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What are the accelerated RN programs ive heard mentioned here? Im in Ohio and havent heard of any. Thanks:confused:

I'm also starting an accelerated program this fall. My roommate is in her second semester there and I see how hard it is on her. One thing they recommend is that you not work while in an accel. program. So it may not be feasible for everyone. In fact, I think I'm going to rent out my house and move in with my parents while in school. :crying:

If you're prepared to make school your life for about a year and a half, then it may be a good idea for you! I can't wait to start.

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My nursing program is 18 months, every semester is 8 weeks.

our prereqs are AP 1+2 w/labs, chem, english, microbiology+ lab,

1 humanities, 1 sociology, a bunch of certification courses(easy)

may 12 - june 24 is my next class GIGU, than I go into my specialties, OB/PSYCH/PEDIATRICS which are all 8 weeks long. I graduate in August 2004. I work 15-20 hours a week. Except for the summer GIGU class, im not going to work. I have 2 / 12 hour shifts in the hospital and 8 hours a week of lecture. Its the hardest class until Ortho/ Neuro. My summer class is 6 weeks long its going to kick my butt.

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My accelerated program is a year long -- three semesters of 19-21 credit hours each. You have to have a previous degree and a 3.0 gpa. My school has had this program since 1975 so it is well-established.

They don't have any rules on whether or not you can work but I don't know anyone who does...or could! It is a full-time job PLUS MORE! Classes and clinicals go every day for at least 8 hours...and then you get to go home to study and do paperwork for the next day.

But we get breaks between semesters, spring break, holidays, etc. I figure I can handle anything for a year...and then it's over. The time goes REALLY fast too. It helps that I absolutely love nursing....most of the time it doesn't even seem like "work".

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Jenn CLPN,

Accelerated programs in Ohio-

University of Akron - BSN

Cleveland State University - BSN

Ohio State - MSN

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Specializes in ER.

The University of Akron accelerated program is for those who already have a bachelor's ( any area, I believe). Takes 18 mos.

Not sure if the others work in a similar fashion.

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All the programs from Ohio that I mentioned require a previous non-nursing bachelors degreee - which I believe is true of most accelerated programs.

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I'm going to Fresno City College which is suppose to have the second best nursing program in the nation and it is 24 months.I can't see how you could cram all that learning into anything shorter.My Prereq's are going to take me 36 months,but that is because I work full time.Also I'm taking courses that can transfer over to a 4 year college for my BSN.:)

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I'm in a 14-month accelerated program at the Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. (12 months down, two months to go!) What an insane year it has been! SOOOOO much work and learning crammed into so little time. I chose to go this route because I have two kids and wanted to get done with school as quickly as possible. However it has been hard to do as a mom...because I am living, breathing, sleeping nursing school. Ugh!

Our program is a BSN program. It is impossible to work outside this program. And we don't get much break/holiday time at all. At the end of fall semester, we had an extra (weeklong) course (8 a.m to 5 p.m. every day) tacked onto the end of the semester, so our Christmas break was shorter than usual (we got out at 5 p.m. on the 20th). And at the end of spring semester we had another weeklong course. We did get spring break and we've been off for the last week. Other than that, hardly any breaks. Just nonstop nursing school! It is really squeezed into the 14 months!

As for background/prereqs, I was an English major (graduated 1992) and worked in magazines/publishing before going back to nursing school. Had to take A&P I and II and Microbiology. I had already taken all the other necessary stuff: biology, chemistry, statistics, psychology, social sciences, cultural diversity, philosophy, foreign language, phys ed, and general ed.

If anyone is interested in knowing more about the program at UNC-CH, here is a link for you: http://nursing.unc.edu/degree/bs.html

Best of luck to everyone going into the accelerated programs! Pretty soon I'll be finished with mine! YAY! :cool:

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