I have just learned about this the online (entire program including pre-req courses) ap bsn program at uta. I read about this on another uta thread but it was not as clear as it was explained today to me. This is similar to the twu weekend bsn program; however, the difference is you will conduct your clinicals at the hospital where you are employed. No matter what position/status where you work (partnered hospital), you can participate in this program at a discounted rate. So far, I believe uta partnered with parkland, baylor and thr but I believe the thr program is different. uta/thr partnership offers full financial support (tuition, fees, and books) by thr for the 2nd bacc bsn program. The ap bsn program only offers you a discount but you would need to use either scholarships or tuition reimbursement from your employer (hospital).
I am so impressed with the fact that the entire program is online and it is estimated to take 18 months to complete (again including all pre-courses). The program is laid out great because you can take all pre-req sciences (except gen chem), psychology courses, stats and other pre-reqs online; your clinicals can be worked out with the clinical partnership manager. Since I work full-time in a non-clinical area, weekends would be so much better for me to participate in my clinicals. I believe the manager will be flexible with me on clinicals b/c we work closely together on a weekly basis.
I can start earlier with this program compared to the twu weekend program. Some pre-req courses are only 5-8 weeks long so you can complete your pre-reqs faster and courses are offered more than traditional program.
I would highly recommend this program for any career changes, who cannot afford to stop working full-time but have the desire to change careers into nursing. :redbeathe Go to www.uta.edu/nursing click on prospective students, click academic partnership, click on academic partnership under bsn program and read more about the opportunity.
Please note: you do not have to work at a hospital to be admitted into this program. Once you are admitted into the junior/senior level of the nursing program, uta will coordinate a clinical site for you at one of their partnership hospitals.
Is there anyone out who have started the ap bsn program either fall 2009 or spring 2010? I would love to hear how things are going in the online courses (whether you just started pre-req courses or you are taking the nursing courses).
I hope this has have been helpful information for those of you who really need flexibility while in the 2nd bsn fast track/accelerator program.
As far as I know, I don't think volunteering counts, but I don't know for sure. Another advantage of being employed with a partner is the tuition reimbursement factor. I believe most of them will reimburse you, although I've also heard that some hospitals require a 2 year contract.
How it works is.... Say you are applying for the APBSN program and you work at partnered hospital X. Everybody else in hospital X will be competing with you to get a seat in the program. A year ago when I was applying, I was told that they open about 9-10 seats per partnered hospital. If you are not an employee of a partnered hospital, you are thrown into a large pool competing with all of the other people. I know this program is getting more popular, therefore more employees from partnered hospitals are applying.. thus, limiting chances of unpartnered people from getting in. Volunteering does not count. You need to be at least part-time PAID employee when you apply.
I was on another UTA AP thread and it stated that if your not partnered with the your chances of getting in are slim to none?! Does anyone know if this is true? They really dont say anthing on the website about being employed with a partnered hospital to get into the program so im a little confused
Are you a med tech? I am going into my 3rd semester (SR1) and I am in the academic partnership BSN program and I also work in the lab. I had to go part-time and take out a whole bunch of PTO. You do not schedule the clinical days. They are going to do that for you and it will be set in stone. Different hospitals have different clinical days.. for example, Parkland may be Sat and Sun, whereas MCD is Fri and Sat.. it all depends where you get partnered at. It is possible to work full time during your first semester.. but after that, FORGET ABOUT IT. I am part-time now but am considering going PRN. It gets crazy! The clinicals are the easy part.. it's the workload that will kill you. There is so much to do, so many assignments, care plans, discussions - all of which have a deadline. The tests are proctored on a specific day and you will need to keep that day open because the test times vary. These past two semesters, I have had to keep my Thursdays open and had tests almost every week with times between 1000-1700. The non-proctored tests that you can take at home are also only open at a specific time as well. Therefore... you will need to have at least 3 days off from work. One for your proctored tests, two for your clinical days. I will be honest with you, the first semester was easy for me. Maybe because I was excited about starting nursing school and was on top of my studying. I felt that the material was easier to digest and the exams were much easier than what I had to endure my 2nd semester. So 2nd semester comes around and the exams totally slapped me in the face. If you think you are confident enough to work full-time, be a full-time nursing student, then go for it! My classmates that are still full time are on 12hr days so they work 2-3x a week.. I was not as fortunate as my job does 8hr days so there was no way I could do full time. I also tried to study at work but with wearing gloves, trying to read my book, running some specimens in between.. I just couldn't focus. Oh yeah, those classmates of mine don't sleep. Any more questions? I will be happy to answer!
Hi! Sorry, I have not logged onto this for a long time, so I didn't see that someone responded to me. Yes, I am a med tech. Are you a med tech as well? That's why I was wondering if this program may not be as hard for me as some people because I have a background in this type of stuff- not the patient care aspect, but at least in the theory of diseases, lab tests, etc. Since I last posted, my supervisor told me that I could go part time in the future, working evenings for 4 hours per day, 5 days per week (20 hours total).
Oh, and I forgot to ask if anyone knows... is the program 15 months or 13 months? I saw one person that was saying they finished it in 13 months. Also, does anyone know if the 3 nursing pre-req courses can be taken at a community college (TCC)?
I have also heard people say 13 months and then 15 months. I'd be interested in some clarity on that, as well!
My advisor said Children's Dallas is a partner. Does anyone know if that would include Children's Legacy (in Plano) - since that is part of Children's Dallas?
I have also heard people say 13 months and then 15 months. I'd be interested in some clarity on that, as well!
My advisor said Children's Dallas is a partner. Does anyone know if that would include Children's Legacy (in Plano) - since that is part of Children's Dallas?
Thanks!
The program is 15 months for the BSN program. If they are saying 13 months, they may not be counting Winter break and other small breaks in between semesters. It is 4 semesters straight. Children's Dallas is a partner for the RN-BSN program. I work there.. the advisor told me the same thing. Come to find out, they are not partnered for the BSN program so I had to apply with all the other unpartnered people. Children's Legacy is not included for the BSN program, maybe the RN-BSN.
Hi! Sorry, I have not logged onto this for a long time, so I didn't see that someone responded to me. Yes, I am a med tech. Are you a med tech as well? That's why I was wondering if this program may not be as hard for me as some people because I have a background in this type of stuff- not the patient care aspect, but at least in the theory of diseases, lab tests, etc. Since I last posted, my supervisor told me that I could go part time in the future, working evenings for 4 hours per day, 5 days per week (20 hours total).
You have an advantage in knowing how to interpret lab tests and knowing some of the diseases. That will definitely come in handy when you do your care plans but that's about it. If you're expecting nursing school to be EASY for you.. I can't say because I don't know how you will handle it. People usually drop out of his program because they fail the exams. We have to make a 70% average on exams in order to pass the course. This does not include assignments, clinicals, whatever else. The exams have application type questions where there may be more than one correct answer, but you must choose what is appropriate and priority.
@kazuo1513... Oh, what a bummer you thought you were partnered!!! The advisor just told me that Children's Dallas was partnered for the AP-BSN but maybe she had her lists mixed up or something. So which hospital did you end up at for the program? How much longer do you have left?
I know that being partnered increases the probability of being accepted. Should I focus on any partnered hospital or only those selected for clinicals?
@kazuo1513... Oh, what a bummer you thought you were partnered!!! The advisor just told me that Children's Dallas was partnered for the AP-BSN but maybe she had her lists mixed up or something. So which hospital did you end up at for the program? How much longer do you have left?
Thanks!
There's no way Children's Dallas can be partnered for the BSN program because the whole point of partnered hospitals are to do a majority of your clinicals there. We only offer Peds and it would not be right for a BSN group to only focus on the peds population for the entire program. I graduate in December.
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I wonder if volunteering would count? Well ill go ahead and apply to the on campus program as well h