LPN2FutureRN

So weird that they've told you they cannot answer any info about the bridge. Honestly, it's probably that they just don't know! I had 3 different advisors before I got into the program and at one point I didn't have one at all because they hadn't replaced the last one yet! And this was during registration too! They all gave me conflicting information. I actually ended up reaching out to the ADN program advisor with some questions I had. This is the email he responded to me with back in January: "The Associate Degree in Nursing Program accepts LPNs for the Spring and Summer semesters. The cut off score has been between 15-17 in the last couple of semesters. NUR 190 (3 credits) is online with Charter Oak State College and NUR 195 (1 credit) is a Goodwin course in the hybrid and or online format for the 2nd 7 weeks of the semester (in the past it has been offered on THURS 5-8). There is no clinical in the first bridge semester. Total course credits in the first semester are four and that does not meet the six credits required to qualify for financial aid. All other nursing courses range from seven to nine credits. The last three semesters would be NUR 200 (four-hour class), NUR 210 (four-hour class) and NUR 220 (six-hour class) with day and evening options. Each course will have a lecture class once a week and a nine-hour clinical once a week. The clinicals are at a medical-health facility and some skill training/labs are at the Goodwin Nursing Lab. Each semester your class and clinical might be different days and times. Typically, students are in the program for two days a week and then additional time out of school for reading, assignments and studying for exams. If you have any additional questions let me know how I can assist. Best of luck with your application process for the Summer semester." So yeah, unfortunately, the payment for the bridge is out of pocket because it's only 4 credits. I set up a payment plan in self-service and paid it off that way. The Goodwin Bridge course was not hybrid, it was online via ZOOM on Thursdays from 5-8 PM. The Charter Oak class was asynchronous. I don't know what the point cut-off was in my application cycle but the LPN I know who applied to the regular program got in with 15 points. BEST OF LUCK! ?

Hello! ? I do not know how many applied to the LPN bridge during my application cycle. I did ask but didn't get an answer. I do know of some LPNs who applied to the regular program because they felt they needed those first 2 semesters as a "refresher." The number of points varies each semester depending on who applies, but I had 17 points. When I was getting ready to apply, I asked my advisor at the time if the LPN bridge applicants were put into a separate pool & she told me yes. So you won't be lumped into the entire gigantic pool of ADN applicants. I want to say that they typically accept 8 LPNs into the bridge. So the 8 people with the most points in the bridge pool will be accepted. For some reason, there are 10 in my group, not sure how those extra 2 spots opened up. Also, when it comes time to find out if you got in you will get an email first. The official letter will come in the mail a few days later. They sent the acceptance emails to all the regular program applicants on a Friday. A classmate of mine got her email & told me. I was convinced I had been rejected and spent my weekend devastated. They waited until the following Monday to send the bridge acceptance emails. Not sure if that's the usual protocol or not. Hope this helped. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Hi! I was just accepted into the LPN bridge at Goodwin. I purchased the study materials on the ATI website. They have pre-tests that break down what you need to focus on. There's also a mobile app with quizzes that I used during downtime at work. I also bought the Mometrix book but didn't use it because I found it overwhelming. Plus, I figured ATI made the test, probably best to study their stuff. I ended up getting an 84.7% so that got me 7 more points.

From what I gather from the info on the website is yes, you take your boards & then continue on with the Bachelors portion.

Hi Elizabeth! Thanks so much for your response and for sharing such helpful information. Due to your positive experience I am definitely going to look into this further as an option once I finish Microbiology. THANK YOU! Kendra ?

Hi! I'm very interested in picking your brain on the revamped ADN program & clinicals. I am unable to send you a private message so I hope that you see this eventually :). I am an LPN and currently finishing up pre-reqs at a local college. I'm currently taking A&P2 and slated to take Microbiology in the fall, but I am considering switching & going the Excelsior route. I took a couple exams through excelsior & a third party company that provided study materials many years ago. They sent you a 3-ring binder & you taught yourself the material and then went to a testing center and took an exam for "credit by examination." Are the 8-week online classes actually taught , are there lectures? Is there feedback from the professors, or is it still pretty much a teach yourself? Were the classes doable while working full-time in 8 weeks as far as the amount of work? Did you/were you able to double up at all? I will have all my general ED requirements (& then some!) done due to previous college, but I think they will still want me to take the Cornerstone requirement and Information Literacy. I'm also wondering about the flexibility of scheduling for the weekly synchronous lab components. Are there multiple options per class? Because I'm wondering how difficult it will be to fit in around my work schedule. And finally & maybe most importantly, the clinical! From what I see it looks like 1 clinical weekend in Phase 2 and 2 weekends in Phase 3? Again, wondering about flexibility of scheduling due to having to work every other weekend. How did you find the clinical experience? Was it actual clinical instruction? Or was it more like being tested? Did you find it helpful? Stressful? Did the instructors make you feel like they wanted you to succeed? I just remember hearing such horror stories about the old CPNE. This was a really long post, LOL! Any information & advice you can give about your experience is so appreciated! THANKS IN ADVANCE! ?