How do I transfer Nursing credits?!

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Ok everyone, I have a dilemma. I am currently attending Chamberlain School of Nursing in St. Louis. For those of you who don't know, that is an accelerated year-round program where you get your BSN in less than 3 years. No previous bachelors required. Pretty cool right? Yeah well my husband and I need to move to Portland OR. I have been in nursing classes at chamberlain for only 8 months or so but I am looking for a new school in the Portland/Vancouver area that not only will take my plethora of pre-reqs (i have transferred before) but also will take some of my nursing classes.

Please note, I am not transferring because I failed or anything. my GPA is a 3.8 and I am doing well in my nursing courses.

My questions are the following:

1. Are there any BSN schools in the Portland area that will at least take my gen-eds and take in transfers more than once a year?

2. Have you ever heard of someone transferring nursing courses (such as Adult health, Pharmacology, fundamentals of nursing)?

3. I only have about 15 months left in my Chamberlain program so it is pretty agonizing thinking i have to go through the transfer process again, but its not really an option. Is there any nursing program in the Portland area that is known for getting your degree quickly?

THANK YOU for any advice! Wish me luck in this hell of transferring....

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, PACU.

You need to call and talk to an admission counseler and ask them to review your transcripts. Unfortunately many times nursing classes don't transfer, but you never know.

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Nursing schools typically do not accept nursing courses from other schools. This would go double for another school that is one of the proprietary schools. Your best bet is to do an internet search for the schools in the area where you will be living and inquire with their nursing advisors. You will most likely find schools that will accept your prereqs taken elsewhere, but expect to start the nursing core courses again. If you are lucky, you might be able to test out of a course or two with advanced placement, but that is not a given. Good luck.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

I think you're going to have to check with each school individually. Since Chamberlain has lost NLNAC accreditation it's going to be even harder to find a school willing to start you mid-program, particularly coming from a school often considered "shady" by other program administrators.

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I think you're going to have to check with each school individually. Since Chamberlain has lost NLNAC accreditation it's going to be even harder to find a school willing to start you mid-program, particularly coming from a school often considered "shady" by other program administrators.

I don't think the chamberlain I'm at is the same as you are thinking, unless I'm confused on accreditation. My chamberlain is accredited and I can graduate and sit for NcLex if I stay. I know it's not a university or known college so some west coast schools may consider it shady. I guess I'm mostly just looking for a school I can get in ASAP that at least takes my gen eds!

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Specializes in Critical Care.
I don't think the chamberlain I'm at is the same as you are thinking, unless I'm confused on accreditation. My chamberlain is accredited and I can graduate and sit for NcLex if I stay. I know it's not a university or known college so some west coast schools may consider it shady. I guess I'm mostly just looking for a school I can get in ASAP that at least takes my gen eds!

They have HLC accreditation which will allow you to sit for the NCLEX but they have lost NLNAC accreditation which is typically what you would need to for another school to accept transfer credits.

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Specializes in PACU.

You will need to contact each school individually to get an answer. Nursing transfers are usually on a case-by-case basis for the most part, so to get an answer to your question you will need to speak to the nursing departments individually.

Also PP was talking about NLNAC accreditation, not state BON accreditation.

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Oh ok that makes sense. Yeah if my nursing doesn't get in I guess I'll live I only had about 10-12 clinical nursing courses at chamberlain. Does anyone know if University of Portland or Linfield accept nursing students year round? Their websites are difficult to gather information but I plan on calling their advisors on Monday.

Ideally I would like to apply now and hopefully get into a january 2016 term somewhere.

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Specializes in Critical Care.
Oh ok that makes sense. Yeah if my nursing doesn't get in I guess I'll live I only had about 10-12 clinical nursing courses at chamberlain. Does anyone know if University of Portland or Linfield accept nursing students year round? Their websites are difficult to gather information but I plan on calling their advisors on Monday.

Ideally I would like to apply now and hopefully get into a january 2016 term somewhere.

I've always been under the impression that Oregon Health Sciences University is the major nursing program in the Portland area, you many want to research them as well. Fall admissions for any school are most likely already closed and even some winter/spring quarter applications may be closed. Some schools also require you to attend at least one full time quarter there before you can apply, so keep in mind you might be looking at a year or more before you can start a program somewhere else. Personally I would seriously consider finishing your current program even if it means living in separate states. Also consider how much this all might cost you, with lost tuition to Chamberlain, however much that is, plus loss of income due to losing a year or more of nursing career.

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