Want to go to graduate nursing, have a question

[batz39]

I have a bachelor's in nursing and want to go to graduate school to get a higher degree this fall. During this summer, I had taken a few online courses for a CPA (accounting) degree plan during my free time, in case I didn't like nursing and wanted to switch over to a different field. However, I ended up failing one of my courses from missed assignments. Now that I know accounting isn't my thing and that I want to go back to nursing, will these bad grades affect my admission into a graduate nursing program?

[kanzi monkey]

You have a BSN. Hey, your resume can only say so much, right?

Jeez, there is so much stupid cr&p that I don't put on my resume. Like how many times I failed algebra. There's more, but it's seriously secret.

My grad program didn't need to know about my... missteps ... to decide if I was a good candidate. Don't get me wrong, I didn't tell one lie. I just focused on what was important.

I got in to the program, did well, graduated.

You can too.

[Whispera, MSN, RN]

A graduate program might request a transcript of courses you've taken. If you took the course you failed at the same place you got your BSN from, the course will be on the transcript. Other than that I don't think it will come back to hit you in the face...

[MB37]

Most colleges will request transcripts from ALL institutions you have ever attended when you apply to a new program. It's up to you if you want to submit them all, but if they ever become aware that you were dishonest in your application they can rescind your degree. Doesn't mean it will ever happen, and I'm sure people leave out a school here and there pretty frequently. Various programs weight grades in different ways, and it depends how competitive yours is. Some will look only at your nursing GPA, or maybe your sciences as well. Some will look at cumulative, all courses, ever. They might give more weight to nursing and they might not. Others will look at your last 60 credits. Some will look at non-nursing coursework only if you have a non-nursing bachelor's. Ask at the particular program(s) you're thinking of applyng to. It's unlikely that one failed course would disqualify you from all graduate nursing programs, but that depends on how they admit and what the rest of your stats are like.

[EymieICURN]

I had a D in Linear calculus when I was doing my ADN (I was working on a biology degree also), I had no problems getting into the MSN program and I did send in my transcripts with the big, fat D on it!