CSN Spring 2015

I am a CSN grad and I have been working as an RN for the past 9 months. I also work at CHHMC and the majority of the nurses there are ADN RNs. Now if you have the opportunity to get your BSN now, do it, it takes the same amount of time and when you graduate you won't have to immediately go back to school. Bottom line, BSN is not mandatory but take the opportunity if it presents itself.

I am a CSN grad and I have been working as an RN for the past 9 months. I also work at CHHMC and the majority of the nurses there are ADN RNs. Now if you have the opportunity to get your BSN now, do it, it takes the same amount of time and when you graduate you won't have to immediately go back to school. Bottom line, BSN is not mandatory but take the opportunity if it presents itself.

^this!!

Slinkyhead, when did you graduate? Congrats on being employed!

Graduated Dec 2013

She might have counted her points incorrectly, or maybe she checked the wrong box of part time on the application, she should make an appointment to see if a mistake was made maybe they still have space for her, since so many got accepted

Hi christina thanks for taking the time to give us all this information, and I sent you a message about getting added to your page, so I have already been taking all my pre req for BSN, I talked to a popular instructor over at CSN in the Biology Dept, and he told me the smartest thing for me to do was to finish at CSN and then go for BSN online, thats what I plan on doing, he said everyone wants to hire CSN nursing students, but I have also heard many students talking about all this so its a little nerve wracking, I am def. doing the CSN program but when I started had I know we did not go to school in the summer and its gonna take 2 more years to finish I think I would have chosen another school, Just me bc i have so many credits, the only thing I think I am going to take over at NSC in the summer is Chem and I have done everything else a possible school would want for a BSN except the nursing portion, I may have misunderstood you but did you say our pay is going to be very low for having a ADN?

I spoke to my best friend about the whole pay thing. She graduated from NSC last Fall. Found a job in February. She said that both BSN and ADN make the same pay. She has gotten two of our other friends hired with her both Kaplan grads. She said the hard part for any new grad is finding a job. If you know someone to get you in faster the better otherwise her and our other friends all make 33 an hour working nights in med surg at one of the hospitals here in LV.

thank you everyone for piping in with advice. Christina, I hadn't even considered the research aspect of an advantage of the BSN.

Goingforrn....I think Christina was saying that CSN is less expensive than NSC or UNLV, not that the pay was different ADN vs BSN.

NSC is petitioning whoever governs that kind of stuff to raise tuition rates almost double to the current rate for the BSN program starting fall 2015. Something to consider.

My original plan is to complete the ADN program at CSN then go to NSC for the online RN to BSN program. CSN is 4 semesters with no summers. NSC is 4 semesters with summer (with pre req completion done). I will have my BSN in 8 semesters. ? Yes it is the long way around but atleast in 2 years I can be working as a nurse at least ?... and making just as much as everyone else doing it even with the lower degree. Granted, I do have a personal priority to get my BSN but I also have a priority to getting to work as soon as I can as a nurse. And I'll take any route that's available ??

Kaybah_Jenae that is what I plan to do as well. I was wondering if NSC- BSN nursing program requires some type of GPA? I also want to know what is their acceptance process.

Just something to think about: it is very nice to not have to worry about school and it's very difficult to do your BSN online while working full time. Not to mention the time you will be spending doing your residency if you work at a hospital. Also, try to avoid doing tuition reimbursement if you can. You will already be stuck in a contract if you get into a new grad residency, and you will most likely want to work for only a year or two in medsurg if that's where you end up. Work smart not hard.

Kaybah_Jenae that is what I plan to do as well. I was wondering if NSC- BSN nursing program requires some type of GPA? I also want to know what is their acceptance process.

so the process includes automatic acceptance for CSN graduates which is really cool for us. you are required to do pre reqs but if you have them already done awesome. if not you can do them while you take your upper division nursing courses.... no employment time is required. just need to pass your nclex before starting. The program is available every semester to start....GPA requirements include 2.5 for pre reqs and 3.0 for ADN coursework. It is all done online and clinical time can be completed at your hospital of employment when the time comes. Applications need to be submitted minimum 3 weeks before the semester you plan on beginning starts.

I currently only have 5 courses need for pre reqs at NSC. I plan on taking those five courses over summers and while in the ADN...yes I know it sounds crazy but I rather get all of this over with as soon as possible. All the courses I need are available online during the summer so I will be able to have somewhat of a normal summer vacation. ? hope this helps!

Ok good! I think when i went into A&P everyone has a different story about what happens once your a nurse! Ive been going to NSC in the summers to do my pre reqs for my BSN, and I did hear that your nursing degree there would be $60,000 starting maybe next fall, but they are making a whole new building just for the nursing dept.