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Comment posted Whats The Best Colleges In California For Nursing? by Brian H.

Here’s a great site:
http://www.edinformatics.com/nursing/top_nursing_schools.htm
UC San Fran. and Washington are the top grad. schools too.

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  • University of California-San Francisco
    I know UC-Berkeley does not have a medical program — but any other UC school that has a nursing program would be almost as good as UCSF.
    Avoid the CSU schools. They are not very selective — or very good.
  • UCSF only has a graduate nursing program. UCLA offers a B.S. in Nursing. UC Irvine and University of San Diego also have bachelors in nursing (University of San Francisco has it too) None of the good schools have surgical nurse as a bachelors (Loma Linda University has it, but i dont think its all that good) A number of CSUs have nursing, but UCLA, UC Irvine and USD are better.
    Univ. of San Diego is the only good school in CA to offer a graduate surgical nursing program. There are good out of state schools that offer a grad program in surgical nursing. Those are, John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, PA, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI, Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, Case Western Reserve Univesity in Cleveland, OH, University of Virginia in Charlottsville, VA and University of Washington in Seattle, WA.
    Going to community college first is not a bad idea. You can finish all your general education there and then transfer to a 4 year school. It will save you a good chunk of money. There are also some great schools with nursing programs out of state too.

Recent comments by Brian H

  • 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. lildude2 on November 16, 2009 10:04 pm

    UCSF only has a graduate nursing program. UCLA offers a B.S. in Nursing. UC Irvine and University of San Diego also have bachelors in nursing (University of San Francisco has it too) None of the good schools have surgical nurse as a bachelors (Loma Linda University has it, but i dont think its all that good) A number of CSUs have nursing, but UCLA, UC Irvine and USD are better.
    Univ. of San Diego is the only good school in CA to offer a graduate surgical nursing program. There are good out of state schools that offer a grad program in surgical nursing. Those are, John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, PA, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI, Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, Case Western Reserve Univesity in Cleveland, OH, University of Virginia in Charlottsville, VA and University of Washington in Seattle, WA.
    Going to community college first is not a bad idea. You can finish all your general education there and then transfer to a 4 year school. It will save you a good chunk of money. There are also some great schools with nursing programs out of state too.

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  2. Ranto on November 16, 2009 10:31 pm

    University of California-San Francisco
    I know UC-Berkeley does not have a medical program — but any other UC school that has a nursing program would be almost as good as UCSF.
    Avoid the CSU schools. They are not very selective — or very good.

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  3. Brian H on November 16, 2009 10:33 pm

    Here’s a great site:
    http://www.edinformatics.com/nursing/top_nursing_schools.htm
    UC San Fran. and Washington are the top grad. schools too.

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