Any new grads from University of Oklahoma: ABSN program?

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Hi there,

I'm seriously considering taking the ABSN program associate with the Glendale Adventist hospital. I'm busy taking my prereqs at Santa Monica College. My goal is to eventually go into a MSN program so that I can be a nursing practitioner. BTW, this is a career change for me.

My questions:

1. Are there any new grads who can tell me if you feel the education was really good? I noticed that there was a link about how some students were part of the guinea pig program and that it was relatively new.

2. Were your fellow classmates competent? Meaning, they weren't some students that barely passed Anatomy.

Thanks for your help!

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I graduated from the San Diego ASBN program through OU a couple months ago, so I cannot tell you that much about the Glendale program but I do know they have the same schedule and curriculum. Although the program was pretty unorganized it was well worth the stress. The education was excellent if you are the type of person who can learn on your own with minimal help (I am but some people hated it) since most of your coursework is completely online. People who need more guidance and lectures may not do as well in this program. The students in my class were more than competent, and if you are not then you don't graduate. There were a few people in my class who couldn't cut it and ended up dropping out or failing classes and getting kicked out.

My class graduated in August 09 and so far I only know of one person out of the 60 or so people that graduated with me that haven't passed the NCLEX, so that must say something about the type of education. The only negatives were the constantly changing schedule (you basically have to kiss any type of life goodbye) and I know that the Glendale students in the last cohort had to commute all the way to San Diego to do their pediatric rotations. Hope that helps!

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Specializes in med/surg/tele/neuro/rehab/corrections.

Thanks reeki for the info :)

Here is the link

http://www.ounursing.com/sandiego/programs/index.html

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Hi reeki,

That was an awesome answer to my question! Thank you!!!

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Specializes in Emergency/Trauma.

Hi, I'm one of the recent October grads from the Glendale ABSN program (and yes...a guinea pig to say the least). Let me know if you have questions and I will try to answer them...

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I graduated from the San Diego ASBN program through OU a couple months ago, so I cannot tell you that much about the Glendale program but I do know they have the same schedule and curriculum. Although the program was pretty unorganized it was well worth the stress. The education was excellent if you are the type of person who can learn on your own with minimal help (I am but some people hated it) since most of your coursework is completely online. People who need more guidance and lectures may not do as well in this program. The students in my class were more than competent, and if you are not then you don't graduate. There were a few people in my class who couldn't cut it and ended up dropping out or failing classes and getting kicked out.

My class graduated in August 09 and so far I only know of one person out of the 60 or so people that graduated with me that haven't passed the NCLEX, so that must say something about the type of education. The only negatives were the constantly changing schedule (you basically have to kiss any type of life goodbye) and I know that the Glendale students in the last cohort had to commute all the way to San Diego to do their pediatric rotations. Hope that helps!

Hi Reeki,

Thanks for the info! Any tips for success for new students? I'll be starting the spring cohort.

Thanks!

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Hi,

I'm in my 2nd semster now. I heard lots frustration about waiting the transcript and the board eligibility.

Please tell me the transcript post, do they ask you to do anything else, like sending the transcript again or you just need to wait. my first degree was from the oforeign country, request a transcript will take forever. What's exactly being posted on transcript? The original school other than OU will be shown as well, right?

Also how long after that, for the board to sit you in the exam? DO you have to fill out the whole applicant form, including where the prerequisite classes taken by yourself? Or the OU will send them all the info?

Is everyone getting to sit in at the pretty much same time or some poeple have problems? what kind of problem is it?

Thanks for you reply.

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Specializes in ED.

I graduated from the SD OU program in December. I felt that the education was good. My graduating class has all (that I'm aware of) passed the NCLEX so far. And a great deal of them with only 75?s. Yes it can be disorganized, and you have to be a self-starter and be able to be motivated on your own to study and retain information. But that's the same with any other program, traditional or online. Those who required more help received it, through peer tutoring or help from the professors (some even call back- :) I've talked to many students from other universities while we were in clinical or ones that I met randomly and they said their programs were just as frustrating to work with. So I think it might be a (semi)universal thing. :)

As for your fellow students being competent, I felt they were pretty much all competent. There were of course people who struggled, but that is the case everywhere. You have people with multiple degrees in the room, and they were all obviously smart enough to get one degree. :)

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Hi,

I am on OU glendale now. Still question about transcripts, if my first bachelor degree had no nursing classes/prerequisites on it, do I still have to send it to BRN? I took all the prerequsites and GE for nursing in one other community college.

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