Bridging to RN

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I am a LPN and I have recently started the RN degree program through Athabasca University. I want to know how many courses should I be taking in order to complete the degree within the seven years?

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What kind of degree program is this, LPN to BSN?

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Is it a bridge program?

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
Hello

I am a LPN and I have recently started the RN degree program through Athabasca University. I want to know how many courses should I be taking in order to complete the degree within the seven years?

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What did the AU advisors suggest?

How many university credits did you have prior to enrolling?

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Yes it is the BScN nursing degree.

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The nursing program I am in is not necessarily a bridging program. My understanding of a bridging program is a student completes one year of college courses and then applies to university. The program I am in does not require students to apply to university because the student is already enrolled in the university.

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Athabasca University requires 120 credits to be completed. LPN's are given 30 credits which leaves the student with 90 credits. I think there is a total of 17 courses. My concern is that I am a very, very slow when it comes to learning. I need to read all the required readings, complete all of the activities and answer all the questions that are given for the readings. I know that there are students that do not need to do all of this because they can simply read something and take the final exam. I am not one of those students. I fear that my way of learning takes up a lot of time and I will not be able to complete all of the credits within the seven year limit. I will be contacting the school in the new year to see if I can speak to someone about my concern. Does anyone have any other suggestions? Are t there any other Athabasca Nursing students?

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Specializes in AC, LTC, Community, Northern Nursing.

You will need to focus and do more school hours per wk then someone else. Set time limits like you have an end date to do your final exams. Most universities run a 12 wk semester so break up the work into a 12 wk schedule. Do 1 course first and then move on to two if you are able to handle. You have up to 6 months to complete each course but dont take that unless you you have family or personal issues.. Hopefully this helps

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So you don't have any transfer credits that can used to for the electives? If that's the case, I'd suggest enrolling in a bricks and mortar school to get the electives out of the way.

You have upto six months to finish an AU course and present to write the final. I have a friend who completed the programme in just under five years.

It wasn't the actual course work that held up her graduation. It was getting the clinical placement times. She had to wait nearly a year for a vacancy to do her final placement. So, in reality she did it in under three years (but she had finished nearly all her electives before enrolling), it was the placements that delayed her graduation.

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Fiona59

Do you know how meny courses your friend was taking at one time? Also, did your friend mention how heavy the nursing course were?

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