Need RN credits transfer help so badly to a college that will accept them.

denicu · Jan 11, 2014

I graduated RN school over 20 yrs ago and even then nursing courses were not transferable. In hind site, when you began having academic problems it may have helped if you contacted a school counselor. My friends daughter was doing well in her nursing program but due to health issues she started failing 1 of her nursing classes. She contacted the counselor as well as the director of the program and while she failed out of the program, she was allowed to come back the following year. However, it was drilled into her that after this -there will be no second chance because there is a long list of candidates on waiting list hoping to get a first opportunity in the nursing program. If you don't get back in the program, I would suggest you try a BSN program that you can enter in the junior year.You may graduate a yr or 2 later than you want to. But you will probably have most of the prerequisites to transfer to their program. And to be honest, I think a BSN is the way to go now. In my area, most of the hospitals are hiring only BSN nurses. Good luck and hope you attain your goal to be a RN whichever path that get you there.

tupamoto · Jan 12, 2014

VERY rarely do nursing classes transfer when it comes to completing an RN degree. I have heard of BSN classes transferring but not the initial ADN.

Its such a bama. :no:

tupamoto · Jan 12, 2014

They will most definitely transfer credits (at least non-nursing classes) even if you isn't graduate. The question would be the nursing classes, that is only something the college can answer. As someone mentioned, they may not transfer from a 2 yr to a 4 yr. but make sure you ask! That is always the biggest thing call the colleges and ask, NEVER ASSUME anything!

Ill keep looking thanks for your input.

tupamoto · Jan 12, 2014

I graduated RN school over 20 yrs ago and even then nursing courses were not transferable. In hind site, when you began having academic problems it may have helped if you contacted a school counselor. My friends daughter was doing well in her nursing program but due to health issues she started failing 1 of her nursing classes. She contacted the counselor as well as the director of the program and while she failed out of the program, she was allowed to come back the following year. However, it was drilled into her that after this -there will be no second chance because there is a long list of candidates on waiting list hoping to get a first opportunity in the nursing program. If you don't get back in the program, I would suggest you try a BSN program that you can enter in the junior year.You may graduate a yr or 2 later than you want to. But you will probably have most of the prerequisites to transfer to their program. And to be honest, I think a BSN is the way to go now. In my area, most of the hospitals are hiring only BSN nurses. Good luck and hope you attain your goal to be a RN whichever path that get you there.

Thanks so much for your reply and thanks for sharing your experience.I have been looking around the neighboring colleges since I dnt want to wait.I want to hurry and be done once and for all.I will consider a BSN its a great idea.

tupamoto · Jan 12, 2014

RN classes do not transfer. I completed a semester of nursing a while back and no one would take those credits. I then waited so long to go back that I had to redo my sciences because they were more than 5 years old! Unfortunately it is likely that you will have to retake all of your nursing classes again. Please don't do what I did and sweat that so much that you don't go back somewhere, anywhere, for any program! I was so discouraged and ended up putting school off for so long that I set myself back an additional 1 3/4 years!! Not only that, but I now have two small children of my own that have to deal with my absence from home and preoccupation with my classes and school that often (and very unfortunately) have to take the front seat over them sometimes. Thank God I have a wonderful husband and parents that help out and step in when I can't be there.
Get online and start looking at ALL of the schools in your area or within the radius that you're willing to commute. Get a copy of your transcript and start looking at all of the nursing programs. Compare their pre-req requirements to what you have already completed and start applying to the different programs that are closest to what you've done already. (That have the least amount of classes that you have to take to qualify you for application to their program.) I'm 99.99% certain you will not find a school that will accept your NUR credits. But you should receive credit for most of the other classes you have taken. Even if you think that it will royally suck to start over in another nursing program, you will still be starting over if you decide on another health care path, because your nursing credits will have still gone to waste. (Other than the bountiful knowledge in your brain! haha) I considered this too...wasn't worth it to me!
The program that I'm in now will let us come back once if we fail or drop out, however each of our classes are only offered once a year, so we can't fall back in until one year later no matter what! I don't know your situation, but life happens frequently and people have to drop or fail out all the time. You're certainly not alone!
Again....PLEASE do yourself a favor and don't discouraged and let that keep you from going back to school!!!! I can honestly speak from experience that I regret doing that myself...every. single. day. of. my. life! Good luck to you!

Thank you for sharing your experience.I am definitely feeling much better after reading your post and I am going to get up and get moving until I find a college and get my feet back to class.I wish you all the best in your school.:)