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hey everyone,

I plan on going to school for my BSN but i want to get into a school that puts the pre-req's into the 4 years of schooling. I have a boyfriend and right now we have a long distance relationship:cry: and dont get to see each other much. We both want to go to college but by the time we both get out of highschool we want to BE TOGETHER:heartbeat. It is very hard not being able to see each other and college is another set back. He wants to go to Penn State (mostly because of sport reasons) and I searched that Penn State has nursing. Does anyone know if the nursing course at Penn State is what i am looking for? Any advice is helpful:wink2:

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http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/nurs/undergrad/docs/FirstYearHandbook.pdf

Click on the blue link that I have pasted above (and below). It is the nursing handbook for Penn State's nursing program (BS). Scroll to page 15, and you will find that the nursing classes in the degree plan do not start until the third semester. Therefore, it seems as if you will have two semesters of full-time prerequisite classes before you can start taking nursing classes.

To be perfectly blunt, you are probably going to encounter a difficult time finding a reputable school of nursing that rolls all the prerequisites into the program and turns them into corequisite classes.

http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/nurs/undergrad/docs/FirstYearHandbook.pdf

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What do you mean, puts the pre-req's into the 4 year program? At my local university, a straight BSN is about 4 years, that's including pre-reqs.

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hey everyone,

I plan on going to school for my BSN but i want to get into a school that puts the pre-req's into the 4 years of schooling. I have a boyfriend and right now we have a long distance relationship:cry: and dont get to see each other much. We both want to go to college but by the time we both get out of highschool we want to BE TOGETHER:heartbeat. It is very hard not being able to see each other and college is another set back. He wants to go to Penn State (mostly because of sport reasons) and I searched that Penn State has nursing. Does anyone know if the nursing course at Penn State is what i am looking for? Any advice is helpful:wink2:

Long distance relationships are hard, but don't let anyone discourage you. Luckily we have things today that earlier generations didn't....the internet (chat/webcams/etc) so even if you have to attend a different school you can still keep in close contact. One thing you might want to consider is going to a community college that is close to Penn State and getting your associates degree in nursing. With the prerequisites it will take you about 3 years and you'll be closer in proximity to him. Just something to think about.

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On the bright side, your relationship can be tested! But yea, it can be stressfull. I hope for the best!

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If you want good something has to give. This is going to test the strength of your relationship.

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What do you mean, puts the pre-req's into the 4 year program? At my local university, a straight BSN is about 4 years, that's including pre-reqs.

Yea thats what I mean, the straight 4 yrs to include the pre-reqs opposed to first pre-reqs then going into 4 years.

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http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/nurs/undergrad/docs/FirstYearHandbook.pdf

Click on the blue link that I have pasted above (and below). It is the nursing handbook for Penn State's nursing program (BS). Scroll to page 15, and you will find that the nursing classes in the degree plan do not start until the third semester. Therefore, it seems as if you will have two semesters of full-time prerequisite classes before you can start taking nursing classes.

To be perfectly blunt, you are probably going to encounter a difficult time finding a reputable school of nursing that rolls all the prerequisites into the program and turns them into corequisite classes.

http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/nurs/undergrad/docs/FirstYearHandbook.pdf

What you have said is not entirely accurate, unless I'm misinterpreting what you are saying. My sister is a nursing student at Penn State. They have updated their facilities to include a state of the art simulator lab. This semester, she is taking Microbiology (a pre-requisite) with two nursing classes, in addition to a few other courses. She will be getting her BSN in 4 years - this includes nursing classes+pre-requisites. She starts her clinical experiences in the spring.

Something that you need to consider at Penn State is that you need to spend some clinical time (either a semester or a year, I can't exactly recall but I'm sure it's on the website) in Hershey, PA at Hershey Medical Center. To my knowledge, this is required of a nursing students. Penn State has a great nursing program, though - I know several of my high school classmates who have graduated and are very happy with the education that they received.

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Yea thats what I mean, the straight 4 yrs to include the pre-reqs opposed to first pre-reqs then going into 4 years.

Nearly all BSN programs are 2 years of pre-reqs and 2 years of nursing school dear. Sums up to 4 years, which is the average time a bachelors degree should take to get.

[edit] Thought this was UPENN

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Hey! This advice will probably not be helpful at all because I don't know much about your situation...but...

I will start a 2-year Associate's Degree Nursing program tomorrow at a local community college. (I live in Alabama)

It is a 5 semester program that allows you to be able to do your "general ed" courses along with your nursing courses. Most people in the program though do prefer to get those courses out of the way before starting/applying to the program.

I am young also, just graduated in May. So needless to say, I will not have ALL the basic classes completed before I start tomorrow.

Well, I know you said that you wanted BSN (that is my goal also). If you get your ADN first, then you can do a "bridge program" to get your BSN. I think that takes around a year and a half to two years. (not completely sure about that though)

So all of that might be an option for you.

http://webnt.calhoun.edu/distance/Internet/Hped/Nursing/ADNCriteriaCurriculum.pdf

^that is a link to my program's Curriculum incase all of that was confusing.

haha, good luck to you and your boyfriend! :) best wishes!

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