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Comment posted What Colleges In The Us Has The Best Nursing Program? by The Big Shot.

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  • Any major university program should be just fine. Make sure you go to an accredited school and you will be fine. Apply to many schools then you will have a choice as you may not get accepted into the nursing program at every school.
  • Nurses CANNOT feel lost or confused
    they are the helpers..
    not the ones needing help
  • Grand Valley State University in Allendale Michigan….the waiting list is huge!
  • Hi
    It sounds like you’re feeling really rushed! May I suggest that you slow down! You have options and you still have time to make final decisions.
    You might want to interview some actual nurses to get their advice on the field and on different specialities. Also, check this site out of the top nursing schools. Write to them for information. http://www.edinformatics.com/nursing/top…
    and http://www.allnursingschools.com/
    There are many excellent nursing programs around the country that are not on the list. Just make sure they’re at accredited universities.
    If you can’t or don’t want to go straight into a 4-year R.N. program, go into a 2-year R.N. program with an AA degree through a community college and then transfer to a top 4-year school for your BSN degree.
    Also, just realize that the first two years of any college program in nursing, will require you to complete non-nursing general requirement courses. These you can complete at any accredited college. This can take some of the pressure off of you to get into a top nursing school right now, and give you more time to explore your options.
    Good luck!

Recent comments by The Big Shot

  • Does The Prestige Of A College Matter For Nursing School?
    I understand it completely. I’m a nursing student (LPN). In Oregon, it is crazy to get into any sort of nursing program. LPN is a little less competitive, but most people want that RN first and are willing to spend two years on a waiting list cooling their heels rather than becoming an LPN first and bridging up to RN.
    It was still crazy to get into the LPN program. I had to take a test, write an essay on the spot, then right five more and submit them, have two letters of recommendation, and do an interview with the program director.
    I think the biggest reason nursing is so competitive is because of the nursing shortage. In such a such @$$ economy, it is a relatively secure job.
    Good luck.
  • Does The Prestige Of A College Matter For Nursing School?
    Actually, this is one career area where the place you obtained your RN from is not as important as the fact that you have the RN. And, it is a well known fact that community colleges and some of the Cal States turn out far better nurses (in terms of clinical hours experience) than the UCs where they are heavy on theory but not so much on clinical experience. I spent 3 days a week on the hospital floor in the CC; but my friend at the UC spent 1/2 to 1 day a week in clinicals. She actually had to take some outside nursing extension courses after she was done to get a bit more experience. Once you start staff nursing, almost no one will ask or care where you got that RN from–all they want is a competent nurse on the floor. FYI-CSULB has a really tremendous nursing program–your family does not understand the nursing career path.
  • Does The Prestige Of A College Matter For Nursing School?
    No!
    Most recruiters ask if you have a license.
  • Does The Prestige Of A College Matter For Nursing School?
    Nursing is a regulated profession. Everyone who enters the profession must write the same exam to get a license.
    Therefore everyone starts at the same level of competency as tested by the exam.
    The school you go to does not matter – if they could not prepare nurses who pass the exam they would not be in business.
  • Does The Prestige Of A College Matter For Nursing School?
    Nope!
    An RN is an RN and will be an RN. I’m a pre-nursing student at a CA community college and I got accepted to CSU, Bakersfield for their BSN program! With that said, I will be transfering to a CSU and am on my way to be an RN. In the field of nursing, it really doesn’t matter where you get your degree, as long as you are an RN. The nursing field has a shortage unlike other majors, and once you are an RN, you will be working side by side with other RN graduates from top tier universities such as Yale along with community college graduate RNs. If those people tell you to go to a top tier university for nursing, do not listen to them, because they do not know much about the nursing field. Nursing school should never cost you an arm and a leg, so you go to which ever school is the cheapest and convenient for you. Let those other people brag about their lives and their level of education, but one thing they will never understand is that experience teaches.
    Good luck with your endeavors!

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  1. The Big Shot on November 20, 2009 10:07 pm

    check out http://www.usnews.com
    I know North Carolina and Duke are good.

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  2. Joe R on November 20, 2009 10:22 pm

    Hi
    It sounds like you’re feeling really rushed! May I suggest that you slow down! You have options and you still have time to make final decisions.
    You might want to interview some actual nurses to get their advice on the field and on different specialities. Also, check this site out of the top nursing schools. Write to them for information. http://www.edinformatics.com/nursing/top…
    and http://www.allnursingschools.com/
    There are many excellent nursing programs around the country that are not on the list. Just make sure they’re at accredited universities.
    If you can’t or don’t want to go straight into a 4-year R.N. program, go into a 2-year R.N. program with an AA degree through a community college and then transfer to a top 4-year school for your BSN degree.
    Also, just realize that the first two years of any college program in nursing, will require you to complete non-nursing general requirement courses. These you can complete at any accredited college. This can take some of the pressure off of you to get into a top nursing school right now, and give you more time to explore your options.
    Good luck!

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  3. Mommy-of on November 20, 2009 10:33 pm

    Grand Valley State University in Allendale Michigan….the waiting list is huge!

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  4. Mopar Muscle Gal on November 20, 2009 10:45 pm

    Nurses CANNOT feel lost or confused
    they are the helpers..
    not the ones needing help

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  5. Debbk on November 20, 2009 10:46 pm

    Any major university program should be just fine. Make sure you go to an accredited school and you will be fine. Apply to many schools then you will have a choice as you may not get accepted into the nursing program at every school.

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