finish it. Most of them do default on the loans. I wrote a huge letter for my Government Class on this and sent it to Senator Benson, Senator Gramm, and the Department of Education.(1989). U.S. Secretary of Education William J Bennett sent a 150 page document related to these proprietary business trade schools, some of which outlined our shared concern, but also stressed their importance to the community growth as a whole.....sigh. These students where dumped on my license, I had no idea if they could take a valid set of V/S. Their instructor was not on the premises to consult as it was a graveyard shift. Talk about using the poor for cheap labor??
I don't want to get off track here. I read the earlier posts on UOP and checked out the links. Below are two of many, but these are the Nurses. http://uopsucks.com/news.html I have a BSN from UOP. When I started their program I had been a nurse for over twenty years and it was before they had online learning. After the first few classes, I was amazed at how little I was learning. We all hated the study groups. For research, my study group did a project on study groups and how they attributed to the learning process. It was a quantitative study and the results overwhelming demonstrated that study groups or learning groups as they are now calling them, did not increase learning and were actually a detriment ot learning. In short, I feel I bought a BSN. --Former Student By the time I graduated, I had retired from the Navy. I moved to another state. When I applied for leadership positions in nursing, I was not hired. Several told me that they did not believe the UOP degree was credible or I was told I "bought" a degree online. An assertion I agree with wholeheartedly. I decided to further my education. I applied to a local university and was denied admission. My BSN was lacking the necessary credits to qualify for admission. --Former Student http://uopsucks.com/quotes.html
Okay those are scary enough.
Did I think all the 15 years and accredations would make UOP better than those trade schools from the 80's? What was I thinking?
There is a new Apollo College in Las Vegas thathas an ADN obtainable in 22 months it provisional BON approval but is not yet accredited. Las Vegas has a severe nursing shortage expected to last till 2010, massive city growth, and large number of nursing students simply WAITING for a teacher to teach them .
Question: Apollo College tuition is $43,000. IT IS NOT ACCREDITED YET???. Would you take it? http://allnurses.com/forums/f160/sur...-240956-3.html
UOW sounding better all the time.
| | No. 382 |
Sep 24, 2007, 06:48 PM
Re: RN to BSN online
Thanks for all your advice. How is the Stats course. I am taking it next semester.
I am taking chem , deng 102 , heatlh and well being this semester
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Sep 24, 2007, 07:07 PM
Re: RN to BSN online
Thats right tweety because i am taking 12 credits per semester and i started this fall, i will be done the fall of next year.
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Oct 05, 2007, 11:05 PM
Re: RN to BSN online
can anyone advise me on which rn to bsn programs are best if you are an international student? so interms of the least amount of hassle getting paperwork done, the least expensive, and not requiring rigorous clinical (or no clinical at all), and also completely online??
im pretty sure this can be done through excelsior but they have the 'all or nothing clinical' so that is out for sure...any information would be very much appreciated. to work in ontario, canada a bsn is now requirement, so need to get this done. thanks.
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Nov 07, 2007, 09:57 AM
Re: RN to BSN online
I am going to a CC now working on the RN degree, but I am going to g back to school and get my BSN. I am trying to take classes that going to count for a BSN. Are there some schools that do not have max of hours that you transfer over to the BSN. I have been looking at schools around Mississippi and I have seen 3 that states that you can only carry over 64 CC hrs.
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Nov 16, 2007, 03:19 PM
Re: RN to BSN online Originally Posted by txspadequeen921  I just downloaded the catalog from South University and there is a section talking about the clinical requirement . It even goes as far as to say there is more than one clinical. I would love some feed back on this. I have started looking for a online BSN program and am looking for something that does not have a bunch of world culture/religion classes.
Hello. For the RN-BSN program, South does not have any clinicals. I have spoken to a rep, and also had a transcript eval done. However, I like the short 5 week classes, but they are also costly and want far too many extra classes (co-regs) than some other schools I have looked into. Have you checked out Thomas Edison State College (TESC)? They applied every class I have taken at school, they really work with you, to see what you are lacking and are fairly flexible with applying certain classes, and how they would fit in at TESC. They also do not make you take any clinicals, which is also what I am looking for. Best of luck to you.
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Nov 23, 2007, 09:25 PM
Re: RN to BSN online This comes directly from the South Catalog that I downloaded from their website. It is on page 117 of the South Catalog. I know people go here but all this seems fishy to me. I will look at Thomas Edison again but I think I have looked at them and they were expensive as well. I think I might just go with UTMB in Galveston... Don't know yet
"Clinical Requirements
The clinical requirement is interwoven
into each class within the program through
class assignments. The capstone course is
predominately clinical with facilitator
guidance. The criteria for clinical sites are
written by the program coordinator. Students
are provided with suggestions for the types
of sites that have been successful in the
past. Each student will choose her/his own
sites to complete the learning assignment.
These sites will require prior approval from
the course facilitator. Each site will enter into
an agreement with South University, which
states that they know the student is at the
site as a student for South University."
Originally Posted by Lizzy6 Hello. For the RN-BSN program, South does not have any clinicals. I have spoken to a rep, and also had a transcript eval done. However, I like the short 5 week classes, but they are also costly and want far too many extra classes (co-regs) than some other schools I have looked into. Have you checked out Thomas Edison State College (TESC)? They applied every class I have taken at school, they really work with you, to see what you are lacking and are fairly flexible with applying certain classes, and how they would fit in at TESC. They also do not make you take any clinicals, which is also what I am looking for. Best of luck to you. |
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