WGU RN-BSN in 6 months

sunnynurse36 · May 18, 2016

Do they accept transfer credits?

ERNurse2011 · May 18, 2016

Yes, they took most of my credits from my ASN program. A couple of my pre-reqs like statistics and nutrition were older than 5 years so I had to retake them, but that was it.

Queensheebah · May 20, 2016

How many classes did you take at a time?

dorkypanda · May 27, 2016

How much did it cost per unit ?

Did you have to do clinical or practicum?

benegesserit · May 29, 2016

How much did it cost per unit ?
Did you have to do clinical or practicum?

Not the OP, but...

The RN to BSN program does not have clinicals. It has a community health practicum where you research a problem in your community, interview people, and stuff like that, but it isn't hospital/skills - based at all.

WGU charges by semester, not by unit. There is no hard limit to the number of classes you can take per semester - it depends on your personal capabilities and the time you have to devote to school. One semester, like OP managed, is possible but not common, and isn't really reasonable to expect. 2-3 semesters is more common.

dorkypanda · May 29, 2016

Not the OP, but...
The RN to BSN program does not have clinicals. It has a community health practicum where you research a problem in your community, interview people, and stuff like that, but it isn't hospital/skills - based at all.
WGU charges by semester, not by unit. There is no hard limit to the number of classes you can take per semester - it depends on your personal capabilities and the time you have to devote to school. One semester, like OP managed, is possible but not common, and isn't really reasonable to expect. 2-3 semesters is more common.

is wgu a for profit insitutition?

How many times do you have to complete the practicum?

how many courses did you take a semester and were you working while doing that?

thank you

ParvulusPuella · May 29, 2016

WGU is non-profit. There are two community courses, the first in which you do research about your community demographics, giving you 25 hours of field experience, and the second course uses that research and has you conduct interviews with stakeholders in your community for a minimum of 65 more hours, for a total of 90 hours between the 2 courses.

I finished 9 courses my first 6 month term, and my remaining 3 in my second term. How many you take depends on how motivated you are and how quickly you can do the work to finish each course. I worked full time nights (36 hrs/wk) in my hospital and multiple days a month per diem at a clinic during my time at WGU.

dorkypanda · Jun 1, 2016

How many classes would you recommend someone new to wgu to take during the first term?

Do all of the courses have papers to turn in?

when you sign up for the courses are you allowed to add more courses as you complete them or do you have to do them in a certain linear order?

For each course is there a set in stone deadline for assignments or can you complete them at your pace?

thanks

ParvulusPuella · Jun 1, 2016

Full time students are required to finish 12 credits per term, which would usually be 4 courses. Every student is assigned a mentor who is the person who unlocks/opens each course for you. Every mentor has a different method; mine had a planned order of courses laid out, and it worked fine for me. She opened one course at a time, as soon as I finished one she would open the next. The first term, you are required to have weekly phone check-ins with your mentor, to discuss progress and questions, etc.

Some courses require just a test, like statistics. Care of the Older Adult was both a test and a certificate obtained by completing a short course through the Museum of Natural History. Health Assessment was a test, recorded head -to-toe physical assessment on someone with follow up written assessment, and the completion of an online physical assessment. Other courses are all papers, some courses with more than one.

The only deadline is the end of term. You can take all six months to complete your 12 credits, or one month. Everything is at your own pace, as long as you are continually making some sort of progress. Thats one of the reasons for the weekly mentor call.

Mentors know that you have a life outside of school, the majority of the students at WGU work, so they understand needing to take days off here and there. After finishing my first term, I unofficially took a month off, not starting work on my next course until the second month of the term.

Ultimately, it is most financially efficient to complete as many courses as possible each term. By finishing 9 courses in one term, the tuition ended up breaking down to less than $200 per course. As I only had 8 credits to finish my second term, tuition was pro-rated for those credits and I finished my BSN for roughly $5,000. So finish as many as you comfortably can.

Columnist · Jun 19, 2016

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Hotyoungmom · Jul 27, 2017

What was your study method like? I appreciate any and all advice.