studing nursing in Puerto Rico

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Hi everyone! :) Today is March 11, 2015

If you woul like to study nursing in Puerto Rico this might be helpful.

First, I live in NY. Nursing promgramas here are very competitive, even in private school. And thay ask for a lot of requirements.

So I'm moving to PR this summer to finish my associate degree in nursing. I'll be going to UMET Bayamón from Ana G. Mendez System.

About the program

They have practical nurse Certificate, associate Degree, Bachellor degree and Master degree.

Schedule, hours, days

Day program:

The programs during the day are semestral. There are 2 semester, 1 starts on mid August to mid December and the second one from Mid January to mid May then if you woul like you can take summer clases.

Night program classes are every 8 weeks.

Agust-October

October-December

January-March

March-June

And summer

There are diferent classes hours and dates, including weekend classes.

REQUIREMENS

The only requirement is 2.30 GPA

ACREDITATION

This system wich has around 5 schools

Is certificated by


    the MSCHE (Middle State Commision on Higer Education)

and the nursing program is certificate by

    CCNE (Acreditation Commision for Educational Nurse)

LANGUAGE

Clases are in Spanish. Only UMET Bayamon have a bilingual (English/Spanish) nursing program. This is during the night and is a Bachellor degree.

With this program you can have a Register nurse license and you can work in United States.

Contact your state Board of Nursing before you made a decision to see what are the requirement to have a licence in your state.

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Hello! Thanks for the info. I haven't found any threads for InterAmerican.. I plan to attend this August. Have you considered going to that school?

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Hello! Thanks for the info. I haven't found any threads for InterAmerican.. I plan to attend this August. Have you considered going to that school?

Hi!

Since I lived in PR all my life I know most college ove there. I was doing my research on school ove there. I plan to start in August also, but in UMET Bayamón Campus because the track is faster and the have 2 nursing program acreditation meaning that is not going to be a problem if I want my license in X state.

The best school in PR is UPR RCM (University of Puerto Rico). Is hte cheapest and most prestigious one. In their website they have all the info you need to know. You have to find out in their website what GPA the require for the nursing program. I believe they are semestral.

UMET and UPR nursing program both have AACN and ACEN acreditation.

About Interamerican they have only ACEN acreditation. I think they have english nursing program and their program is trimestral. I read in a thread that their profesors don teach that much so you have to study by your own but thats something you have to do anyways if you really want to kick NCLEX or whatever test requare for your licence.

What Inter American campus you plan to go?

If for any reason you change your mind and want to go to UMET let me know.

I don't know if you live in PR but do you plan to stay and do your profesional career over there?

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Wow! I had no idea InterAmerican had one accreditation. I applied recently and I plan to visit in May. I'm from California. Now that you told me about the accreditation, I'll apply there as well. My friend went to school in Rio Piedras, I assumed it was InterAmerican because I read a lot of old threads about it.. But they never mentioned which school.

can you please send me a link of where I can apply for UMET or UPR?

Also, I read that UMET was longer than Inter?

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I plan to only move to PR to do the BSN program and then move back to CA once I graduate.

my plan was to go to the Metro Campus in San Juan for InterAmerican and live in the housing near school.

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Oh Ok, I like et better because they have both acreditation. All the clases, labs and clinics in Intermetro are in english? I was thinking in moving to Cali also after I finish. The thing is that I don't know nobody there. I love NY but the cold.

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:: UMET- Universidad Metropolitana

Umet admission aplication. Is in spanish but you can use google translator.

ACEN acredited programs in PR

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AACN acredited programs in PR

http://directory.ccnecommunity.org/reports/rptAccreditedPrograms_New.asp?state=PR&sFullName=Puerto%20Rico

Ill live near umet Bayamon campus I know very well the area.

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How much is the UMET program? I heard InterAmer is 15 grand, 2-2.5 years. I heard UMET is 3-4 years. I don't think clinicals will be in English.. Depending on patients I guess. I don't speak Spanish but I'm determined to move to Puerto Rico for school.

It's currently really hot in CA. You'll like it here although, many nurses here are having a hard time finding jobs, some of my friends are leaving CA to work at other states. I heard NY is the highest paying for nurses.

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Umet is cheaper than Inter. I dont know how much is exactly. Im gonna study during night so the classes are every 8 weeks. Umet day program is semestral but I don't like it because my goal is to finish my asociate in a year and move back to NY. And I woul like to have my day off for clinics, to study and just in case I need to find a job.

Its sad that is hard find jobs in Ca :( well I gess Om staying in NY. Yes they pay very well.

Do you know someone in PR?

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I don't know anyone in PR :(. People that I knew already graduated and came back to CA. I'm trying to find other Californians who are interested as well.

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That is so sad :( you can contact me if you want. Do you have IG?

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Aw, thank you! :) I do! What's your IG name.. I'll find ya! Hahah

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