@Cyuen Congratulations on her acceptances. My daughter is going to Case Western. Their facility is amazing, but she has been done with Ohio since year two. Long winter nights, cold and grey. We are from CA. She cant wait to come back.
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Son was denied at direct nursing at CSU Fullerton as well :(.
He has some out of State direct admits, and some CSU pre nursing so far. Keeping fingers crossed for some good news from remaining of CA direct admits.
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Our D24 found out today that she was accepted at the U of Iowa for direct admit nursing, so we are excited and are looking forward to our visit campus (for the first time) this weekend.
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FAU offers direct entry, freshman fall start.
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Your daughter has an outstanding profile, congrats on the admittance. I was just saying to my DDâs counselor, a CNA license would most likely have benefited. Unfortunately , we had no nursing experience in the family, and found out about summer CNA licensure a little too late in the process. It was impossible to job shadow here in Illinois. none of the facilities we inquired with would allow it (mostly covid policy, and privacy). You will love Iowa! Top notch program.
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Iâm trying to understand this statement more. What would be an example of competitive progression to adjust seat limits? What specifically is wrong with nclex practice exams during senior year? Do you mean if you do not score at a threshold, they withhold your diploma and with what subsequent consequence? TIA
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Iâll butt in here a little and hopefully @OceanAir can add to this.
There is nothing wrong with NCLEX practice exams, but some programs use them to decide who gets a âticket to testâ after graduation. Some also consider them as part of a class grade senior year. My daughterâs program allowed for some grade remediation there - you had to do extra questions if you didnât score high enough. She had to do that a time or two, but then passed her real one on the first try (after a month of concentrated study and review).
Itâs good to ask that very question of programs. I donât think BSN programs are in the business of withholding degrees, but there might be some senior year things that a student should be aware of.
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What I mean is â there have been / are programs that have an NCLEX prep classes in the curriculum senior year, and obviously you must pass that class to graduate. The class is nothing but practice tests. You donât show you can pass the NCLEX, you wonât graduate that semester.
Does anyone know anything about Compact Nursing States? Daughter is choosing between some direct entry nursing programs now where one or two of them are NOT compact. What exactly will this mean for her at graduation time if she wanted to practice in another state? I was reading about compact vs non-compact and I am a bit confused. Thanks for any insight.
After graduation students can choose which state they want to seek licensing. They do not have to be licensed at the state that the school resides. For example a student that is a graduate of a nursing school in PA can take the NCLEX in MA and seek licensing there. If later they want to leave MA for another state they need to follow the procedure that the new state requires.
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If an RN holds a compact state nursing license, that license is accepted by other compact states very easily. Itâs an agreement among the state BONs that they recognize each otherâs licensing procedures and itâs pretty simple to get another job. My daughter moved from Ohio, a compact state, to Pennsylvania, a non-compact state. Despite holding an Ohio compact license for almost two years, it took her THREE MONTHS to get her Pennsylvania RN license and she was about ready to get her state representative involved. I understand most states are moving towards compact licensing, but you gotta watch out for the hold outs (looking at you, PA!).
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What about an RN coming from a non compact state. My daughter is considering University of Michigan for nursing. Will that be an issue for her if she wants to move/work in a compact state?
Is the NCLEX a different test in different states??
I personally do not think the compact/non compact thing is a big enough issue to solely determine where you go to school. As someone mentioned above, you can take your NCLEX in any state and I understand states are moving towards compact so things could look very different in four years. I would worry about moving when/if that happens.
I believe the NCLEX is the same no matter where you take it - itâs a national exam.
Pennsylvania, my daughter learned, is notoriously slow in processing out of state RN licenses (and one reason why she is looking forward to moving, lol).
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Same with CAâŠ
Interesting! I always wondered about that since I do not see myself staying in Florida for long after graduation. Do you know how it works for travel nurses? Do they need a specific certification?
Nclex is a national test and same everywhere. You can take it in any state you want and specify where to send the results for your license.
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Where you go to school does not matter for your license. You can go to school in Michigan but get your fist job in another state and get your license there. Now if you want to keep moving states afterwards you have to follow the rules that each state has.
@Panda28 That you have to research as things keep changing. It used to be that you needed some RN work experience before you became a travel nurse so you needed to already be registered in a state. If travel was within compact states licensing was fine. If travel was in non compact states then you needed to get licensing to the new state. No special certification. But you couldnât go from graduation to travel nurse. I donât know if things have changed.
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Thanks for the info! I plan on working bedside for several years before traveling but was still curious!
Thank you. Dont the students take their NCLEX in the state the university they studied at is in? Im just confused how u get ur license in another state?