CSN vs. NSC, please help.

I know I'm coming in a little late but .... there is a misconception that you can "easily" finish your pre reqs in a year at CSN. There are quite a few to get all your points and it would be a heavy course load. You can go over the summer...so..keep that in mind too.

Hey, here is my two cents.
I am a peer advisor with the college of nursing at Nevada State College, that being said, I don't get paid extra to recruit. There a couple of things you said I hear from young people all the time.
First off money, have you looked at whats available? Even in a time a huge budget crunches, fresh out of high school students usually get some kind of financial aid, and frequently it doesn't have to be paid back (ie grant or scholarship). The best way to get this money is to apply yesterday, do you taxes and then sit down with your parents (yes you will need them unless you know whats on their taxes, or get to claim independent, but thats rare for any 18 year olds) and fill out the FAFSA.
Second, I know someone mentioned get the ADN and then go to NSC to get RN-to-BSN. In your case I wouldn't recommend that. If thats the path you want to take find a school, with a program probably all on-line, that wouldn't require you to go back and take pre-reqs. In our program, RNs are required to finish the same classes the regular and accelerated track students have to, before they can start the actual RN-to-BSN classes. Where this becomes a problem, you would have to take an entire year of chemistry before you could start.
There is no right answer, knowing you want to be a nurse at 18 is quite an accomplishment, I know I was a couple years and a whole degree off before I figured it out. Both schools get you to the NCLEX and both schools and advantages and disadvantages.
Best of luck with all you do!
~Brianna

I am currently an NSC student, I am switching to CSN for the ADN program....I am not impressed with NSC for a variety of reasons.....

CSN has a much better reputation than NSC. Several nurse managers have said that they would hire a CSN graduate over any other school in the valley

I spent the past 2 yrs. at nsc, believe me i agree with the nurse managers, that school has a lot of growing to do. I transferred when I went to visit the CSN campus, which I had never done before, I felt like that was the university and my school was the community college. I made my decision that day...

Hi yako23,

were you already in the nursing program at NSC or were you taking just the pre-reqs. It seems like a big risk to leave the nursing program after getting accepted. I wonder how many students leave NSC after they are accepted into the nursing program. That sure does not look good on the school's part.

No, I finished by pre-reqs and passed the TEAS so it was decision time. I had met a few students from CSN during my summer classes and they got me interested in CSN, they were quite disappointed with NSC. I checked out CSN and I was impressed.

The one big advantage nsc does have (and there arent many) over CSN is its a bachelors program, and there are jobs that require a bachelors degree. Right now Siena is trying to become a Magnet hospital and one of the criteria is having a certain percentagew of nurse with bachelor degrees or better. HR pays attention to that when they have new grad nurses, since they are not about to fire the nurses they have working for them who only have an associates.

Yes thats why I started at NSC, but I still decided to leave, I already have a bachelors in another field, so I really don't think I need 2, but if I do I may eventually do it online once i am an rn.....

Do they still have peer advisors at NSC ? I can never seem to get a hold of them anymore.