hi! i'm wondering of anyone have heard of western governor's university & southern california university of health sciences. wgu has bsn preclicensure program that enables experienced healthcare worker (ven cna) to have bsn distance learning program if you live in southern california. you have to have your preqreuisites done before u apply to their program (see their website). http://www.wgu.edu/online_health_pro...sing_licensure
it doesnt say specifically what subjects and how many units though. i spoke to a counselor, they just started the program in socal. he wanted me to apply and pay $50 to find out what i need, but why apply if i dont have any of the science classes yet? i was just getting info so i know if this is the path i should be going.
anyways, there's this other school that i found out that u may take your 4-unit science class in 4 weekends (saturday and sunday)! yes! it's located in southern california - whittier ca. go to www.integratedscienceprogram.com its through southern ca university of health sciences. i love it because i can keep working but it's expensive - about $2000 per 4 unit subject. but i guess as long as u achieve your goal sooner then it's alright. they are accredited by wasc. west coast university accepts them if you take classes from them. i guess do your homework and find out if the school u'r going to will accept it.
my questions are: did anyone went to these school?
how was your experience?
i'm planning to take anatomy and physiology i and ii and microbiology at scuhs starting this august.
It doesn't make much sense to me because you typically can't take biochem separately without having organic chem as a prerequisite. That calls for at least two full years of chemistry in some schools, overkill for nursing. Appropriate at the CRNA level but not for pre-licensure. I haven't been told yet what they think of the biochem I took the first time around the college merry go round. I am hoping they accept it. I'm in no mood to be taking chem again.
I totally agree with you. Biochem appears to be a big overkill. I wish I had completed it my first go around. Hope you get in real soon. I will start my chemistry this summer. Do you have any suggestions? I'm in CA.
I don't know what to think at this point. They changed advisors on me. I get generic emails all the time but it is difficult to get a return call anymore. They should have evaluated my transcripts in time for me to enter the July 09 class. I am disappointed.
Same here. It is hard to get in contact with anyone in the nursing deparment. They changed counselors on me also. My new counselor is always busy. I get these generic e-mails also. However, I have no problem talking to the counselors at Indiana State. Indiana looks promising because they answer the telephone. Stay encouraged. Are you looking for a BA or Masters?
I got my transcripts evaluated. Call and ask for the transcript evaluation department, not your counselor. They will e-mail you your evaluation. You should have a WGU account where you can log into, I do.
I sent an email addressed to transcript evaluation department and got no answer. Instead, the new advisor called me and didn't even give me enough time to answer the phone. Indiana State refused to talk to me and referred me to The College Network so that was the end of that. I'm looking for BSN. At the rate I'm going, I'll be dead and gone before I ever get a chance to get an MSN!
I know you will make it. Cal State Dominguez Hill has a BSN program for RN's. Here is the link. http://www.csudh.edu/cps/son/msn/pathway.htm This program is online. They also have a MSN program. Send me some private messages and we will talk. I may have some information you may need. I'm in this for the long haul.
Biochemistry is very different from general or organic chemistry and, yes, there is usually a pre-requiisite that students will have had general chemistry before taking biochemistry. If a course covers biochemistry (the study of chemical reactions related to living organisms), it might be considered to meet the pre-requisite but usually the material covered in a biochemistry course is extensive and requires an independent course. Biochemistry is essential to understanding reactions at the cell level andcell metabolism, how proteins are built and broken down, the role of lipids, alterations in protein chains that lead to disease, and much more. It is very relevant to nursing and nutrition.
Julia Rossi, RN, MS, Program Coordinator WGU Nursing Program
I am faculty at Western Governors University and the school is just great. The tuition is very reasonable for a six month period. We have full accreditation with NLN. We have the pre-licensure program currently in CA and TX. Our next roll out we are looking at are Utah, Florida and New Jersey. If you have additional questions please don't hesitate to ask.
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It doesn't make much sense to me because you typically can't take biochem separately without having organic chem as a prerequisite. That calls for at least two full years of chemistry in some schools, overkill for nursing. Appropriate at the CRNA level but not for pre-licensure. I haven't been told yet what they think of the biochem I took the first time around the college merry go round. I am hoping they accept it. I'm in no mood to be taking chem again.