Cali nursing programs

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I attend a university in Arkansas and will be finishing up my BS in Biology in a year. I have decided I wish to pursue nursing for a career. I also want to relocate to California to be closer to my son. He lives in Monterey. I am wondering if you guys know of a BSN program in Cali that will accept someone with a 2.8 to 2.9 GPA. Anything around Monterey or the Bay Area would be nice, but any college in the state would do. At least I'd be within a days drive of him. I could easily get into some BSN programs here, but he is already 22 months old and I want to be closer to him and not miss him grow up! Any info you can provide would be great. Thanks,

Ryan

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In the Bay Area there are not many state BSN programs. Cal State East Bay, San Fran State, Hayward State, San Jose State. I think pretty much all of them are competitive. I would check each school's website for minimum GPA requirements. Some schools have GPA requirements for pre-reqs or last 60 units GPA. Private schools have different requirements. Samuel Merritt's accelerated program has a GPA requirement of 3.0 for the last 60 units completed. There is also Dominican University (a private school) in San Rafael that makes you wait 3 semesters before starting their nursing program.

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.
http://www.rn.ca.gov/schools/programs.shtml - links to approved rn schools in california on the state board of nursing website
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http://www.rn.ca.gov/schools/programs.shtml - links to approved rn schools in california on the state board of nursing website

finding a list of schools is not a problem; i can do that easily. i was just wanting to know if anyone knew by word of mouth or through experience which schools are easier to get into, as my gpa is a bit on the lower end.

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