Nursing Program at Jeff State

bonn_bai · Sep 15, 2010

According to this: http://www.bestnursingdegree.com/programs/associate-degree-nursing/alabama/

The NCLEX pass rate at Jeff State for 2009 was 90.3%. Seems pretty good.

I am not in the program yet but am planning to apply to start Fall 2011. I am currently taking A&P 2 and Mth 100 at Jeff State (pre-reqs for nursing). I haven't decided if I am going to apply for the full-time or the part-time program. At first I thought I would have to do the part-time because I have to work full-time, but that puts me graduating school SOOO much later, so I am trying to decide now if I can manage the full-time program. The time difference in graduating is like 2 years.

Sparkle850 · Sep 16, 2010

I am currently deployed in Afghanistan. I will be back home at the end of October. I already have a degree so I have some prerequisites. I sent in my transcripts and submitted my application. I plan on talking to a nursing advisor to find out what other prereqs I need to take and how long should it take me to get through the program. I hope that I can be finished with the nursing program itself in at the most 2 1/2 years. Do you think that it is possible in the part-time program?

bonn_bai · Sep 16, 2010

I don't think you could get through the part-time program in 2.5 years. I think the part-time program is 7 semesters, no summers, so that would be more like 3.5 years. I could be wrong on that, but I think that's what it would be. Pre-reqs for the program are A&P 1, A&P 2, Microbiology, Mth 100 and English 101. Also you have to take the Compass Reading test and the TEAS test. The full-time program is 5 semesters with summers (I think), so you could get through it a lot faster. So like if you started Fall 2011 for instance, I think you would finish Spring 2013. If you started the part-time program in Fall 2011, graduation would be like Fall 2014. Definitely verify all that with an advisor though.

Thanks for serving our country!

sassyrn2012 · Sep 23, 2010

I am in the part-time program at Jeff state and yes it is 7 semesters but it does include summer. So instead of finishing in May of 2012 like the full time program we will be finish with program in December of 2012.

bonn_bai · Sep 23, 2010

Oh seriously? I didn't realize you guys went summers too. An advisor told me it was just fall and spring. It wasn't an actual nursing advisor though. That's great - that definitely speeds it up.

sassyrn2012 · Sep 23, 2010

Yes it does!! I thought the same but I asked the question during our orienation and she said we will go all year round and the only breaks we get are any holidays that Jeff state observes.

Sparkle850 · Sep 23, 2010

Thanks April. It must be tons of information to remember. How often do you have a test? What is your schedule like?

sassyrn2012 · Sep 23, 2010

Thanks April. It must be tons of information to remember. How often do you have a test? What is your schedule like?

Yeah it is a lot of info to remember. We go two nights a week Monday and Wednesday 5:30-8:30. First semester you take Health assessment and pharmacology. The testing schedule isn't so bad in pharm we started off learning dose calculations and had a test every week the first three weeks but we only have 2-3 tests per month. I love the part-time program it's more flexible, but having to learn so much information and learn how to think critically is a bit challenging and stressful you have to put in a great deal of study time.