Nevada State College

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Does anyone have experience with Nevada State College's regular track BSN Program? If so, do you have any advise/tips for a prospective student? How does it compare to UNLV's BSN Program? What is the job outlook for a graduate?:D

I hope that the new instructors they will be hiring will be good ones. I like the idea of the program because its fast and inexpensive compared to other programs in the area. At least its good to know that the majority of students who started together ended together. Here in Reno, i've heard more than half the nursing class at a particular community college fail or drop out of the program so graduating classes are quite small. That's one of my biggest fears.

The school doesn't know how to treat instructors, so those who were worth their weight took positions elsewhere. In our class of 35 only about 25 finished on time. The real reason I wouldn't recommend NSC, right now is the lack of respect they have for students. I went to college for 6 years and had some of the worst instructors

I agree with what you're saying. I took pre-req classes at NSC, and yuck!! there's a lot of instructors there that I don't care seeing in the hallways at all. I wonder WHY they even teach?? Teachers like that should just quit and do something they actually like (life is short!). Who wants to spend hours doing something they hate, possibly for years? Teachers like these are so transparent in any school. There are a few though that NSC don't respect at all, so the 'few good ones' left.

As far as NSC's nursing program, it is a state school (they're funded no matter what). Of course, they don't respect their students. UNLV and CSN is no different from what I hear. Now, that nursing is NOT a guaranteed job anymore and more people are broke, LESS students will apply. Won't that affect their state/gov't funding? They'll be graduating a LOT LESS people for the next 2 years or so? The money they're currently receiving will be a LOT LESS and most likely get worse in the long run.

Specializes in ICU.

If you are all about getting in and out great then go NSC, but keep in mind it is getting harder and harder to get in to the accel program because of the number of applicants each year. ( I know I used to work in the office.) But please keep in mind I am an adult learner and have no problem learning on my own, it was how i was treated as a person I find unforgivable. I graduated with a 3.4.

To have been treated better I would have gladly paid more money and gone to school longer, even after being a full time student for 6 years. YES IT WAS THAT BAD.

Specializes in ICU.

And yes the pass rate is still high for NCLEX, but if you speak fluent english the passrate is about 85% for first time test takers no matter where they went to school. Nclex is no where near as hard as they make it out to be.

Hi Baker1bv,

Could you share an example of how bad students are treated ? I wanted to PM you but you are a little shy of 15 posts so it won't go through. I was really hoping to apply to this school but i don't want to be treated bad either and i do want to graduate feeling not prepared to go out there and be a competent nurse. :o

Specializes in IMC, ED.

So sorry you had such a terrible experience :( I am thankful I went the year that I did! Best of luck to everyone :)

Specializes in RETIRED Cath Lab/Cardiology/Radiology.
hi baker1bv,

could you share an example of how bad students are treated ?

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Specializes in ICU.

I would love to give you more info but as what it says above I can't, also I can't PM anyone yet. Sorry. You will come out prepared to be a nurse, you just may be a little worse for the wear.

I would love to give you more info but as what it says above I can't, also I can't PM anyone yet. Sorry. You will come out prepared to be a nurse, you just may be a little worse for the wear.

Thank you for the warning baker1bv. As all state schools go, it's just the way it is. UNLV and CSN aren't any different. Sad but true.

In our class of 35 only about 25 finished on time. Another 4 or so will finish in Dec. The average drop rate is about 10% for any nursing program.

Out of 35 in your class, only 25 finished on time. How does that happen? Is it like, if a student fails/drops out of the program (1st sem.) can they re-apply for the next immediate sem.? What if a student fails/drops in 2nd or 3rd sem., can they re-apply for the next immediate sem. repeating the classes they need to take? Isn't there a waiting time in between semesters to re-apply/re-instate again?

I'm in the nursing program at NSC now, and I like it. I did some of my pre-reqs there too, and like the school better than UNLV or CSN (I went to both, not for nursing though obviously). I guess it's just personal experience and whatever your preferences are. I don't have any issues with any of the clinical instructors or regular professors either, but then again I've taken several teachers that were rated as horrible at different schools and I thought they were fine; again, it's all about personal preference. I don't believe I've heard any major complaints from other students yet either.

Anyway, as for students dropping out... We started out with 32 students, and 2 never even came to orientation, so on the first day of class we had 30 students. Two students switched to part time because it worked out better for them in terms of work load and their personal lives, another person left because of family reasons, and another person is moving, so that's 6 people total that are gone already, and it's not even spring break yet. And none of those people left because of the instructors or because they were failing. I know of one person who got accepted last year and after her first week decided that nursing was definitely not for her; so there's lots of different reasons that people drop out of the program.

As for when a person does fail a class, Vegas2009, depending on which class, I believe you can still move on to the next semester, but you will have to make up that particular class. Some classes are linked together though (like our fundamentals class, lab and clinical), so if you fail any of those 3 (even if you pass the other 2) then you have to take all 3 classes again. We also have to get 75% on all of our exams, and 95% on our math tests.

And it's so true that you live and breathe nursing once you start school. I don't know about other programs, but our program is 16cr (6 classes) this semester and the amount of work is crazy. Once you're in, be prepared not to get any sleep! I have 2 little kids and no babysitter once I'm home from school, and I'm managing so it's doable but I don't know if you would want to work while doing this though.

That was just my 2 cents :)

Gtterbug,

Thanks for the info. I've become ireally interested in the part time track for spring 2011 since i have two little boys and thus would not be able to do the full time. Do you know if the schedule in the part time track is intense ? I think the part time track is only one semester longer than the regular track right ? Are those students able to still work ? I would need to bring in some income.

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