Brightwood ADN students

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Help! I'm looking for current info. There's such a "gray area" around Kaplan (Now Brightwood college) ADN program and their accreditation. I understand that it's regionally accredited. Main question- Has any RN grads from here run into any problems obtaining employment after passing NCLEX? Or any hospital employers who may be viewing this want to add their opinions? I've been going back and forth with waitlist, community colleges around town did years and IM DONE! I absolutely don't mind paying the higher tuition at a private institution as long as I don't run into this whole " accreditation" talk in an interview. I understand A BSN is ultimately more desired by employers but are hospitals in SAN DIEGO, CA really turning down RN's because of where they went to school?? Please please someobody weigh in here?? You pass your NCLEX and your a REGISTERED NURSE, does it really matter where you chose to receive your education??

THOUGHTS, COMMENTS from current employed RN's , Hospitals, nursing recruiters,

past students, current students PLEASE HELP

THANK YOU, feedback is greatly appreciated

Tara

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Most facilities are now requiring you to have a BSN, and some hospitals and facilities wont even allow you to practice under your RN license because they want that BSN. A lot of hospitals will place an ADN as a PCT or CNA in a facility while they go to school for their BSN. There really is no real logic in obtaining an RN degree from a ADN program due to the fact that in an ADN the length of school is equivalent to that of a BSN so why would you hurt yourself by getting an ADN when they are just going to make you go back to school, when you could have initially done the BSN and wouldn't have to go back to school after taking NCLEX for the BSN before being able to practice as an RN.

If you didn't know the course for an ADN program is 2 years prerequisites and then 2 years in the nursing program allowing a total of 4 years anyways. I do know though that sometimes the ADN is more convenient and affordable for people. I don't know that state laws and standard for the state of California and their nursing board requirements but I am almost positive that if they don't already require a BSN they will shortly.

Hope this helps!

-Good Luck!

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Brightwood is not regionally accredited. Regionally accredited means it's accreditation by HLC. UCSD's new grad program won't take you because it literally says in the job ad that you must have attended a regionally accredited school. Brightwood careers services seemed to play dumb with me when I asked about their program barring me to any future opportunities such as UCSD. You're most likely to land a job at a SNF or a long term care facility at the beginning. While you are putting in your initial years as an RN, places like University of Phoenix, Chamberlain, Grand Canyon University, and University of Texas at Arlington will take Brightwood ASN credits should you go for the RN-BSN program. The school costs 57k. It is not regionally accredited nor is it accredited by CCNE.

The advantages of going here is that you can get in quicker, they have a career services department to help you with resume building and mock interviews. It's a nice campus and it's a small knit community. 57k a year would turn into a 650 dollar student loan payment for 10 years. Scholarships can help get that cost down.

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You know idea what you are talking about. RNs are not used as CNAs anywhere unless they were hired as a CNA. Plenty of RN with ADN work everywhere. However, magnet hospitals require 80% to be BSN trained.

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You can make it work. There are RNs with and at Kaiser, UCSD and everywhere but if yo are under 50, you should get a bachelors.

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