08-15-2009, 01:05 PM
Don't know if you are aware of this option either....or if it available where you live, but it might be worth checking out:
Here in our area, the statistics are similar to what Cookderosa mentioned, as far as many applying and few getting in because of GPA and limited positions available.
Since I teach another medical subject at our technical center, there is a little known alternative offered in our area for those who have a variety of reasons why they may not make the cut for the colleges directly. We have an LPN program that lasts 12 months. This is through the public school system so is quite a savings but all the same work and requirements of any other school with clinicals and you must also pass the state exam when done.
Now for the little known part. Once you graduate, get your state license and get the degree, and a job....you can get accepted into Broward College (used to be a community college but recently has had a name change and is giving BS now in nursing and teaching). There is a state approved articulation from the technical school's program into the nursing program, which means you are not having to compete with the huge numbers of students in the other programs.
There may be the added bonus that if you go to work in a hospital or other medical facility that offers pay back for advanced education, then the balance of your nursing degree will be paid for or reimbursed by the employer.
I'd like to know if this is available elsewhere.
Judy
Here in our area, the statistics are similar to what Cookderosa mentioned, as far as many applying and few getting in because of GPA and limited positions available.
Since I teach another medical subject at our technical center, there is a little known alternative offered in our area for those who have a variety of reasons why they may not make the cut for the colleges directly. We have an LPN program that lasts 12 months. This is through the public school system so is quite a savings but all the same work and requirements of any other school with clinicals and you must also pass the state exam when done.
Now for the little known part. Once you graduate, get your state license and get the degree, and a job....you can get accepted into Broward College (used to be a community college but recently has had a name change and is giving BS now in nursing and teaching). There is a state approved articulation from the technical school's program into the nursing program, which means you are not having to compete with the huge numbers of students in the other programs.
There may be the added bonus that if you go to work in a hospital or other medical facility that offers pay back for advanced education, then the balance of your nursing degree will be paid for or reimbursed by the employer.
I'd like to know if this is available elsewhere.
Judy
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