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you need to give examples in each essay question. For example: when they ask about why you want to apply, I had several reasons throughout my life where nurses were important. I talked about that. You need to fill the space somehow. Talk about your past, what you see for yourself in the future and how being a nurse will change your life. Hope this helps!

Hello: I am a current sumner RN student who also went through Sumner's LPN program. The program is good. It is not OHSU or University or Portland but it is good and it has oversight from the Oregon State Board of Nursing just like the other aforementioned programs. I believe that there are roughly 400-500 student who apply for the program each start date (which I believe is every 6 months.) From the interested parties roughly 200-300 will take the TEAS test and from that roughly 50 or so wil qualify for a panel interview. Each Cohort consists of 24 students. Sumner is an accelerated program so it is two years straight through...no big breaks other than two weeks at Christmas and one week during July. I must say, we do not have the best clinical sites however, they do work on upgrading them. I figure, if the State Board of Nursing is okay with it, then so am I. When I sat for the NCLEX after my LPN program, I was extremely prepared. I don't know if you have any experience in the medical field but I do know that they do like CNA's and LPN's. There are about 5 or 6 people in my cohort who have no experience at all. Additionally, if you score high on the TEAS you will do well and likely get an interview. Study for that test and study for several weeks. You want to get a score of 80 or above. In order to qualify for the panel interview you need to get 3 points on your essays and at least a 4 (70%) on the TEAS. You need 7/10 points to qualify for a panel interview. I hope this helps you.

I am currently a licensed LPN who is curious about the steps to take to bridge to RN and eventually obtain my BSN. (I may want to become a nurse midwife someday, but that is WAY out in the future.) I have a bachelors degree from 1997 and because I have a family, I went the LPN route. I am looking to get my RN and then move onto my BSN. I think I know how I will obtain my RN, when the time comes but am uncertain what obtaining my BSN looks like. I think that the credits earned from my original BS (in communication) 1997 will not qualify me for BSN and so need to know what it will look like after I do obtain my RN. It took me a while to get to the nursing profession which is where I have always wanted to be and not that I am here, I don't want to stop! Any advice?

Hi, I looked through quite a few pages of posts before posting this so I hope I am not asking the same questions others have asked, repeatedly! I am currently an LPN student with 14 weeks left in my program. I am looking into the bridge to RN but have heard that here in Oregon we do not have any actual schools. Does anyone know if this is true? Additionally, how long is the program and, if you know, what is the approximate cost? My goal is to eventually receive my BSN and, well, that starts a whole other series of questions...but first things first. Any helpful direction you can point me in will be much appreciated! I would also like to point out that I would not be that great of an on-line learner and that I have heard rumors that Sumner College may be starting a bridge program in 2015. Thanks!