Univ of Texas Arlington RN_BSN Online experience, anything?

weirdscience · Mar 3, 2016

Time-consuming but easy.

Silverdragon102, BSN · Mar 3, 2016

Moved to the Online Distant Learning forum

TurannaRN · Mar 3, 2016

Hi! I'm in my last nursing class before capstone at UTA. It is very time consuming but it'll be worth it once it's done. I'm at my 2 year mark but that's because I took a few breaks from school for personal things that came up. I have another friend who just started the Rn-bsn online program a few months ago and she likes it so far. The only thing that I didn't like was that I kept having my counselor switched on me almost every semester. My friend said she hasn't experienced that yet. So maybe it was just the luck of the draw for me. Good luck though!

Sablegirl · Mar 3, 2016

How many credit hours are you taking in a sem? Dp you think somebody working 3 12 hr night shifts would have a hard time getting good grades? I have my ADN and wondering how your transcript evaluation turned out. Worried that the $8995 price promised will turn into 20K.

Sablegirl · Mar 3, 2016

Hi! I'm in my last nursing class before capstone at UTA. It is very time consuming but it'll be worth it once it's done. I'm at my 2 year mark but that's because I took a few breaks from school for personal things that came up. I have another friend who just started the Rn-bsn online program a few months ago and she likes it so far. The only thing that I didn't like was that I kept having my counselor switched on me almost every semester. My friend said she hasn't experienced that yet. So maybe it was just the luck of the draw for me. Good luck though!

Thank you for your reply, it sounded like I better not be working or only working few hours/part time to have great grades in this program? What was your experience about your ADN transcript evaluation. Did most of your credits transferred and did you not have to repeat any Gen educ courses or pre-reqs? I have an ADN and a previous BS Psychology but wants to get BSN for better mobility in the future. I just want to get this done as soon as I can and do not want to spend a lot. I am practicing RN from IL. Is this program a good match for me...is there no problem with accreditation or not being recognized as a valid Bachelor Nursing Program? Do you have any suggestion regarding managing my work situation and doing this program starting this summer 2016?

weirdscience · Mar 4, 2016

OP, I work full time nights and have gotten straight A's taking 1-2 courses at a time. I have 4 classes left, including Capstone. I have taken two of the "dreaded" ones (Assessment and Management) already, and am in the process of taking the third (Research.) As I said, I have not found the program difficult to achieve good grades in, just annoyingly time-consuming for not a lot of new knowledge acquired.

All of my general coursework transferred without issue, but I did not have coursework from another state. YMMV. But they will do a transcript eval for you prior to admission--I think you just have to pay the ~$50ish application fee. So you'll know what you are getting into.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Mar 5, 2016

Since this thread is specific to the online RN-to-BSN completion program at UTA, this thread has been moved to our University of Texas Arlington forum.