Florida State University vs. University of Florida Nursing?

CrazyCatLadyRN, BSN, RN · Dec 20, 2009

I'm in the FSU nursing program so I'm not sure how unbiased I am, but I absolutely love it! We have clinicals all over the place. They recently just redid the entire program and my term was the first one to start it. In term 1 we did clinicals in a skilled nursing facility and at 2 different head start programs. They kept us mainly in the lab to build our skills this semester so we didn't do much clinical stuff. I think it's good though because it was scary just taking vitals in teh nursing home haha. We are also the first class to have to take pathophysiology at FSU which is really good too. Now when we go to clinicals we're actually going to have learned all the disease processes that we'll be caring for (before they had to study up the night before clinicals on the disease of the person they were assigned)

In term two we are going to health departments one day a week for 8 hours a day all over the big bend. I'm in gadsden county which is 40 mins away from tally but I know people that have to drive an hour and a half. We are also going to get to shadow an RN and follow a patient thry pre-op, surgery, and post-op. Pretty cool. I think we're also doing some OB stuff next term for our maternal class.

We get to go to TMH and CRMC in terms 3 and 4. By then our skills will be very good and I feel that it will be a much more "comfortable" experience. Another perk is that the new program doesn't have you do a summer term anymore. You can go get an externship somewhere and work.

Other than that, FSU is just a great school in general. I'm very passionate abotu it as you can see. I've been going there since freshmen year. I visited UF when I was looking at colleges and it just didn't feel like home as FSU did. I feel like there is a lot more to do in tally than Gainesville. I just remember we were able to walk the whole FSU campus, but when I visited UF we had to get in the car and drive across campus. I think the best way to get to know the campus is get out there and walk around and mix in with the students. You'll definitely see that it's a very friendly place.

jess8806 · Jan 13, 2010

curious dog, you make me want to get into fsu so bad. I did really great in A&P II, I got an A in the class and lab. I made a B in A&PI and the lab, but all my other science prereqs are As (nutrition, psych, microbiology, chem, etc). I made a 92% over all on the HESI and my science GPA is prob around 3.7 or 8 with an overall GPA of 3.5 or .6. I just applied and I'm really hoping to get in, I know what you said about not stressing but its hard not too! lol

NP Sam · Jan 17, 2010

Well I am applying to UF for fall 2010. FSU is way closer to where I live but I already have all of UF's prereqs. I hear both schools are great and that UF will be changing curriculum a little bit.

undecidedmajor · Jan 17, 2010

CNA Sam,

how is UF's curriculum changing?And also, aren't UF and FSU nursing pre-reqs pretty similar? :confused:

NP Sam · Jan 17, 2010

For UF you need micro, a/p 1 and 2, and statistics. They also require the GRE. For FSU in addition to what UF requires you need chem, nutrition, psychology, sociology, human growth, and patho. I have all of these except sociology so I will apply to FSU this year if UF doesnt accept me.

If you check out the forum UF accelerated BSN-May 2010 applicants there is a current UF ABSN student saying that it is possible they will break some courses up into two semesters or might make some classes that are currently together separate. And it doesnt start until Fall 2010 now.