Accelerated Pathway to the MSN program at Thomas Jefferson

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Regarding the Accelerated Pathway to the MSN program at Thomas Jefferson, how long does it take to get the BSN? One year or two years? Can you work as RN when you get BSN and pursue your MSN while you are working? Will you get MSN credits when you get your BSN?

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greenland,

It will take two years to complete your BSN. During this two year period, you will take a total of nine credit hours. These courses are applicable to your Master's degree. After completing one Medical-Surgical rotation, you can pursue nurse extern/tech positions while completing your BSN.

After completing your BSN, you can apply for PA temporary license to practice as a graduate nurse. This will permit you to work as a graduate nurse until you take the NCLEX examination. If you do not pass the NCLEX on the first try, you will loose this temp license. Depending upon your MSN focus, you can work as an RN while pursuing your Master's degree.

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Thanks very much for your reply.

How much is tuition fee per year for the BSN part?What does it mean you can pursue nurse extern/tech positions while completing your BSN?

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greenland, I was accepted to the APW program, but switched to the FACT program that's starting May 2009. I'm assuming you already have a Bachelor's degree. APW is nice because it's a bit slower pace and you have a summer off in which you can work as a nurse extern. But FACT is cheaper and you get the same degree with the same 9 MSN credits. But hooboy, is it FASTER! Anyway, just thought I'd put that out there. I switched to FACT for more than just the $$$ reason.

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I agree with AtomicWoman, it is cheaper to go the FACT route than APW route. It depends whether you want to go at a slower or faster pace. Tuition alone is around $25K per school year.

If you enroll in APW, you have the summer off between the junior and senior years. This would be a good time to do a summer nurse externship.

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I applied for this program as well since the BSN portion of the FACT program is a little too accelerated for me :coollook:

Regarding admissions, is the Accel Pathway to MSN (for non-nurses) just as competitive as FACT admissions? I have only been able to find info about FACT thus far and I know its really competitive, is the Accel PAthway the same (I hope not but I think it might be)?

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I applied to the Accelerated Pathway Program instead of the FACT for this recent Feb 15 deadline. I see alot of FACT people on this forum. Anyone heard anything yet from the APW program?

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genu9ine, i've gotten accepted to the APW track but im a bit concerned too because i have not seen forums regarding this track. A lot of FACT students but hardly any APW students. I received my orientation date, july 8th and am still uncertain if i am for sure attending school here. I'm from California and want to make sure that this school/area is some place i would like to live. do you know what their NCLEX passing rate is for the APW students? I found pass rates for the FACT and ASN students, but nothing for us. this is where i found it:

http://www.jefferson.edu/jchp/newsinfo/BSN_NCLEX_10_26_09.cfm

What else have u heard about the program? are you going to attend to this school for sure? i would love to hear some of your or anyone else's thoughts. Thanks!

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PeaceSL-

When did you have your application in to them? And how long did it take for you to hear from them?

I still have not heard anything from them, and i'm also waiting to hear back from some other schools before I make a decision as to where i'm going for sure. I live in Texas so i'm an out of state student as well. I haven't heard anything about the program aside from what is on the website and the very little information on this site. I was actually looking up NCLEX pass rates this morning lol and what i'm thinking is that maybe it's missed in with where it says "Traditional BSN (2-year program): 81 of 114 graduates (71%) have taken the NCLEX, and 80 passed and 1 failed, yielding a 98.76% pass rate." because the APW BSN portion is 2 years?

I can't be sure on that one though. Hopefully I'll hear something soon... on the letter they sent me it said I should know something by April 15th... so I could still potentially have a month before I know for sure lol.

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PeaceSL & Genu9ine,

Regarding APW NCLEX pass rate, their pass rate is included with the Traditional BSN. APWs and Traditionals take the same core nursing classes together except the one MSN course required for APWs. I highly recommend Jefferson.

Best wishes!

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Dreamer-RN: Thanks for the info, that makes sense. If you don't mind me asking, why do you highly recommend Jefferson? Did you go to school here?

Genu9ine: I turned in my application on the October 15th deadline. I heard from them in mid-January about an interview. The day of my interview I was offered admission to the APW program. That was really exciting! So it took them about 3 months after turning in the application. If you should hear by April 15th, that's about 2 months which is shorter than what I waited. Maybe there's less people applying now so it is faster for them to review the applications. That's my guess...but good luck to you! Update me with your plans :D

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PeaceSL,

Yes, I've attended Jefferson and graduated (APW program).

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