alotusforyou

Thanks for all the advice. I didn't even know about the lottery scholarship. I will have to look into that!

The only prerequisite is an RN license. They give you 50 or 60 credit hours automatically ( I can't remember which number) just for having an RN license. Then other courses you took in your ADN program may transfer in as well to cover many of the other classes you need to take. Tuition is $3000 for every six month session. Go to wgu.edu to learn more about it. Keep in mind, they have a pass/fail system, so you end up with a 3.0 GPA no matter what. That is the only disadvantage I see with their program.

I haven't been in this program, but the fastest anyone has completed it (that I know of) has been 12 months.

I've read tons of threads on whether to get an LPN first or just go for RN, but if anyone from Arkansas (especially the NW area) has any opinions on the matter, I'd love to hear them. As far as I know (I have no experience yet...I'm going to a CNA class in the Spring), I wouldn't mind working in LTC for several years. And it appears that as a new LPN grad in NW Arkansas, I can make the same amount of money in LTC as a new grad RN. I have a child, and I'm really broke now, so making a decent income asap is really appealing. I can go to an LPN programin Joplin in Aug that will only take 10 months. But my ultimate goal is BSN and then NP, so I'm still so confused at which path I should take. It seems that most bridge programs only give you a few credit hours for having an LPN. It's like a waste of time/money if your ultimate goal is BSN. All the options are totally overwhelming me at this point.

Just saw this in a local classifieds ad: Washington Regional Medical Center Join our team. The following positions are available: Fantastic Opportunity For Experienced RNs in our Registry, 7a-7p and 7p-7a, $35 per hour, Weekend/Night Shift Differential of 18% apply. Besides that, the only other thing I know is that Northwest Health System in Bentonville starts RNs with no experience at about $17/hr.

Adjusted for inflation, $30-35 is $496 - $579 in 2012 dollars. I guess that probably was a good deal during the Great Depression, although they probably all ended up with less student loan debt (or none!) than we do today!! One of my favorite writers, Dorothy Day, was a nurse and lived in Chicago in the early 1900s. I wonder if she went to this program?

I'd really like to hear if anyone has gotten into a NP Master's program with a WGU BSN?

2 1/2 years for a BSN? I'm not trying to make light of your frustration at all, but that still seems like a good deal to me. I wish I could take it in Arkansas. Locally, I have the option to get an ADN in 2 1/2 years or a BSN in 4 years.

Oh man, if someone had done that when I was pregnant, tbere would not have been a pretty ending...

I'm just a pre-nursing student, so my opinion probably isn't helpful, but I've read a lot about this and am asking myself the same questions. All in all, I think it just depends on your location. What is the pay advantage to being an ADN to an LPN in your area? Where I'm at, there isn't any. I can actually make more as an LPN in LTC than as an ADN RN in a hospital. On the other hand, if I could make much more as an RN, I would get there as quickly as possible. The nursing programs in your area are the other major factor. Where I live, I can go to the University of Oklahoma's LPN to BSN program once I get an LPN license. It will take me a year to do the pre-requisites and 9 months to do the program. So all in all, it will take about 2 years to get a BSN. All the ADN programs in my area take about 2 years as well, so I might as well just go for my BSN. However, if I could go to a program locally and get my ADN a year sooner than my BSN, I might consider getting the ADN first and then continue on to BSN. Again, it just depends on the pay issue and what programs are at your disposal. Good luck to you, whatever you do!

I'm an American pre-nursing student. I recently found out that I'm a UK citizen, so I'm seriously considering a move to the UK after I get a BSN and work as a nurse in the US for a year (if I can find a nursing job in the UK). My ultimate goal, however, is to become a nurse practitioner, and I'm leaning toward Psychiatry as a specialty (not sure if that is possible in the UK...) I've read that Scottish residents get free college...if this is true, are there any NP programs in Scotland that would prepare me to work as a NP in both the UK and US? I would like to have dual citizenship and be able to work in either country if necessary. Any advice on whether I should pursue this path or not?

So...just to clarify (if someone will for me, please), every applicant who meets the minimum requirements is admitted to the program? There is no limit to number of accepted students?

I don't want to high jack the thread, but BCRNA, can you tell me what DNP program only takes a little over a year with an MSN? It was my understanding that most programs would take me 2 years going full time and 3-4 years going part time? Thank you!!

I'm not a nurse (yet), but I would feel really awkward in this situation as a visitor of a patient. I would be dilly dallying too, trying to figure out what was going on and why I would need to be involved in a stranger's care. At the same time, if I really wasn't aware of how these things work, I would feel guilty just saying no. I would want to help, but it wouldn't feel kosher at the same time. You know? And if hospital staff woke me up for something not related to the patient I knew, that hospital would be getting some bad reviews for sure. :)

It shouldn't matter if you are a professional or not, if you work under management of any kind or as an employee, a union is probably always a good idea. It doesn't matter how knowlegable, educated or skilled you are, if you do not own the means of production or have extensive capital, you have little power without a collective voice. Some professionals, like physicans, may have enough power on their own because many have specific skill sets that take tons of money and time to aquire. They are not easily replaceable. But alas, nurses are easy to replace these days. I'm sure the powers that be are very happy to know that some think that unions are demeaning and only for the weak. That serves their agenda well, especially when it comes to exploitation.