shoreline cc better than UW??

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i've actually had quite a few people tell me that shoreline graduates are what employers are looking for because they have more clinical hours, but looking at applications at hospitals almost all of them say bsn preferred.

i know shoreline is also really competitive, but if what i hear is true i would much rather go for the adn and save the thousands of dollars than go to UW. if i feel i need it, they have a adn to bsn program at UW bothell. i assume they would not discriminate between uw bothell and uw seattle, but who knows...

does anyone who actually works as an RN know if this is true and if there is a preference for a bsn?? also anyone done the program at shoreline cc?

thanks !:nuke:

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Uhhhh I don't know where you heard that! You should see the reaction of people when you tell them that you go to nursing school at UW. People are so impressed when hearing it, even at the hospital I had a nurse tech job at. It's always better to have a BSN over your ADN, yes ADNs do have more clinical hours than BSNs, but research has shown that BSNs provide more quality care and better patient safety than ADNs. Besides, I'm not so sure what the big deal about the difference in clinical hours are. We had to do 240 hours of clinicals in our last quarter at UW and I was taking four patients independently - I felt ready to be a nurse right then and there!

With how the economy is right now, I would go to UW to get the upper hand on other applicants when you begin applying for jobs in a few years.

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thanks for the input! but what about UW bothell? also, i know a lot of people have had to apply to UW twice, even three times to get accepted and i for sure do not have that kind of time....i wonder what people who don't get accepted do, i know there's a lot of them. there is always the private schools like seattle u but those are sooo expensive!

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Well by no means did I mean not to get your ADN if that meant having to wait a year or two to get into a BSN program. Of course you should go get your ADN if that is the only option possible, but if you have the option of attending either a BSN or ADN program of course you should get your BSN. How much more expensive is UW than Shoreline? It was only around $2000 a quarter at UW, but I have no idea what it costs now with the recent budget cuts. You should also factor in the cost of the ADN-BSN program - I don't think the cost then would be really that much different in the end, would it?

I think in the end, if you get your BSN at UW Bothell that would be virtually equivalent as getting a BSN anywhere else. Just apply to as many places as you can and go wherever you get accepted. I had to apply to UW twice to get in, I also got accepted at Highline CC, but obviously chose to attend UW.

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I go there currently and am a global health major, and they raised the tuition to almost $3,000 a quarter. I was trying to decide whether I should change my major and keep going there or just get my BA and then do the ADN after that. I guess when I started hearing such great things about shoreline I wanted to see if it was true because that would have pretty much made my decision for me.

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I go there currently and am a global health major, and they raised the tuition to almost $3,000 a quarter. I was trying to decide whether I should change my major and keep going there or just get my BA and then do the ADN after that. I guess when I started hearing such great things about shoreline I wanted to see if it was true because that would have pretty much made my decision for me.

That's what I'm doing right now. I got my BA at the UW in American Ethnic Studies/Public Health and I graduated in Summer of 2008. The only prereq I need left is micro. Personally, I love UW...but I am glad that I got to take my science classes elsewhere as I feel like I learn way better in smaller group settings versus a 500+ person lecture room (especially when it comes to sciences). Furthermore, I'm also very grateful that I didn't do my nursing school throughout my 4 years of undergrad, as I got to network and meet so many different constituencies through ASUW and other outlets of student government. I've been really fortunate to meet so many intrinsically good people because I've had the time to do so. There is no way that I could have juggled all my extracurricular activities while attending nursing school.

Moreover, if you do an ADN after undergrad the job market may be better after you graduate rather than trying to compress nursing school into the shortest amount of time. You might also be able to work at a hospital as a CNA during your interim time between undergrad and nursing school. For me, I am on the float team as a CNA at the UW Medical Center and I can't tell you how much floating to various units and working in the ICU one day, then orthopaedics the next day, or hem/onc after that; has helped me decide what type of nursing I will want to do.

Many nurses I've worked with have gone to Shoreline and have felt well-prepared. They are like a well-oiled machine and pretty much like a nursing factory. I like that they admit a cohort every quarter. Good luck!

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Thanks! I have actually been looking into applying at UW med center, I will take my certification test to be a CNA june 28th. Is it pretty hard to find a job at a hospital right off the bat though? That job you described sounds perfect!

I am involved in a lot of extracurriculars as well, it would be hard to balance the two!

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