RN to BSN @ WGU

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Hello everyone. I am planning to complete my BSN at WGU, and would like some feedback from anyone currently in the program or someone who has completed BSN with WGU. I know that there are papers to write, but what is it like? Can I get all the resources I need to write my papers from WGU? Some feed back will help, just trying to encourage myself that I can do this.

Thank you in advance.

I received my Associates through a community college and they accepted those credits. They didn't accept any credits for my vocational school where I received my LPN. I had 34 CU's to do in total.

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Hi TheCommuter,

Congratulations on your success. I was wondering if you happen to have any idea about this courses at WGU (1) Elements of Effective Communication (2) English Composition I (3) Survey of United States Constitution and Government . Or anyone on this forum that can share there experience with this course at WGU, my school of choice.

Thanks.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
Hi TheCommuter,

Congratulations on your success. I was wondering if you happen to have any idea about this courses at WGU (1) Elements of Effective Communication (2) English Composition I (3) Survey of United States Constitution and Government . Or anyone on this forum that can share there experience with this course at WGU, my school of choice.

Thanks.

I did not complete those three courses at WGU. I took speech, English comp, and political science at a community college many years ago and WGU accepted them for transfer credit, thereby allowing me to clear the abovementioned requirements.
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Specializes in LPN 2004-2007, RN 2007-current.

Just got my transcripts evaluated at WGU. Mine looks exactly like yours -- 34 CU's to complete BSN (6 of them for statistics and biochem.) 10 months, eh? Interesting. I'm so motivated right now, I hope I can complete it within the year! I just can't wait to get statistics and biochem over with -- these 2 classes are the ones I am fearing the most! Any advice for me?

Out of curiosity... did you work full time while going to school? Thanks!

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WGU was great. Pretty easy really. The 90 hour practicum comes and goes easily. You just have to log all your hours of community outreach. Such as interviewing people, going to city council meetings, and so on. All of the classes are really well put together. The hardest part is self motivation. There are no teachers making sure you get things done every week. You do have a mentor that keeps tabs on you but it really is up to you to do the work.

I went from my ADN to BSN in 3 semesters. 1st and 2nd semester was 12 credits each and my third was 10 credits. I could have easily done it in 2 semesters even with working a full time job with kids but instead I wanted to go on a lot of vacations.

The papers really aren't that bad. The universities online resources are all you will need. Great databases for journals and primary resources. The toughest paper in my opinion was for the evidenced based research class. It was long but I actually really enjoyed doing the research and learning so much about the topic.

Good luck in your education!

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
Out of curiosity... did you work full time while going to school?
Yes, I worked full-time 12-hour overnight shifts while completing this program.
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