Accelerated BSN Rutgers Stratford campus Fall 2014

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Hey everyone, I just got my acceptance for the Rutgers Accelerated BSN program for Fall 2014 at the Stratford campus! I figured I should start a thread to share questions and information! Has anyone else on this website been accepted to this program and campus? Does anyone know any details about the program itself, such as; difficulty/intensity, # of people, days/times for classes/clinicals, etc? I don't know anyone personally who has been through this program, so I have a lot of questions!

I too am about to graduate - 9 MORE DAYS - from that same program. What she told you is absolutely correct. At this point, I wish I went to Jeff or Drexel. It was my worst learning experience all around. They are disorganized - at the same clinical site for 3 levels because they dropped the ball? Grades not posted by some for days, weeks, and in Leadership it is now months! Lack of communication from the administration - treat you like children and god forbid if you speak up; then that will be held against you. Yes, we have not had access to the labs at Camden. We had our pinning taken away from us and apparently it has been replaced by a "new tradition" but no word and we graduate in 9 days. I really hate this program. Sorry to be such a downer but the last few months should have been happy one but they were filled with deceitful by the Dean and other school administrators. They took away pinning without notifying us and wanted us to be pinned with the level behind us; they petitioned the Senate at Rutgers to change our degree from a BSN to a BS in Nursing - and never told us - a student found out by googling and came across an online document. The school then acted like we were wrong b/c we wanted the degree we paid for. Sadly, I am just happy to get out of this school. It was a lot of work, long nights, early mornings, pushing yourself to the limit and a lot of self-teaching (to the point you wonder why you are paying them) - but you can do an accelerated program if this is your priority and you can let everything else go. Good luck!!

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Hi Melissa! I hope the program has gotten better. I have a few questions about the accelerated program. If you don't mind, could you email me at [email protected]? I'd greatly appreciate it!

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Ok, so I'm looking to apply to Rutgers Camden for Spring 2015. What is the difference between a BSN and a BS in nursing? In terms of employment, will I be able to put "BSN" on my resume, or will it be something else? A lot of hospitals in this area will not higher nurses unless they have a BSN. I don't want to limit myself because of the order of the letters in my degree!

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There is a big difference. BS is more research based & you absolutely can not sign "BSN" after your name! You can sign RN, BS(N). A BSN is clinically focused. When you compare curriculum there's a big difference. We went through this with Rutgers & law firms! They tried to change our degree. We contacted CHOP, Virtua, HUP, Jeff. No one wld hire unless we had a BSN. One place actually referred us to the Drexel program! Imagine how ****** we were after completing a BSN program to be told this?! Ugh go to a program that ends with you getting a BSN!

Academically, for higher education, colleges said they looked at the course work the same. It's really employment that sets them apart. Which makes sense, you learn more hands on clinical hours with a BSN, more textbook research with a BS.

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Wow so what happened? Is the Rutgers program now a BS not A BSN? I keep reading that it's the same degree until I read through this forum and saw what you said about what hospitals say. Would you guys still say to stay away from ru camden? They don't answer any of their emails.

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cmacey, I did meet with the Dean, and the degree is the same. There's another thread that I started called "Rutgers Camden Accelerated BSN" that I went in to more detail about my meeting.

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Academically compared BS in nursing & BSN is equivilant but professionally they are not! If u Apply for a job requiring a BSN with only the BS, you are not eligible. I just graduated from there, a umdnj legacy leftover, and we had lawyers/recruiters/etc investigate this issue. End result = we faught for the BSN we worked for & were granted it! It absolutely makes a difference when seeking employment

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Hi Shan,

I'm planning to apply for the Spring semester 2016, but I didn't realize there was a difference between BS and BSN. Can you explain to me how they granted it?? I don't want to start a course where we need to worry about our certifications while studying. Why they don't change to BSN??:-(

Thanks,

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Hello everyone, for those who started this program last year or this year, has it gotten better? How is it?

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Hey, anybody applying for fall this year (2015)?

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