ADN accepting nursing transfer students?

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Are there any online ADN programs or any nursing programs in NJ that will accept nursing students that have done some nursing courses already? 

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I don't know of ANY programs that accept nursing clinical courses in transfer. Here's why this is true (using a VERY simplified example):

Say the BON decides there are 100 topics to be covered in nursing school.

School #1 includes topics 1-20 in Med-Surg 1

School #2 includes topics 1-10 and 20-27 in Med-Surg 1

So even though the courses are both called Med-Surg 1- the content is not the same. Schools have the freedom to divide up the required content pretty much however they choose. 

I wish this were not so- but it is. Generally transferring between programs means starting over.  

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2 hours ago, meanmaryjean said:

I don't know of ANY programs that accept nursing clinical courses in transfer. Here's why this is true (using a VERY simplified example):

Say the BON decides there are 100 topics to be covered in nursing school.

School #1 includes topics 1-20 in Med-Surg 1

School #2 includes topics 1-10 and 20-27 in Med-Surg 1

So even though the courses are both called Med-Surg 1- the content is not the same. Schools have the freedom to divide up the required content pretty much however they choose. 

I wish this were not so- but it is. Generally transferring between programs means starting over.  

oh that makes sense. I wish it wasn't like that either haha. But thank you! 

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