West Coast University BSN to MSN

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I've just recently visited the West Coast University campus in Anaheim to attend their general BSN program. I was mostly concerned if that BSN would be able to transfer to Cal State Fullerton so I could get my MSN in Anesthesia. The gentleman at the information session said with confidence that it would transfer to Cal State Fullerton "for sure, definitely." But after reading the forums here, I guess I received the wrong information. Could a representative from West Coast University or Cal State Fullerton clear this up for me please?

Also [my back-up plan] I was planning to get the BSN/RN at West Coast Univeristy and, if worse comes to worse, just transfer to an RN-to-BSN program at a Cal State and go to MSN Anesthesia from there. Could someone please clarify that this is possible? And please don't respond, "Why would you waste so much money there just to transfer to an RN-to-BSN program?!" It is because I would only have to spend 2 years there (with my transferred classes) and I qualify for financial aid. =) Thank you very much everyone for reading!

Specializes in NICU.

West Coast University announced to their students today (which is me) that they received CCNE accreditation. They received the maximum of 5 years and got really good reports back from CCNE. I'm very happy because I plan on going to a MSN program down the road.

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Actually, the maximum accreditation for CCNE is ten years, and schools with strong evaluation/visits generally receivd this ten year accreditation.

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Specializes in NICU.

Actually that is true for schools pursuing continuing CCNE accreditation. West Coast University is a new program and the maximum accreditation for a new program is 5 years. They received the maximum accreditation possible and excellent reports.

Per CNNE's website:

"Consistent with CCNE’s long-standing policy, any new program pursuing initial accreditation by CCNE is eligible for a term of accreditation of up to 5 years. Programs pursing continuing accreditation by CCNE are eligible for an accreditation term of up to 10 years. All DNP programs are considered by CCNE to be new programs and, thus, will be eligible for a maximum initial accreditation term of 5 years."

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So does this mean that if you graduate with a BSN from WCU, you can continue to a MSN at any other university?

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If a graduate program requires that you have a BSN from an accredited program, then graduates of WCU for the next five years will have met this requirement since they are graduating from an accredited school. Congrats to the faculty, students and administration of WCU for earning CCNE accreditation!

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wow it's so great to hear that WCU finally got their accreditation! I am also in the same boat, planning on taking MSN Anesthesia. I'm starting west coast in feb 2010, nervous to start!

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CCNE is only a small variable in the equation. whats important is the WASC accreditation...

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CCNE is only a small variable in the equation. whats important is the WASC accreditation...

can you explain WASC accred? not sure what that is exactly.

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WASC is what all colleges refer to as an "accredited" university. Some schools say CCNE is enough to transfer but that means you're only looking to transfer to a few schools that dont look at WASC accreditation. If WCU were to get their WASC accreditation, their units could transfer to every school in the US. This means going to a community college that is WASC accredited and CHEAPER can get you more options and further than attending WCU.

I talked to a directior at my community college and straight up told me that getting ur BSN at WCU is risky. What if one day the schools you were hoping to transfer to get your masters stopped looking at just CCNE?

If you look into WCU history, they use to be WASC accredited but they got it taken away. why? i dont know. maybe its cause of money.

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WASC is what all colleges refer to as an "accredited" university. Some schools say CCNE is enough to transfer but that means you're only looking to transfer to a few schools that dont look at WASC accreditation. If WCU were to get their WASC accreditation, their units could transfer to every school in the US. This means going to a community college that is WASC accredited and CHEAPER can get you more options and further than attending WCU.

I talked to a directior at my community college and straight up told me that getting ur BSN at WCU is risky. What if one day the schools you were hoping to transfer to get your masters stopped looking at just CCNE?

If you look into WCU history, they use to be WASC accredited but they got it taken away. why? i dont know. maybe its cause of money.

ok... there are a few different wasc accred. the one i was looking at previously was for grade school etc.

here is the website regarding universities. http://www.wascsenior.org/directory/institutions

Here is the website where it shows the westcoast termination since the programs offered were different than original school. WCU was a name acquired in 2005 by American Career College. http://www.wascsenior.org/files/CLOSED-MERGED-TERMINATED%20Institutions.pdf

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Hello Everyone,

Im new at this. Im considering in applying to West Coast University for the RN-BSN program. I would gladly appreciate if I could get some feedback.

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hi everyone. thanks so much for all the great information that was posted on this feed. it provided a lot of insight. i did have some more questions though. i'm still a bit hesitant at the fact that west coast may or may not be accepted at other schools if and when i were to go for further learning, but that's fine. i'm interested in going to west coast for the adn/rn program because time is of the essence for me and i don't hold any college degrees. my concern is the job market for adns. is it true that bsns are more in demand than adns even though they both are looked as rns? i really want to pursue nursing but don't think i can take the time to get the bsn now. i would love to go back to get the bsn later on. if anyone could please offer some insight, i'd really appreciate it. thanks!

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