Question from a friend about completing program

Extra Pickles · Dec 20, 2016

What is it that you think can be done? NO nursing program is going to take all of his credits and move in him to complete the last two core nursing courses to graduate. Programs have differences in how they set up their curriculum, which you know, so they aren't going to take him as a transfer with only two courses left.

Did he withdraw from the program and he can reapply to that same program? That would be the way to go here. Or did he fail out and they won't let him reapply?

**NICU Guy, BSN, RN** · Dec 20, 2016

The issue is that the BONs give schools requirements that must be included into their programs. It is up the schools to create a nursing program to include all of those requirements. For example, one school may have a pharmacology class while another school may decide to include portions of the pharmacology requirement into each class. Because each nursing program is unique, nursing schools do not accept other nursing school's credits. You may find a for-profit school with poor NCLEX pass rates that will accept the credits, but that creates a whole different set of problems.

WeatherB · Dec 20, 2016

He said he passed all of his classes but cannot continue because he has no money and had reached his limit in financial aid. I told him it is hard to transfer but he wants to hear from other nurses.

Extra Pickles · Dec 20, 2016

is his school a very expensive, for-profit one? if yes, that will stop him dead in the water with transferring credits, it won't happen. If no, it's a regular school with average costs, what is his plan for paying for whatever school he transfers into? No matter how you slice this the only courses that are likely to transfer easily will be the general education ones, the ones that are nursing specific he'll end up retaking which will cost him more in the end.

verene, MSN · Dec 20, 2016

He needs to speak to the institution he currently attends / most recently attended, to find out options for withdrawal if he has a situation that makes it impossible for him to continue at this point in time. Can he take a leave of absence and return? Would his current program allow him to fully withdrawal and the reapply? If his issues are financial are there payment plans, grants, or other forms of support the university might be able to offer that would allow completion of the program given his current situation?

Other institutions are not going to be likely to work with him at all, and transferring - if an option - usually results in additional expense and time in school.

Atl-Murse · Dec 20, 2016

He is lying to you. All schools WILL CHARGE YOU MONEY. transferring to another school dose not solve the financial issue, it will only make it worse. I am sure he already known this fact.

roser13, ASN, RN · Dec 20, 2016

He said he passed all of his classes but cannot continue because he has no money and had reached his limit in financial aid. I told him it is hard to transfer but he wants to hear from other nurses.

I think the message from "other nurses" is very clear. Your friend either needs to scrap it all and start over at another institution, or find a way to beg, borrow or steal enough money to complete the 2 classes that he needs. He will never find an institution that will accept all of those credits and allow him to graduate.

OrganizedChaos, LVN · Dec 21, 2016

If he only has 2 semesters left, why doesn't he reapply/try to get into his old program & then take out a loan?

But honestly what he is saying makes zero sense. How would transferring to a different institution help him? If he's out of financial aid he's out. It doesn't matter if he goes to a different school, he still has no financial aid to use. I think he left something out of his story.