What Questions to Ask??

[NeedchangeofPace]

This coming week I am going to check out 2 different Nursing programs one for RN, the other for LPN to RN.

What Questions should I ask? Other than class size, times, graduation rate?

Thank you!!

Mark

[ChristineN, BSN, RN]

I would ask what percentage of their students pass NCLEX, as well as what percentage of the students that start the class graduate. If it is a ADN or diploma program, ask if they have transfer agreements with area BSN schools, even if you aren't thinking about a BSN right now.

[NeedchangeofPace]

Good thought ChristineN, good luck starting tomorrow!!!

[That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

How much time you spend in clinicals, what their labs are like, what kind of practice you get ( i.e. sim man, real people etc ) what the projected course load is like. Those are the things I wish I asked ha ha

[NeedchangeofPace]

How much time you spend in clinicals, what their labs are like, what kind of practice you get ( i.e. sim man, real people etc ) what the projected course load is like. Those are the things I wish I asked ha ha

What do you mean by "projected course load"? Do mean credit hourse per week?? or Course hours in relation to class time, labs and clinicals??

Thanx,

Mark

[That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

What do you mean by "projected course load"? Do mean credit hourse per week?? or Course hours in relation to class time, labs and clinicals??

Thanx,

Mark

Well with our program you dont have any choice in classes at all. If you are a junior 1 you take this, next semester this. First semester is insane hard(17 credit hours with close to 50+ hours of actual on campus/clinical time not including homework), 2nd is stupid simple, third is ungodly hard and 4th is rather easy. It makes for a rather unbalanced approach and really drags down morale a lot of the time.

Also see if you can find some of the students to talk to and ask them questions. Instructors and students have a very different idea of how their program is ran.