Accelerated BSN Programs - WSU, OU, UofD, EMU

[logique]

i was wondering if anyone has attended any of the accelerated bsn programs i have listed below. i will be applying to each program to start in either may 2008 or september 2008 (depending on the programs start date), but i will have all of my pre-requisite's completed in december 2007.

wayne state university - 16 months (fall start)

oakland university - 12 months (may start)

university of detroit mercy - 12 months (may start)

eastern michigan university - 16 months (brand new program, not sure of details)

there are pros/cons to each program for my situation. my first choice is wayne state university, but i am not sure if i should be unemployed for 16 months (rather than 12 months), and i would rather start a nursing program in may, rather than wait until september. i went to the accelerated bsn informational session and i really think the program would be a good fit. second choice is oakland university because of the may start date and the shorter duration of the program; however, i have heard that wayne state's program is much better organized than ou's. is this correct? u of d would be at the bottom of the list simply because of the cost of going to a private university. i am not sure about emu because of how new the program is - they just received accreditation to start an accelerated bsn program.

sorry to ramble on, but i just wanted everyone's opinions on each of the programs i listed above. thank you!

[07302003, ASN, RN]

I attended WSU and was happy with the experience. There were many top notch, excellent professors and clinical instructors (just a few duds). The clinical sites were excellent (Detroit Receiving, Henry Ford, Beaumont, Providence, Oakwood, Sinai Grace, Hutzel, Harper, Childrens, St. Johns). Wayne has a 98% or 99% pass rate on the NCLEX which is important.

The downside is that you have to deal with Wayne's insane bureaucracy. Your experience is kind of impersonal and can be slightly disorganized. But the price was right, the location was right, and it got me where I wanted to be in the end.

[rntoben2008]

That is good news to hear. I have a friend attending their traditional program right now, she is in her second semester of nursing school. She says she really enjoys the program too. She was feeling overwhelmed a little bit last semester, but I think that is just normal nursing student anxiety. I thought WSU's nursing program was one of the top notch in the country, maybe that was a rumor, but I thought I had heard that at one point in time.