I live in NY, got all my prerequisites and failed first course of nursing (family issues). Now I am planning to move to different state and have a new start. I did some research and choose a few states what are the best for me (weather, cost of living and many more factors). So my question is: Which state (UT, CO, NC, TX or TN) is the best for getting an RN degree (less competitive)? Maybe you know any specific schools? Also, which state has less competition for a job, or is it the same everywhere?
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In Tishomongo, Oklahoma there's the nursing program at Murray State College (not to be confused with Murray State University). The only prerequisite course is one semester of Chemistry. It is in a rural area, so competition for admissions is nonexistent.
I think NC would be a good choice. I live in NC and there are several nursing programs around me. Just in the Raleigh-Durham area there are many community colleges and universities close by. There are also many teaching hospitals around and medical schools, Chapel Hill, Duke, NC State, etc. Since I don't know what prerequisites you have had, they may differ from school to school so you still may need another class or two to better your chances. If you want to go into the medical field period this is a great area, there are colleges, hospitals, and doctor's offices on every other corner just about. And I know several people from different schools that applied and got accepted their first try into nursing.
I spent almost six years on getting into the nursing already (got all prerequrements for nursing in one college in Brooklyn but after I passed everything they lost accreditation, and I had to transfer to another college. They made take some classes again, and it took me a year to get into the program there. Also I had all A's and only 2 B's. However, during my first semester my parents got divorced, and many bad things happened to me. Yes I failed first nursing by few pints (I got 70), but now I realize that no school want me anymore. One stupid C crossed everything what I was doing all these years. Please don't tell me that this profession is not for me, because I know that nursing is my future. I am just trying to be realistic. I am looking for college which is less competitive than colleges that I attended (from 80 students only 39 passed this couse in my college), so would have a chance to complete what I begun. I don't have money at all, but if where would be no more options I would consider taking loan for private school. I don't think that New Mexico is the best choice for me. And I am wondering why CO and NC is not the best choice? Maybe you know if it woud be better to become LPN first than Associated->BSN? I just don't know where to start and what to do.
The fact that 41 out of 80 students failed tells me that your school wasn't competitive enough with their admission requirements, not that it's too competitive and you need a less competitive school. They admitted students who couldn't cut it because they had less competitive requirements for admission. Nursing school is equally hard no matter where you go. I went to a university that is consistently ranked in the top 40 universities in the US and no one failed out of my program. The competition was in the admission process and the school only admitted those who would succeed.
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In Tishomongo, Oklahoma there's the nursing program at Murray State College (not to be confused with Murray State University). The only prerequisite course is one semester of Chemistry. It is in a rural area, so competition for admissions is nonexistent.