Any Information - On-Line LPNto RN programs?

Daytonite, BSN, RN · May 29, 2005

I was involved in the hiring and orienting of new graduate nurses for a large city hospital in the midwest. Our hospital would not hire a new RN graduate out of one of these programs. The reason was because we relied heavily on the evaluations and recommendations of the clinical nursing instructors of the new grads. We were interested in knowing that they could do the actual nursing procedures rather than just have the book knowledge. That is what suited our needs. We had very busy medical floors with a high volumn of indigent patients. Our hospital wanted each patient to receive as much personalized care from its RNs as possible.

Back in the mid-80s the head nurse of the step-down unit I worked on got her BSN through the New York Regeants program. She, and all the other head nurses were being "forced" to get their degrees in order to keep their positions. She CLEP'd out of a lot of her pre-requisite classes. She went to New York a couple of times over weekends to be tested for her clinical grades. I remember her memorizing long lists of the steps to nursing procedures. She would lament that if she left out one step, they would fail her. She passed all clinicals. I only remember her having one complaint with a grade and that was on her community nursing paper or project. She was failed because they told her what she wrote about didn't quality as community nursing. She appealed it and told them that what she had written on was something that was done by the community nurses in the area where we lived. She also presented some evidence proving this to them. They looked it over and passed her, so she got her B.S.N.

This is all the information I can give you. I do know that in these programs you have to arrange for your own clinical experiences, so you have to find hospitals willing to let you practice in them. You also have to be able to study on your own and know how to successfully organize your time to do this. If you are the procrastinating type, this is not the kind of program for you.

Good luck.

804LPN · May 29, 2005

I was involved in the hiring and orienting of new graduate nurses for a large city hospital in the midwest. Our hospital would not hire a new RN graduate out of one of these programs. The reason was because we relied heavily on the evaluations and recommendations of the clinical nursing instructors of the new grads. We were interested in knowing that they could do the actual nursing procedures rather than just have the book knowledge. That is what suited our needs. We had very busy medical floors with a high volumn of indigent patients. Our hospital wanted each patient to receive as much personalized care from its RNs as possible.
Back in the mid-80s the head nurse of the step-down unit I worked on got her BSN through the New York Regeants program. She, and all the other head nurses were being "forced" to get their degrees in order to keep their positions. She CLEP'd out of a lot of her pre-requisite classes. She went to New York a couple of times over weekends to be tested for her clinical grades. I remember her memorizing long lists of the steps to nursing procedures. She would lament that if she left out one step, they would fail her. She passed all clinicals. I only remember her having one complaint with a grade and that was on her community nursing paper or project. She was failed because they told her what she wrote about didn't quality as community nursing. She appealed it and told them that what she had written on was something that was done by the community nurses in the area where we lived. She also presented some evidence proving this to them. They looked it over and passed her, so she got her B.S.N.
This is all the information I can give you. I do know that in these programs you have to arrange for your own clinical experiences, so you have to find hospitals willing to let you practice in them. You also have to be able to study on your own and know how to successfully organize your time to do this. If you are the procrastinating type, this is not the kind of program for you.
Good luck.

Daytonite,

Thank you for all your helpful information. I have heard the clinical requirements are minimal, however a great challenge to pass. I was informed by an employer that most hospitals won't hire graduates of these programs either. THANKS AGAIN.