WGU Pre-licensing BSN for 2015

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Hey everyone,

I am looking at possible attending WGUs Prelicensing.

I have been between 2 schools but it is looking more positive with than the other school. I have to retake my A&P 2 due to the Lack of quality instructors. The Professor we had was absolutely horrible and many of us in the class need to retake it due to low grades. I will have to wait til Spring and take it at a community college instead of where I took the last one. I am wondering how many other are planning to attend in 2015.

Other than that I will have all I need to Apply. I am emailing my enrollment counselor and find out the upcoming dates that are out so far in 2015.

I am gearing more towards WGU and having a group to work together and keep eachother motivated would be great. Let me know.

Thanks

Shonda

Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.
Remember WGU Does Not Have a ADN-BSN program.

Yes, they do. I completed it 2 years ago. ADN=RN, as long as you've passed the NCLEX.

You seem to be purporting yourself as an expert in all things , as someone who hasn't even started the program yet. Gotta admit, it sticks in my craw a bit.

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@ShondaJ

Thanks for posting a link. My coworker is a lvn and started on her prereqs at rcc for over a year. She just recently completed the probation period at kaiser and decided to look into wcu because kaiser will pay for her bsn. She said her tuition will be roughly 80k because she was already a lvn and completed majority of prereqs.

@klone

Wow, how much is the prograam? How long is the program? Any prereqs required?

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You are welcome Tasha. The program Klone is talking about is that link I sent you as well.

It tells you everything, length, tuition and all. If you have a license and all the sciences done and general education or you actually have a degree it could take about 18 months. If no degree it will be alittle longer.

The website explains it all.

I am taking the pre-licensing so it is 24 months which is good for me.

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That's good your friend is paying less. That school without transfer credits or a degree is about $130,000 plus.

How does she like the school???

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She has not started yet. I believe she will do the jan or april enrollment..not sure.. I have to ask her but she already went through the orientation process and everything.Not bad. Please keep us updated on your journey. Cedar-sinai is a great spot. I recently saw a cna job post at cedar-sinai..too bad I don't live in la..lol.. Yes, I was hoping to jump into an a.dn program but my calling was lvn first and move out of california to complete associate degree. Then move back to cali to do the bsn. I know a lot of moving , but california is too pact and my patience is a little slim.

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$4000+ is not bad for tuition cost . So for the ad.n program does that mean 16k total? Also, so to clarify does this mean if you don't have a bsn or as, that you must have those preqs complete first? Posted from website:"Tobe considered for enrollment in the program, students must have earned a bachelor’s or associate’s degree AND/OR completed the following program admissions prerequisites:Liberal Arts and Sciences:FoundationsLanguage and CommunicationsQuantitative LiteracyLiterature, Arts, and HumanitiesBehavioral ScienceAnatomy and PhysiologyClinical Microbiology"

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Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.

Okay, so we're discussing two different programs here, so I think a little clarification is needed. The RN-BSN program is for working nurses who are already RNs, but want their BSN. After a transcript review from your other schooling, they will determine what, if any, prereqs you need to complete in addition to the core BSN courses. The prereqs CAN be completed through . Common ones that students have to do are statistics, microbiology, biochemistry, a liberal arts class or two. The core BSN courses are, I think, 30 credits, and then whatever prereqs you need to complete. Average number of credits a student has to complete is 35-45 credits. You are required to complete a minimum of 12 credits per 6-month term, but you can complete as many extra as you want beyond that minimum. If you're highly motivated, it's possible to complete all your courses in 1 term, but most people seem to do it in 2. Tuition is a flat $3400ish per term.

The pre-licensure BSN program is for those who are NOT RNs, and it's a program that is complete with clinicals and prepares you to take the NCLEX. It is only offered in about half a dozen states at this time. You do not have to be a resident of the state where the program is, but you must be close enough so that you can drive to clinicals and skills labs, which are held in that state. For that program, there are prereqs that MUST be completed BEFORE you can apply/enroll, and they are not offered through WGU. That's all I know about that program, as that is not the program I completed.

Hope this helps lend some clarification.

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Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.
So for the ad.n program does that mean 16k total?

WGU does not have an ADN program - they have a BSN program for non-nurses, and then an RN-BSN program for those who are already RNs, but do not have a BSN.

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I see. Thank you for taking the time to break it down. Words can't express. The reason I ask is because I'm debating if I should try the pre-licensing bsn route or start LVN school in Jan. I am already accepted into the program and cost less than $3800. But my dilemma is finding a lvn-rn bridge that has no waitlist or prereqs in CA. I do not have my traditional nursing prereqs completed except for english composition, intro chemistry, liberal arts, computers typing and public speaking. I'm willing to move out of california for the lvn-rn bridge and then come back to california to do the rn-bsn at . Its something that's been on my mind for a while...So overall I'm asking myself if I should save that $3800(instead of lvn) and continue to do prereqs and hope to get in pre-license bsn wgu or do lvn and hope I get in first try lvn-rn in the fall 2016...

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You got it right Klone. Thank you. I was going to explain it again but you broke it down.

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I see. Thank you for taking the time to break it down. Words can't express. The reason I ask is because I'm debating if I should try the pre-licensing bsn route or start LVN school in Jan. I am already accepted into the program and cost less than $3800. But my dilemma is finding a lvn-rn bridge that has no waitlist or prereqs in CA. I do not have my traditional nursing prereqs completed except for english composition, intro chemistry, liberal arts, computers typing and public speaking. I'm willing to move out of california for the lvn-rn bridge and then come back to california to do the rn-bsn at wgu. Its something that's been on my mind for a while...So overall I'm asking myself if I should save that $3800(instead of lvn) and continue to do prereqs and hope to get in pre-license bsn wgu or do lvn and hope I get in first try lvn-rn in the fall 2016...

I'm curious why do an ADN when you will have to do the same pre reqs that you need for the BSN? The same amount of time you get the ADNS is the same amount of time you can get your BSN. you have to still get all the general education done whether ADNS or BSN. The only difference is in the end you will have ADN or you can get the BSNS and not have to do all the LVN TO RN TO BSNS which will take forever.

I would go for . Get your pre-reqs done and do the BSN prelicensing. What you have is a start. You will need them anyway to get into any ADN or BSN. Your shortest time will be BSN.

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@Shondaj thanks. I suppose the battle is time vs massive loans. One of my phobias is having a massive loan after bsn and I rather finish a bsn with at least 25-27k to my name. But I have a few more days left and its crunch time if I want to accept the lvn program. I'm nervous if I go bsn route at can you test out to get a lvn while in the program? And how much is the prelicense total?

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