Ohio State or Case Western for Nursing

jjw6455
Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:33:19 +0000

I’m not sure the difference in clinicals hours are “huge” OSU clinical hours total 1000 in junior and senior year, they mention they have clinicals in the sophomore year but don’t itemize them, lets assume 180 that year, total clinicals ~1180. [BSN coursework | College of Nursing](BSN Curriculum | The Ohio State University College of Nursing)

Case quotes 1600 hours, but starts freshman year. I’m not sure there is anything useful that first year. That same amount of experience could be gathered volunteering or shadowing. Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing; So, considering the quality of the hours I truly don’t think it is “huge”. More - yes, huge no.

More important than hours would be what functions those clinicals entailed, and where they were performed - nursing home, free clinic, hospital… But, I don’t think you’ll find a legitimate list at either school because each will only market the high profile clinicals, not the mundain or those that had little experiential value but still counted for hours. Case quotes 200 facilities for clinicals but only mentions the top 4 names. Not how many hours are perfomed at any of them much less the whole list. Even if they did, it wouldn’t mean anything since the can’t gaurantee where a potential student will be placed.

Hence right or wrong my reliance on if the ultimate goal of the 4 years of prep was met, NCLEX. The list is based on verifiable numbers from an independent party. It can be analyzed and some results can be postulated on it. It may not indicate the experience leading up to that license, but in my mind, it indicates to a very good degree how well prepared the students were. Agreed it can’t be taken just at face value (% passage). But I consider if the sample size of the students taking the test is reasonable to make a prediction (at least 50 students), whether the number of students representing the class year over year is increasing indicating a growing program, and the consistency or trend of the passage rate. You mentioned Penn state. Looks like a great school, hit on all the marks I mentioned. Pitt, I’d be leary of anywhere except main campus because of sample size and consistency of the results. OSU class size increasing, scores consistently in the 90s. Case students taking the test are at a 5 year low, scores mid to upper 80s.

Again, I’m a Clevelander looking for the best place for D. I’m weighing location, cost, and potential outcome. I look at freshman retentivity, other degree offerings at the school should she change her mind, environment, where she ranks with respect to other students… Unfortuantely I’m an engineer and a parent. While quantitative values mean a lot to me, in the end it will be my daughter that chooses. As long as she chooses a place with a decent reputation I’ll be happy. Either of these schools would make me ecstatic.