RN-BSN: CSU East Bay vs CSU Dominguez Hills

[YassQueen]

I'm anticipating my ADN this May and have been accepted into both CSU East Bay and Dominguez Hills RN-BSN programs. Does anyone care to share their experience of either program including pros and cons they feel relevant?

Thanks!

[nursegina17]

I went to CSUDH and I highly recommend East Bay over CSUDH. Doing CSUDH from the Bay Area is SUCH a pain to get your own preceptors. You also have to go down to LA for a math test which is a school requirement and also a weekend skills assessment course.

[DrAres]

I'm a graduate of CSUDH but also faculty. I'm not sure when NurseGina17 attended, but there is no math test. There is a graduation writing requirement, which all of the CSU schools have, but it can be done via essay with a proctor. Yes there is a weekend health assessment lab.

The clinical courses with preceptors have been reduced to 2 - leadership/management and community health. Preceptors for the leadership are quite easy to find as typically there is a qualified BSN prepared manager in your workplace that could serve as your preceptor. The Community Health involves either a public health nurse or school nurse and that can be more difficult to arrange.

I encourage you to look at the curriculum to see what looks most interesting and to consider how courses are delivered and if that suits you.