MNRN95

I am glad I found this forum and do not feel alone. I ended up dropping the MANE program during the 2nd semester of the BSN metro portion because that program is NOT designed for working RN's. The amount of time they expect you to set aside for clinicals, projects, assignments, group meetings, labs (I could go on and on) was ridiculous for any already working RN. They made it seem like it was a program that you could easily work as an new grad RN and still go to school, but it required just as much sacrifice (if not more) than the ADN portion. I remember one of the instructors mentioned that "no matter what program you choose it will be just as hard as this one so you might as well stick with us" to our class. But after doing research I see that other schools in the twin cities area do recognize that not every working RN can sacrifice work hours and create their programs with flexibility for those working nurses. With that said, I've narrowed down my next options to Concordia and St.Scholastica. Concordia's program seems the best bet. From my understanding/research, you take 1 class at a time and each class is 7 weeks long. No tests or quizzes, and you have a discussion post due each wednesday and a assignment due each saturday (pretty reasonable and organized to me). On top of that, your job counts as your clinicals, which was the biggest perk of all to me so I do not have to sacrifice work hours/take time off for outside clinical. The only concern I have yet to find out is if my credits transfer so I dont have to take some classes at concordia and if they are public health certified like metro. St.Scholastica will take about 80% of my transfer credits, which is a huge perk of that school as well (keep in mind ive completed 6 classes at metro already so transferring credits is a huge factor in my decisions). If anyone is reading this and is either in the MANE rn-bsn program and struggling, or is planning on going to the MANE program I highly recommend looking elsewhere. There were some people in my cohort (very few) who did manage to work and make it through metros program, so I'm not saying it's impossible, but it was way more difficulty than it should have been. I loved the MANE ADN program, but the RN to BSN to me was a joke.