We loved CCU and it’s a front runner in my daughter’s choice. Of all the schools she has been accepted to, it is the only school that she would start as a freshman as a nursing student , as opposed to pre-nursing and having to apply (and possibly not be accepted) as a sophomore to become a nursing student. My question is this: it’s a new program (currently in its second or third year, which makes me concerned that hospitals aren’t recruiting from there… is that a valid concern? Or am I being paranoid.
are you asking about this program https://www.coastal.edu/nursing/22residentialprogram/ ?
I don’t know the particulars of that school but looking at that page it looks like they have created a “wrapper” around an ADN (associated degree in Nursing) program and RN->BSN that offers on-campus living and guaranteed admission to the RN->BSN program after completion of the ADN program.
The ADN → BSN route has become popular because it is difficult to get into direct-admit nursing programs, and once holding an RN via the ADN degree it is much easier to get into a RN->BSN program. So it sounds like a good option.
The caveat is your D ought to to know she wants to be a nurse, preferably through exposure she already has as a volunteer in a patient care setting. A potential difficulty I see with the CCU program is that for the 1st 2 year she isn’t really a CCU student, she’s enrolled at an adjacent CC. Which is no big deal if she goes all the way thru the nursing program, but if she changes her mind after a semester or two then she isn’t enrolled at a 4-year college so it isn’t a simple matter of changing her major to some other one the U offers.
You can probably get more answers if you post your question on the nursing sub-forum here.
The program is just a few years along and still has some minor bugs. But they start the student out with clinicals the first semester.They have a Nursing campus at HGTC’s Myrtle Beach location, many start there and finish at Coastal. Costs less, same education.
You find out fast if you really want to be a nurse. After 5 semester straight; Two Spring, a Summer, two Falls you take your RN test. You are doing clinicals all the while at the local hospitals. If you plan on staying in the area, it’s a good idea to work part time your last two semesters as a tech in one of the hospitals, if you look good to them you will be asked. You start work as an RN after you pass your RN test. Three more semesters, on line if you wish, at Coastal and you have your BSN. Plus two years of Nursing experience toward your requirement to go on to PA, NP, etc.Not to mention you made a $100,000 while the traditional 4 year nursing program student is still in school.It is tough and not for the lazy. A parent.