WSU or U of D Second Degree Nursing Programs

I'm_no_Genius_but · Mar 29, 2014

Hi ay2126, I know you asked for to hear from people 'IN' the program currently or previously...I am not in either program as of yet...I am a Wayne State hopeful for Fall 2014, and an Oakland University 'acceptant' for Winter 2015...however it is good to hear from anyone who would like to start a dialog for our future nursing...hopefuls. Thanks for doing so. I also like to keep the information flowing to us. Below I have copied my last post...maybe we all can share and support one another.

Hello everyone, have you heard about the new changes WSU has implemented, prior to Fall 2014? Well I just attended one of their CD2 information meeting (my second) which informed the applicants that their will no longer be any interviews, and no more 24 hours pre-req for BSN shadowing will be required. The reasons they gave...'It was very difficult for the applicants to get permission to shadowing BSN for safety and legal privacy issues'. Wow... Now they change that pre-req rule....after I searched for over 3 months and finally got 40 hours of BSN shadowing...and especially after I was told repeatedly...No No No! I guess the shadowing was not wasted...because. boy have things changed...so much is computerized now...compared to now and then!

Now comes the dreaded long, long, long wait until June 30, 2014 for an acceptance notification on Con. That wait is going to be torture for me...just waiting...because I am so happy that all my pre-reqs are done and my application process is complete...now comes the wait. How about you? I planned on utilizing that time to go over NCLEX questions.

How about you...do you still have pre-reqs to complete? Have you applied to other schools? If so, which school do you think is the best for you? Good luck everyone. let's keep in touch and support one another. By the way I do not have face book so I can't join you there. let's talk for our future!

angelj11 · Apr 3, 2014

I was accepted to UDM. They make you feel very comfortable during the interview, it was great. They ask questions why you want to be a nurse, why UDM, etc. I decided not to go to UDM because the tuition is high. It was going to run me around 55k. I was able to find direct entry MSN programs less than that or around that amount.

I'm_no_Genius_but · Apr 3, 2014

I was accepted to UDM. They make you feel very comfortable during the interview, it was great. They ask questions why you want to be a nurse, why UDM, etc. I decided not to go to UDM because the tuition is high. It was going to run me around 55k. I was able to find direct entry MSN programs less than that or around that amount.

Hi angelj11 I support your wise decision on making your own evaluation on the cost of the program, whether, you are accepted or not. It sounds like you had options to different nursing programs.

Your interview sounds like it was positive at UDM...which was great...but I am wondering whether a few more schools my take the approach of WSU changes and eliminate the interview process entirely.

I had my interview with OU...but it was a telephone interview only, for Winter 2015, that lasted approximately 20 mins...and I was made to feel very comfortable...and later accepted into the ASDN. However, they have discontinued the in-person interviews, and they have stopped the essay's (2nd degree program).

I believed that the schools are recognizing that most people are going to say, and or write, the right things to get them into the program...or some who just do not interview good, but would be a great nurse. Therefore the judgement is no longer a true indicator for that true nurse.

What do you think is happening with these new changes at the nursing schools...here later? What do you all think out there? ...I would like to get some feed back also from the past, present, and future nurse applicants.

Angelj11 are you in a traditional or a Acelerated program? And...did MSN ask for an essay and or interview process? When do you start?

angelj11 · Apr 5, 2014

Yes I am curious to know why they are eliminating the interview process. At UDM the director had told me the reason they do interviews is because they want to get a feel for the person. I can understand that reason but a person can also be a "pretender" and tell you what you want to here. I think they should still do interviews though.

The MSN program is accelerated, 15 months. I had to submit an essay and I had a phone interview since I am out of state.

angelj11 · Apr 5, 2014

I am supposed to start May 19

I'm_no_Genius_but · Apr 5, 2014

Yes I am curious to know why they are eliminating the interview process. At UDM the director had told me the reason they do interviews is because they want to get a feel for the person. I can understand that reason but a person can also be a "pretender" and tell you what you want to here. I think they should still do interviews though.
The MSN program is accelerated, 15 months. I had to submit an essay and I had a phone interview since I am out of state.

Congrats on getting into MSN;s program,

I agree angelj11...I too believe that the schools should still do interviews. Why...because at least they would have a visual, of what possibly their schools are putting out there, with the lives of others in their hands...and for the very least, the schools have the responsibility of acting as the middle person, as a school interviewer of candidates to become nurses, by policing their applicants, as best as one can...for the safety of that future patient. Their has to be some types of safe guards put in place.

However, I have another issue with these nursing schools, that seems to show no rhyme or reason, for the length of time that these accelerated BSN second degree nursing programs go about how long they are completed, within all of these different 'completion' amount of time dates. OU's ASDN goes for 12 months; Wayne States CD2 goes for 17 months; and MSN program for 15 months...yet all of the courses pretty much have, in order, the same curriculum's in order to pass the same NCLEX.

Why do you think that there is such a big time frame difference in these similar accelerated BSN programs? Do you believe a longer program gives more wait in numbers, of exactly what schools are passing the state's boards compared to those who are not doing so well, in passing...because of their length of time of their programs?