Published Apr 8, 2017
danothemano
68 Posts
I am currently in the RPN going to semester 3 and my GPA is a 2.9 with a failed course in Patho at Centennial College. I have been noticing people have been telling me that although I cant get into the RN program though Ryerson, right now. If I work for a year and come back as a mature student that they would accept me. I don't know how true this is. Whenever I ask someone about it, they usually they to ******** me on information and say that they don't know and all this nonsense. They seem as if they are trying to hide information on how to bridge to university if you have failed a course, like me. However, I been looking into my options for different school in the general Toronto Area and non of them are look very favourable. I heard that there are some people telling me to go to humber for bridging even though I need to be a humber student to even apply there and then there are people telling me to go to U o it to help upgrades my overall courses to then go their. However moving my GPA from a 2.9 to a 3.7 is wishful thinking. Also that will definately take me more than a year to achieve that. Also some people have told me that working first then applying after a year to another university like athabaska or elsewhere would be a option as well. I also know that nissiping offers the 5 year blended delivery online, which you have to be working at one of their affilated hospitals to get into. Any thoughts or advice thanks.
TheCommuter, BSN, RN
102 Articles; 27,612 Posts
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Khow89
235 Posts
The most concrete information would be through the school. This website is a great way of learning new information but you're going to have to verify it because the information might have changed since the last time the person learnt about it.
From what I know, programs in Ontario uses GPA as an important factor when deciding to accept students. You're going to need at least an 80 to be accepted in Ontario, maybe a 78 if you're lucky but regardless, you're going have to spend a year in school to upgrade. There is no shortcut or easy way around it.
If you feel that you can't do that then you should work. The years you spend in school you could be working already as a RPN.
thats true But I would still like to go to university and finish as soon as i can, i was thinking that if i do the upgrading with u oi t then i would be able to upgrade to about 12 percent, however with my mark as low as it is when i graduate it will be impossible to bring it up to their and even then i could still be in trouble if i do take the courses and i still dont get in. What do you think about working after school as a rpn, i was thinking about it, however, what what i am afraid of is starting to work as one and then later down the line, not feeling like going back to school, due to my loss of nursing knowledge which i am afraid of. Any advice or do you know any info on the programs, thanks!
From my knowledge, you have to at least meet their requirements to be even considered in Ontario. If you really want to be an RN, you have to take a year of school and get at least an 80 average. This will be the quickest way in Ontario but there is no guarantee.
There are also certificate programs that specializes your RPN scope of practice that you can consider.
Fiona59
8,343 Posts
Explain in how you would lose nursing knowledge while working as a nurse?
jaimierpn
8 Posts
Coming from a RPN with 1 year working experience in LTC and difficulty finding other nursing jobs and starting the bridge this fall at 40 years old, here's my 2 cents...
What is the rush? If you stick with this mentality you will inevitable be disappointed. Don't set yourself up like that. Nursing school is stressful enough.
Your GPA will define whether you get accepted whether you work or not as an RPN. If you have to retake a few courses to get your marks up DO IT! I was so worried about the length of time it would take me to further my career at my age and it did was stress me out for no reason. I intend to be alive to my 80's. I've got the time!
Take your time and work hard at it. It pays off. And honestly what is a year? A college year is Sept - April.
If this is what you truly want don't let yourself talk your way into more stress. Do it. Do it well.
If you want the RN after the RPN work anyway whether it helps you get in or not you are still a nurse who needs experience. Trust me it will pay off into your RN Clinical's and employment.
Thanks to all that replied, I was considering what you have said, now that I think about it, there is a lot of options available, to help bridge to university afterward, I guess at the moment my clinical are rather basic, but when I start working more and more I will be applying more pathology into my care. I will work hard until the end of my program, and then at the end whatever my GPA is, I will consider then if it would be practical to upgrade, or start going into the workforce as a rpn, and then making a more well rounded choice after to see if it is right for me. This idea of going to university after is just bothering me cause people in my class now are all talking about it and I feel that if I take another route to start working afterward that I will not achieve the same goal in the end.