Which are the Most Supportive BSN RN Programs in GA

juniorminty · Jul 22, 2011

I have heard horror stories about the retention rate of some schools. Could you please:heartbeat tell me what you may have learned about this. Im a single mom and need to graduate to take care of my babies. I would hate to do all of this work to get into a program that boots people out left and right.
Also if anyone knows are the final parts of ADN and BSN different lengths. I do not mean the prereqs, I am referring to the actual program.
Thank-you!
Proudmommy (Cobb County, GA)

In my experience, people are not booted out left and right for no reason. There are stipulations and rules set by not only the schools but the state board of each state that a person must maintain a certain GPA in each class they take and can only miss so many days/hours before they are dimissed from the program they are in. Nursing programs, whether RN or LPN, BSN or Diploma are notoriously hard to get into and notoriously hard to stay in without a very high level of commitment. I am assuming (and excuse me if I assume wrong) by 'supportive' you mean 'understanding' that you have children who may get sick and what not, which I can understand being worried that you may miss more than the allowed time because of that or maybe not be able to 'keep up' with the rest of the class. However, unfortunately, that is how the cookie crumbles. Because these programs are SO fiercely competitive (my school has about 100+ people apply in spring and fall and they only take 30 people in the program), they cannot let some get away with things because of their situations at home while others must be held to a higher standard.