West Coast University - BS Nursing

[iNurs]

i have questions about the bs nursing program at west coast university - orange county

1. i have only high school diploma, do i need to do prerequisite courses at west coast university before i start the bs nursing program?
   
2. west coast university got [color=#b22222](ccne) accreditation, does my bs degree (from west coast university) will be accepted in other universities (ucla, uci and csu) in case if i want to apply for ms program?
   
3. does the $126.000 enough to cover the 39 months of study at west coast university? or i need more?
   
4. is it easy to get a job after graduate from a private school? do you think employees prefer graduates of state universities than private universities?
   

[fiveofpeep]

Yes, best of luck to you. I just wanted to get the point across, because I worry that people desperate to become a nurse in this economy will spend all this money and not find a job and be in an even worse position. Good luck to you :)

[lrobinson5]

That is obvious but this person is lying to themself. He/she persuaded themself that wcu is the same as a regular state school.

And you have convinced yourself that people attending this school are somehow less worthy than those that attend state schools.

For your information, I am in an ADN program right now at a community college. I have not attended WCU nor have I ever wanted to. I will not pretend that I know the inner workings of the school and how successful they are.

However, you are tearing people down when you should see them as your peers, because they will be after NCLEX.

[CaliMursin]

I am being honest.I do not like the way they admit.I do not like the way they rip students off to make a quick 100 grand.I do not like how they lower standards to admit more students in. I do not like how they require people's money up front.I hate their for-profit agenda and I hate how they run their operation.Quite frankly if you have to buy your way in, you are not qualified to handle the lived of others. That is what it comes down to; the well being of others.

[lrobinson5]

Quite frankly if you have to buy your way in, you are not qualified to handle the lived of others. That is what it comes down to; the well being of others.

I just disagree with that entirely. I do not like any of the things you stated either, but I would never pass a judgment such as that on someone based solely on where they graduated from. The school is accredited, approved by the BON, and the person passed NCLEX? I think that person has a good chance of being a competent nurse (although maybe needs a reality check on finances).

I am not making any claims about how employers see these graduates. I just think your frustration is being placed on the people that are attending WCU as opposed to the institution. I don't think there is anything wrong with the people that go there, they are just very desperate to get started.

[CaliMursin]

I will just leave it at what I said earlier. Perhaps you feel the need to defend the school you might one day attend. Disagree all you want. Goodnight

[lrobinson5]

I will just leave it at what I said earlier. Perhaps you feel the need to defend the school you might one day attend. Disagree all you want. Goodnight idc

I have no interest in going there just as you have no interest hearing a different side to the story. Please try and see that the way you say things can hurt other people.

[ac1022]

I have a BA from a UC and currently attend WCU and I can honestly say that the lower division classes from a UC are just as easy as WCU. To get a C takes minimal if any studying. Now upper division classes are another story, I'd say they are just as hard as some nursing classes like funds and med-surg.

[ac1022]

Hm..I don't know about other campuses, but the LA campus is very hands on. I'm half way through my WCU-LA courses and I've had 2 nursing skills labs, one that was 10 hours and the other was 6 hours and have done 3 rotations at St. Vincent's, Verdugo Hills, and Brotman. In clinicals, I'm constantly busying doing one thing or another. I've done rotations in ED, OR, ICU, but mostly various med-surg units (ie telemetry, transitional care). I have heard that WCU-OC only does rotations at convalescent homes and that they spend most of their time doing care plans. But, this is not the case at all for WCU-LA. During my 8 or 12 hour shifts there is little time or no time to just sit around and do nothing. You get what you put into it so every time I'm at clinicals I try my best to see and do as much as I can. After all I am paying a ton for my BSN at WCU.

[nomsa]

Point of correction, Student's @ orange county campus are doing their rotations in hospitals, eg huntington Beach hospital, UCI, West Anaheim medical center, Santa Ana hospital, Kindred hospital etc I don't care about what people think or say about wcu. The license is the same is not going to be written graduate from state university or west coast university. Many gradutes from WCU r getting jobs. Nobody walks out of school with jobs in their hands. The school has the same accredition with state Uni. so far.

[fiveofpeep]

I know they rotate in hospitals. I'm saying that I heard the quality is not good because they are very hands off, mostly observing when they rotate. This is just how I have heard it perceived by local nurses, but I have never gone there so I don't know this to be true. It's just the reputation.

[nomsa]

I am not talking of something that I heard with someone but I am talking of something that I am doing. We do hands on, I am in my med-surg 1, but doing hands on during our rotations. I think it's better to talk of something that you r sure of. I am not cursing you but in future don't trust the rumors. All of my classmates r doing hands on as well. Our clinical instructors r with us when we r doing certain procedures and passing meds.

[Sleepysoo]

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