How Competitive is Northern Virginia Comm College?

[koblyn12]

I want to become an RN. I have done all the pre-reqs at Northern Virginia Community College. And I have taken the TEAS but need to redo the math section. I heard that the program is hard to get into and my GPA is only a 2.75 so that makes me nervous. Obviously the person with the 4.0 GPA will be chosen ahead of me. So I was thinking about applying to the LPN program at NOVA and then once becoming an LPN going back to school for the RN. That way I would have my foot in the door. Any advice from people who have gone to NOVA? How hard the program is to be accepted into or if they would recommend me trying for the LPN as well instead of just waiting? Any advice is appreciated because I am so overwhelmed. Thank you

[summer03]

I have seen where they hire a lot of LPNs for home health care and there are a growing number of opportunities in home health care. Admission to NVCC Traditional Nursing is very competive, pretty much along the lines expectedtobehere said. I got in Fall 2010 with a 3.8, for example. It also is a lot of work once you are in the program and I graduated in Spring 2012 with a 3.4. I currently work at INOVA Fair Oaks as an RN1 and am making almost $70K/year because I get a differential for being on the night and weekend shift, which was the only placement available to me as an ADN. The hospitals seem to give prefence to BSNs, but demand has been sufficient for more people in my class to still have been hired by hospitals than for any other type of job. NOVA nurses seem to have very good reputations with hospitals and it was not much work for me to get a job in one. When you factor in benefits, hospitals are paying nurses twice what home health care pays.

[Lili16]

For teas exam they accept from outside

[Zappim2]

I am graduating in December with my bachelors degree. I cant seem to find on the website or get a straight answer from anyone at NOVA about prerequisites. Does anyone know which of them i have to take if any? I have heard that if you have a bachelors degree that you don't have to take any of them.

[blb28, ADN, BSN, RN]

You need A&P I and II (BIO 141 &142) and Microbiology (BIO 150)

You do not need to take any of the humanities classes that are required during the program if you have a Bachelor's.

[blb28, ADN, BSN, RN]

For teas exam they accept from outside

Just curious, how do you do this? I plan on applying to a few schools, and I thought I had to go to each school to take the TEAS there. That would be great if I could take it at one place and send the scores to all the schools!