Centennial or George Brown for RPN bridging to RN

[ggopaso]

Hello all,

I would appreciate some input and experience about which one is a better school to do the RPN bridging to RN in Toronto. The two choices are Centennial (9253) or George Brown (S122). I have the feeling GB has a heavier workload during semester 1, but this is only after comparing both programs description online. However, Centennial has a reputation of being stricter. Any advice would be of help as a desicion has to be made between both.

Thanks

[Sun-shining]

Hey! did you end up taking those elective? I am looking into doing the same thing now. I'm not done RPN yet but I need thinking about taking something on my "off" semester.

[bnursing3, LPN]

Electives are generally accepted if they are university level courses from my experiences. I'm at UOIT and I think the program is pretty good. It's less well known in my opinion because it's a fairly new school.

Hey,

What was your average when you applied? When did you get accepted? Are there placement opportunities in Toronto?

[PNDtoBScNto?, LPN]

On 3/7/2018 at 9:06 PM, HNurs said:

Hello! I'm assuming the writer of this forum has already made their decision, but I would not recommend the GBC/Trent U bridging program to anyone interested. The only benefit of the program is that the first semester is predominantly online (which drew me to the program) but in leui of in-class requirements the nine courses keep you busy with weekly deadlines for group and independent work from multiple courses. It's complicated too- four of the courses are half semester classes. So you have about seven classes at any given time. The program is poorly organized (I.e. not ordering enough hard to access mandatory materials consistently), and some of the professors lacked the level of professionalism you would expect from a large institution. I would not recommend working more than part-time in the bridging portion of the program. The Trent portion of the program also has it's downfalls. It is a five semester program after the bridge. When combined with the bridging year it is only ONE semester less than a four year BScN. The program does not give you any credit for your RPN experience or education in the program so it's a lot of redundancy within the program and from education outside of the program. The recurring theme for students is that we haven't learned anything new that we feel is relevant to our practice aside from a few of the courses in pathophysiology and pharmacology. It's not friendly for the working RPN as they often schedule classes without consideration for students who may be working (I.e. five days of class, a one-hour class in the middle of the day as the ONLY class for the day, marks for attendance). Further, all of your non-academic requirements (I.e. police check, CPR, etc.) have to be sent to the Peterborough site at your own expense. Trent does offer good Scholarships for students who can maintain over an 80% which is easy in the bridging portion of the program, however, it's not as easy in the Trent portion of the program. Overall, you feel like you're forgotten by Trent and overlooked by GBC. You're kind of this weird "in between" at both institutions. I've also heard rumors that the bridging program is currently being reviewed by the CNO... So, that's not a great indicator. I'd recommend the Centennial bridging program to anyone looking in the Toronto area as you assimilate to Ryerson once you're finished. I've heard good things from UOIT as well. Anyone looking for an online program could look into Nippissing.

WOW! that's very helpful. What are your thoughts on the Humber nursing? Have you heard about their bridging program? I just got accepted into GBC but I'm overwhelmed and having dilemma of whether I should apply for Humber to attend in Jan. decline my offer at GBC test my luck at humber.