Moving back to Cleveland next year..interested in the ADN program at Tri-C

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Good morning everyone,

I have been thinking long and hard about my next career move. I will be receiving my bachelor's in December here in Saint Louis Missouri. A few months later after graduation, my mother, my daughter, and myself will be moving back to the Cleveland area. I use to reside there 10 years ago, where I graduated from High School in Mayfield. Afterwards I went into the military where I was a Human Resources Specialist.

I have been looking into the ADN program at Tri-C and it's something I am really interested in. Since I will already have my bachelor's, I will be submitting my application for the accelerated program. Can anyone give me helpful information about the ADN program to include what to expect during the admissions process and the program itself? My mother was a nurse and told me a lot of helpful information about being a nurse. Any information will be helpful. Thank you.

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If you are looking at an accelerated nursing program in Cleveland, you might also want to consider Cleveland State University. Most of the hospitals in Cleveland have magnet status and it will be easier to find a job post-graduation if you have a BSN. If you are lucky enough to get employed with an ADN, you would still need to promise to go back for your BSN within a few years.

A bachelor's degree in another field + an ADN does not equal a BSN. You may already understand that, but sometimes people do not realize it.

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Being a Tri-C grad with a Bachelors I would have to agree. I didn't do Tri-Cs accelerated program because they only offered a daytime program and I had to keep working during the program and couldn't give up my day job so I had to go the night/weekend route. If you can afford to do the program during the day, you are better off doing one of the accelerated BSN programs. You will be done in the same amount of time with a BSN. TriC might seem cheaper but it's going to cost the same in the long run. Don't get me wrong, TriC is a great program, but the BSN is the key. If you can do a daytime program, definitely do the TriC route.

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Being a Tri-C grad with a Bachelors I would have to agree. I didn't do Tri-Cs accelerated program because they only offered a daytime program and I had to keep working during the program and couldn't give up my day job so I had to go the night/weekend route. If you can afford to do the program during the day, you are better off doing one of the accelerated BSN programs. You will be done in the same amount of time with a BSN. TriC might seem cheaper but it's going to cost the same in the long run. Don't get me wrong, TriC is a great program, but the BSN is the key. If you can do a daytime program, definitely do the TriC route.

AssociateDegree has promoted students to go get their BSN's and it appears she might be a professor at Tri-C. I went to Tri-C for the price instead of taking out a huge loan for a BSN. I graduated recently and nobody had any trouble finding jobs in the hospitals once they passed the NCLEX in a hospital if they networked well. OU's program is cheap for the RN to BSN. University Hospitals, and the Cleveland Clinic, give you 5 years to get a BSN. They pretty much pay for you to go get your BSN.

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No, RN0408, I'm not a professor, but good guess and thanks for playing!

I stand by my original statement.

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