RPN to BSCN bridging

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Hi.

I am currently struggling choosing between schools for bridging to become an RN.

Although, my first choice was to get in at Conestoga or Mohawk, it seems almost impossible. So I am only left out with two choices. I got accepted at Centennial and George Brown. It will be a big step for me to choose which school to go to since I will be moving out for the first time (from KW area).

Would someone please give me an advice which could possibly the right choice of school?

Thank you.

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Centennial College and George Brown College collaborate with Ryerson so the curriculum is identical. The difference may be your clinical placements for the first two years and Centennial College is in Scarborough so your placements may be with partner agencies in that area where as George Brown College is down town south so placements will most likely be with partner agencies in that area.

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I missed the bridging part of your post so George Brown College is collaborated with Trent University and not Ryerson. I have a colleague who just finished the bridging at George Brown and said a lot of his courses were online so if online/distance learning works well for you its not a bad option.

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Based on the 2016 CNO passing rate for the exam, I would choose cent but this is solely passed on my own personal criteria.

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Based on the 2016 CNO passing rate for the exam, I would choose cent but this is solely passed on my own personal criteria.

I just checked the Nursing Registration Exams Report 2016 from the CNO and was impressed with the pass rates for the Ryerson Centennial College Bridging cohort! The NCLEX pass rate for the bridging cohort was higher than their 4 year BScN full-time program at Ryerson or collaborative college partners (George Brown College and Centennial College.

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I wish I have posted my question sooner. The deadline to accept offers from colleges was on may 1st :( thank you for the response though!

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@toronto_nurse, yea I was quite impressed that the Cent 4 year collab program increased 20% since 2015.

@Thobie, honestly, as long as you do your best and try to figure out where you can improve on, you should be able to pass the exam smoothly. This is similar to getting abs where it is 20% exercise and 80% diet. In this case, 20% school helping you and 80% hard work and self-learning.

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@toronto_nurse, yea I was quite impressed that the Cent 4 year collab program increased 20% since 2015.

I went through that Centennial bridging cohort so I'm part of that statistic =) 2015 is when the NCLEX was introduced so strategies where not fully implemented yet to address the significant changes. A major difference maybe the maturity and experiences since most of the nurses in the bridging cohort were already practicing and have experiences with licensing exams.

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@khow89 true enough. Thank you so much! That's what I have been thinking last night. If I put my best effort, I should be okay

@toronto_nurse congratulations! I wish Id make it through. I got my license last year and was never able to find a job as an RPN. Hopefully when I move to Toronto, I'd get experience while in school.

Again, thank you so much guys for your responses.

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@khow89 true enough. Thank you so much! That's what I have been thinking last night. If I put my best effort, I should be okay

@toronto_nurse congratulations! I wish Id make it through. I got my license last year and was never able to find a job as an RPN. Hopefully when I move to Toronto, I'd get experience while in school.

Again, thank you so much guys for your responses.

Doors will open for you as an RPN once you start your bridging. You will need to professional upsell yourself in your cover letter, etc... emphasizing that you're an RPN with expanded knowledge/training, etc... Try networking with the managers on the units that your assigned on for clinical placements. A few of my classmates found their first jobs at their clinical placements that have RPNs.

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@khow89 true enough. Thank you so much! That's what I have been thinking last night. If I put my best effort, I should be okay

@toronto_nurse congratulations! I wish Id make it through. I got my license last year and was never able to find a job as an RPN. Hopefully when I move to Toronto, I'd get experience while in school.

Again, thank you so much guys for your responses.

So which school did you decide to go with?!

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George brown college!!! I hope I made the right decision

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