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Keene state college and Plymouth state university, both are in New Hampshire. I think Plymouth state is more of what you're looking for. The nursing classes doesn't start until junior year there so it's easier to transfer in.

Are you sure the schools won't accept your A&P course? With my experience, accredited schools will accept A&P 1 and 2 sequence for anatomy and physiology. I think the way the courses are listed is a regional thing. Look at the fine print or call before you waste more time and money. Time wise, a direct entry msn is better since your goal is a NP. Seamless transition and you don't have to apply to two different programs/schools if you went the absn route.

Rural/small town Virginia is still adn friendly. Not so much around northern VA/DC, Richmond, Virginia Beach/south Hampton Roads, and Charlottesville. I mean, you can still possibly get an acute job in these areas but it will be more difficult. It's not as bad as New England or Cali. A lot of major hospitals like sentara, vcu, uva, and evms prefer BSNs. The top psych hospital that I know of is Eastern State Hospital in Williamdburg. It's actually the first public psych facility in the U.S. Overall, VA's community colleges has great nursing matriculation programs/agreements. If you enroll in most community colleges with a previous bachelors, you can concurrently enroll in bsn classes at Old Dominion University. You get your ADN and BSN at the same time (2 years). You can also get guaranteed admissions to George Washington university's RN to MSN programs if you graduated with a 3.0 or above. If you have a previous bachelors, you only have to do one bridge course.

George Washington University has a great RN to MSN program for people that already have a bachelors. All you have to do is take one bridge course. No prerequisites. They offer lots of concentrations including NP and midwifery. I'm looking into this program since it will save me time and money just to skip the bsn part.

They are the same. NLNAC changed their name to ACEN.

you could just finish the bsn program with excellent grades, and then apply to uc davis. their program is the only one in the U.S. that offers a dual NP/PA certifications. you apply to the NP program, then apply within the school to the PA one. You finish in 2.5 years and you don't need any nursing experience.

They pick the clinical sites. It's rare to have a program that lets you pick. They do give preferences, though. But I spoke to someone who just graduated from the program in May and they said you only have to go to Richmond a total of 5 times! The Richmond clinical site is a children's hospital so you only go there during peds rotation. It's 5 weeks so you go to clinical once a week during that time.

Another advice: look into ODU concurrent bsn program!

Overall, I didn't find the teas too difficult. But I didn't do overly well because I didn't try. I only bought the ati book. Skimmed the book in 2 days, only reviewing the math and science sections. Didn't do any of the practice questions/exams. i did extremely well for the reading section: 95%. 79% for science and 84% for English (national percentiles). Don't remember my actual personal scores. I completely bombed the math section. I got too cocky and thought I was going to be fine without a calculator and being timed haha. Let's just say I would not have gotten into tncc because my math score was so low. Moral of the story: review and practice the math section. But, I think you will do fine with your educational background. All you need is the actual ATI teas book. Heard the hesi is a lot easier than the teas. You can use a calculator!

I will be come August. From talking to other graduates and the faculty, they seem like a great program. Everything is so personalized and the director goes out of her way for students. Yeah, I live in Williamsburg and will be commuting 45 mins but it's an easy drive. I was going to apply to tncc but didn't bother cause they require all these extra prerequisites. I already have a bachelors in rad tech so didn't want to take anymore classes and it would've pushed my nursing start date back. Wasn't up for that. I was able to apply and got into both j sargeant reynolds cc and rappahannock without taking any extra classes that I haven't already took for rad tech!

I don't have any specific tips regarding tncc. But in case you won't get in, I highly suggest you look into rappahannock community college, if it's not too far for you (under an hour from Hampton). It's nice to have a back up plan, so apply to as many schools as you can. Rappahannock is more rural so it's not as competitive as tncc. There's no prerequisites, just high school algebra and bio. Admission is solely based on the teas. You just need a score above the 60th percentile to be competitive! They admit people with scores less than that. But they have a higher pass rate than tncc. They also have a guaranteed admission program for people that have completed their pre-nursing certificate with a C or better. Pretty neat to know you have a spot if you take these specific classes. Good luck!

Thanks for answering and the feedback. Greatly appreciated!

radiology, specifically becoming an interventional radiology NP.

Here are some links I used when I was in rad tech school: Lieberman's Interactive Tutorials in Radiology Lieberman's eRadiology Learning Sites https://www.dartmouth.edu/~anatomy/HAE/Radiology_Intro/rad_index.html https://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/courses/rad/cxr/index.html Search around these sites to find basic information on anatomy and pathology. I think the last link from uva is the most beneficial to you. It describes everything you need to know about chest x-Rays: from different positions, rotation, exposure, and etc. with lots of pictures. These sites are every where. Hope they help!

Have you looked into ADN programs? If you're already looking into pre nursing programs and then absn, might as well do ADN cause it'll be the same amount of time overall. Plus, it'll save you a lot of money. where I am from, some virginia's community colleges are fairly easy to get into (No prereq's). Admission is solely based on the teas. Above 60% national percentile is competitive. And the community college I will be attending in August is ACEN accredited. There's an agreement with a major state university to get your bsn while concurrently enrolled in your ADN if you have a previous bachelors. Adn and bsn in 2 years. There's also guaranteed admissions to the George Washington's ADN to MSN program if you get a 3.0 or above.

Sorry for all the hostility and snarkiness from all the other posters. People can have multiple passions. If OP wants to be a nurse and to experience the French culture, that's none of anyone else's business. Would you turn down an opportunity to live in France? Lots of people travel before being tied down due to school and life in general. Yes, becoming a cna does help getting into a nursing program. Mostly ADN programs at community colleges though. At my community college in VA, applicants who are cna(s), have completed the pre nursing certificate (prereq's and coreq's), and have a 3.0 or better are guaranteed admission. What really helps you, no matter where you go, is a good gpa. Aim for straight A's once you take the science classes.

Would you rather not quit and fail? Or quit, pass, and start a new career? If I were you, I'd quit. No employers would shun you for quitting to focus on school.

A little under 4K for my ADN at a community college. Had all but 1 of non nursing classes completed due to a previous bachelors degree. That's with a 4000 scholarship too. If I enroll in a concurrent bsn program at a state university, it will be another 10K. Adn + bsn completion = under 15,000

I never worked in the field because I couldn't find a job. I cant relocate cause my husband is in the Air Force. I decided on nursing because I didn't have to take any extra classes and the entire ADN program will cost under 4K. Too good to pass up. I hope to eventually become a np or pa working in interventional radiography so my rad tech degree doesn't go to waste. Yes, rad tech is one on one with patients but facilities will look at your time and accuracy. It's just like an assembly line. If you make too many mistakes and take a long time with each procedure, they will discipline you. There's something called a repeat rate. It looks at your competency. you don't want to repeat any images. More images = more radiation, so it's highly monitored and stressful in that fact. Also, as time goes on a lot of ultrasound tech develop wrist and shoulder problems due to the repetitive motion of using the probe. I guess it's equivalent to nurses having back problems.

thank you so much for posting this. I have a few questions, if you don't mind answering them. How many years of critical care experience did you have? What was your cum and science gpa? Like what was the stats of a competitive applicant? And did you receive your critical care experience at the VA or prior employment? thanks!

I'm a rad tech, starting an ADN program this August. I would highly discourage you from starting a rad tech or ultrasound program. I made the mistake of not doing enough research about the job market for rad techs. It is very very saturated. There's way too many schools pumping out grads. Where I am in Virginia, within an hour drive from both north and south, there are 5 rad tech programs! And hospitals do not need a lot of rad techs and ultrasound techs. They only need a handful to operate the medical imaging dept. a good way to judge the market is to do a simple job search. Type in rad tech or ultrasound jobs and your area. I guaranteed that there will only be a handful of listings and they will require experience or dual trained in catscan or MRI. If you do this for nursing, chances are there will be more than double/triple the postings. and yes, rad tech or ultrasound is less stressful than nursing. Let me know if you have any more questions!

How's your undergrad gpa? I know Yale has a joint direct entry msn and mph degree program. You would bypass the bsn and get the two degrees you want. It seems like they're changing the curriculum so you can finish the joint program in 3 years.

What a sad story. I cannot imagine how the parents feel. I just can't believe that the hospital never intervene with the doctor and stopped the program! Plain ignorance.

Small world, I worked at Pangaea during the time you were at bennington. Anyways, I know two people who have graduated from vt tech bennington and they both love it! They said the professors were great and the program is highly regarded at svmc and in the state.

Your radiation dosage is very very very minuscule if you wear your lead apron and collar. Like the first poster said, it's heavily regulated and monitored. If rad techs can do it for a career and still be in the safe zone, you have nothing to worry about.