Which community college to choose for nursing?
Question by Jean C: Which community college to choose for nursing?
i wanna be an RN in the US, but no nursing background. Now i’m a junior majoring in Eglish in college in Taiwan (another country). Anyone know how i can be an RN? Any community college u recoomand? or other ways? How much is the tuition? How cani apply for that? Thx for helping!
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Jean,
Nursing is a good career choice in the United States. We presently have a nursing shortage. Where you attend simply depends on where you wish to live while studying. Many community colleges have one or two year Licensed Pratical Nursing Programs. Some have RN programs. There are hospitals that have teaching programs for RN’s as well. Major Universities have RN programs. There are many options. If I were you, I would decide what part of the country I wanted to live in and choose a community college with a good reputation and high test results on the NCLEX exam. You should contact the college, register, pay tuition, take the courses, complete the program and then take the State Board exam called the NCLEX. It is a tough test.
Here is a link for community colleges in America: http://www.communitycollegeusa.com/toc.asp?lstCat=Vocational%2FCareer&lstLang=English&optSort=Geo
Here is a link for the National Council of State Boards of Nursing. They administer the NCLEX exam for RN’s (registered nurses) and PN’s (practical nurses). http://www.ncsbn.org/
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June 4th, 2011 at 9:30 am
Are you wanting to come to the US to study? If so,it would be a good idea to finish your degree in English there first and when you find a nursing program here,you might not have to repeat all the courses required to become an RN. A community college is a two year degree program and requires completion of about 64 credit hours for graduation. In nursing programs, about 40-50 of those credit hours are nursing related classes. If you only need 40 hours to get the nursing degree it would save you thousands of dollars. In Southwestern Illinois community colleges usually charge about 160 dollars per credit hour for an out of district student and about 250-300 dollars an hour for foreign students so tuition would run you about 10,000 -12,000 dollars for 40 credit hours. Books would probably run another 1000 -2000 dollars. Some vocational colleges that are run for profit charge about 10,000 dollars for each year and possibly more for foreign students so community college is the best way to go. You will have no difficulty finding a job after graduation because your 2 degrees will make you a very desireable candidate. The US is suffering a severe nursing shortage so you will be most welcome.
June 4th, 2011 at 9:34 am
Please try: http://www.nursingmasters.com They have lots of good information on various nursing degrees both Bachelors and Masters