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Of course you need a BSN to be eligible to take the NCLEX exam so these students cannot become licensed.
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I may have misunderstood, but how is that accurate if community colleges offer 2-year RN programs? RNs do not necessarily need a BSN...most of the RNs my mom works with do not have a bachelors, but rather graduated with an ADN from a local community college.
I do think that students who are in a BSN program cannot become RNs if they don't graduate from their program. My cousin was in her last year of a BSN program and failed a class. There was a lot of discussion about what she should do since she would have to wait a year to retake it. From what I understand, she would not be eligible to take the NCLEX if she doesn't graduate with her degree in nursing. But students in associates' programs can take the NCLEX if they graduate, so having a BSN is not necessary, but having a nursing degree of some type is. Of course, having a BSN helps in the job hunt as opposed to an ADN, so I am not cutting down 4-year programs.
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You may find that some graduates of very selective colleges are overconfident, and don't spend as much time on test prep.
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I do agree with this. Many nursing students at my private LAC seemed to have their parents paying for their education (as was typical of the general student body at my school), so maybe they didn't take it as seriously or understand that it wouldn't be as easy as high school anatomy. Whereas most of the nursing students I knew going to community colleges were paying for it themselves, so that may have been a motivating factor. I don't think CCs could really be "easier" in the nursing field since you need to know a certain amount of information to pass the NCLEX regardless of where you go. But perhaps 4-year schools have more requirements, or more clinical hours, than some CCs which decreases study time? It'd be interesting to know why more students pass at some less reputable CCs than at some respected LACs.