Any schools in IL that will take a student halfway through BSN program?

mirandaaa · Jun 2, 2015

Google knows.

ExpBrittany · Jun 3, 2015

Hello,

I'm curious to know did you get the pharm class approved before taking it? Meaning do you have an email from your nursing advisor stating that the pharm class would be transferable?

I'm confused as to why you would be kicked out? Why didn't the school just restrict you from getting registered for classes in the fall until you took the class? This would have allowed you to take the correct pharm class in the fall, transfer it in, and proceed in January. Also, why can't the pharm class be added to your fall schedule?

Any correspondence you have with the nursing department needs to be through email. People "forget" conversations, things agreed upon and so on. You'll be surprised as to how common & forgetful people become when sh!t happens.

NurseGirl525, ASN, RN · Jun 3, 2015

I'm also confused on how you took this class. Was it not in your nursing program already? At my school we have to stay with our cohort and the nursing dept. schedules our classes for us. The only way you can take your own classes is if you have coreqs to take that are not NRSG classes. Otherwise our nursing advisor schedules our classes for us. Most nursing programs have you take your pharm class first or second semester. And because each program is different, you are going to have a hard time transferring your NRSG classes to another program. Most programs have a set number of seats going into it. The only ones that get bumped around are those that fail. Then those people fall back to the next cohort.

HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD · Jun 3, 2015

Here's the deal. Clinical courses are NEVER transferable unless the schools in question have a pre-existing agreement. This is because nursing education is structured as a program with a cumulative curriculum rather than just a series of standardized classes. All programs have the same core content that is required for accreditation, but it is not arranged in the same way. Each program also has its own unique requirements, based upon the school's stated mission. For instance, some schools may include additional coursework on diversity or public policy, spirituality or even have a foreign language requirement.

Reese2012 · Jan 12, 2016

The reason I had to take this class elsewhere is because halfway through my pharm class, the teacher was fired and we did not have anyone else step up to finish teaching the course. I had the option to come back the following semester and take the pharm class at my current school (although at the time, they did not know if it was going to be offered), or take it at another school. I did talk to the Dean of the school and sent him the syllabus of the pharm class at the other school. He agreed that I could take it at another institution. After taking said class at another institution, the grading scale at that school went by a point system ( A. B, C). My school bases grades off of A+ A- and so forth. So when I came back to my nursing school with a C (but the points stated a C+ my nursing school told me that the grade I achieved was not accepted. I had to sit before the board and explain that the grade I did achieve was a C+ but because they went by points, they did not offer pluses and minuses. At the end I ended up transferring out of the nursing program.