Help! Pre-Nursing Student

[bquinn1]

Hello Everyone,

My name is Mia and I attend PGCC. I'm currently taking the nurse petitioner courses for their nursing program and was planning to apply this fall for spring 2019 admission. My plan was to take the ADN route and receive my RN. Then work while in a RN-BSN program that way my job can pay for some of my BSN courses.

However, I just found out that they have failed (2017) their passing rate for Maryland for the 3rd time. Since I found this out I have decided that I need another plan to reach my goal. I have came up with two back up plans, but I don't know which one I should choose please help! Share any ideas, plans, and/or advice you may have.

1) Transfer to another ADN program (AACC or MC)

2) Transfer to a BSN program (Towson or UMD)

Thank You, Mia

[idkmybffjill]

Well, you want to make sure those programs won't run into the same problem the program you planned to apply to. Check NCLEX pass rates, number of students who began vs the number who finished the program, thoughts from former students, and cost. That might help you narrow down the best program.

Whether you should go for an ADN or BSN right away is kind of a personal choice, I think. You can take a look at the hiring practices of the hospitals where you would be working. Some cities with an excess of nurses might have hospitals that will only hire nurses with BSNs for the most part. Other cities don't have that issue. If you won't have an issue getting hired at a hospital (or whatever facility you would like to work in) with an ADN, then it's probably going to be financially better to go to your original plan, just with a different program. This is assuming AACC or MC are relatively inexpensive programs or at least cost about the same per credit hour as the two BSN programs you're looking at.