Fiu!!!

congrats bumblebee, how much is the program? what were the requirements?

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!! I have ben reading a lot of your posts. You are an inspiration! :bowingpur:balloons:*wine:nurse:

congrats bumblebee, how much is the program? what were the requirements?

The program is 127 credits-- including your AA from the community college plus your AS from the RN nursing program.

then you have to take the RN-BSN program courses which is about 36 credits.

For each credit it costs $109

so it's gonna cost me, about $4-5K per entire program--- not including books or special fees.

When I met this nurse during my last semester of nursing school, she was attending Jacksonville university online.... which costs a fortune. Plus she was paying for KEISER program as well--- and I said "why did you not go to FIU". and she said that FIU was giving her the runaround and it was very difficult to get in there...

but honest-- I thought I was gonna go thru the same thing because my grades are less than stellar.

so I just did everything that the website said to do.

put in an application to the university.

then put in an application to the school of nursing RN-BSN:

• application
  
• essay on future career goals
  
• resume
  
• HS and any previous school transcripts
  
• copy of FL RN license

And then two weeks later I called, and went on an interview where I was approved to enter the program 2 days later.

I am very happy I did it the way I did it, because now I do not have to pay for loans and all the money I make as an RN is mine and not going to loans!!

:heartbeati am already signed up for classes, and they start next week.

i've taken online classes before at nova, but at fiu the site seems less user friendly than nova's.

i signed up for 2 classes, ---- i have my classes planned out already, so i should graduate in the summer of 2010 god willing if all goes well.

i am very happy-- a little nervous, but i figure starting small and if i do well, i will take more classes per semester.

i think that at the end i will feel proud of myself:rolleyes:

good luck to everyone else starting school or is in school already!!

Good luck and Congratulations!

You are very deserving of all the best there is.

WOW!!! Rock on BumpleBee. Good luck and best of wishes for you.

I'm thinking of applying to FIU's RN-BSN program soon after graduating from MDC. I might have to hit you up for some advice about the program.

Good luck...I am sure you will do awesome. If there is anyway I can help...feel free to ask.

akspudus

I went to FIU today to buy my book for the class, there is another book that I had left over from my short stay at Nova--- so I will use that.

I am a very traditional person, and I love a classrom class--- but my only choice is FIU since everything else we have here in MIA is private schools. (and I DO NOT want to ever ever step a foot in MDC ever again!)

I got my book, my student ID that I need to check out books at the library and for other FIU online resourses.

The program does not seem that bad, I kind of wish that I had started in jan, so I would of been at least with some credits-- but hey it's never too late to start school.

Bumblebee, is this purely online, or all on campus curriculum?

CONGRATS!!! That is an amazing accomplishment!!!

I will be looking for an RN-BSN transitional program sometime in the future (just started my RN program @ MDC)...so one thing at a time!!!

But really...it is very refreshing and motivating to see people like you posting about your succesful embarkment of the RN-BSN journey..

Again congrats!!!

update!!!!!!!

well, i just finished my first semester, and i am so happy and proud that i did very well. i got an a- in one class, and an a in the other class. (way better than all the c's i got in rn school! lol)

now next year, i plan to take the ec tests--- i finally got the info packet and i am nervous because the tests are in the same place where i took the nclex-rn exam!!!

Bumblebee, is this purely online, or all on campus curriculum?

So far the program is all online. I am doing two classes at a time-- since I am already an RN, I don't feel I need to 'rush' to finish.

I never ever have to go to classroom for lectures so basically I go on to "blackboard" (webct), look at my assignments and do them and upload them to the "blackboard" on the date that they are due (you can do it before they are due too).

I also do three CLEP exams through excelsior college that gives me 24 credits.

The last part is a clinical portion, where they will set me up and tell me where to do to do clinical hours which is called "practicum".

hope this helps!