California RNs with associate degrees in nursing programs from 73 community colleges are increasing chances to advance their careers by acquiring a degree, while BSN working full or in your free time.

The association American College of Nurses strongly supports these programs and back a trend in certain states allowing students to get BSN nursing degrees in certain community colleges, often in collaboration with four-year institutions. In most states, however, students enter college education programs by using a broad articulation agreements that ensure that the seamless transfer of the community college credits university offered by BSN.

In California and 17 other states, school to college articulation agreements exist to facilitate the transfer of credits from community colleges to universities with BSN programs. In general, the covenants allowing the transfer of 60 semester credits, that is consistent with agreements between two four-year institutions for other academic disciplines.

Sharon Johnson, RN, PhD, associate degree nursing program director at Santa Rosa Junior College declared that the state on the joint program allows community college graduates to transfer some universities while using knowledge that most of the claims is going to be accepted. “They simply complete courses at higher levels.”

About 62% of Santa Rosa de student nurses to implement programs BSN during his last semester, usually at the Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, Johnson said. One third in the 85 students who enroll annually within the associate degree program also have a college education in another field, plus some qualify for a fast-track a player plan studies, without checking the BSN.

Foster BSNs

“We are prepare nurses for that direct good care of patients, probably greater than anyone, in case they want to turn into supervisor, educator, or public health nurse, that they need an advanced degree,” says Johnson. “From the beginning, we encourage our students to obtain their BSN.”

With 600000 U.S. dollars in 2 years capacity-building grants and tuition, Santa Rosa JC is always to enroll 60 students in each spring and fall classes in 2006 by way of a selection process containing made the teachers one from the best ends up with state that has a low of 10% wear along with a rate of 97% NCLEX pass rate.

Johnson said, and graduates will have jobs as RNs in local hospitals and pursue their BSN degrees from attending classes part-time and via Internet and distance education.

At CSU San Marcos, a time of two years, part-time RN to BSN is now being launched in autumn 2007 with the initial class of 24 to 27 students, said Laurie Lindeneau, adviser and coordinator of outreach for your school of Health and Human Services Department. She expects that almost all applicants will likely be working with nurses and examples of community colleges in San Diego County. “The program was made so that nurses can also work and come university a couple of days a week inside afternoon or evening,” says Lindeneau.

Grades long distance

California State University, Fullerton has 387 students in their BSN program, all whom are RNs having a community college and degree, but 232 are not visiting classes on campus. Instead, were working in hospitals through the state and having a mix of videoconferencing and internet based courses.

“The nurses choose our program of distance education first since it is so convenient,” says Jo-Anne Andre, RN, MSN, the main of distance education. “The is offered frequently for the place where he or she is employed and conducted inside a cohort label of one night each week.”

Andre declared that the part-time distance program gives nurses a BSN in three years by way of a unique combined learning through interactive video broadcasts, survey software, and in person physical evaluations of college instructors heading for nurse workplace. Those attending classes on campus could possibly get a BSN into two years, with flexible schedule that also includes afternoon and evening courses.

The programme of distance education has doubled from registration for 5yrs and videoconferencing is now stuck state hospitals selected Kaiser, together with Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, St. Joseph’s Hospital in Orange, Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles, and Anaheim Memorial Hospital.