Transfer Advising for Nursing Majors

 Hello Everyone,

Following up on Maureen Mirowski’s message yesterday about the MC Nursing Program and the amazing fact that MC now admits 192 students per semester, this is a good time to send out the new attached “MC Paths to Nursing with Transfer Options” document that shows three different ways to become a nurse.

Maureen mentioned the great news that RN’s with an Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN) are in demand, even in hospital settings.  The State of MD previously said that starting in 2020, to work in a Maryland hospital, students would need a BSN; however, the current critical shortage of nurses shows that some hospitals are hiring RN’s with an Associate’s in Nursing with the expectation that they must be actively engaged in working on a BSN within the first 12 months of being hired.  ADN/RN’s continue to find employment in private practices and other medical settings.  BSN’s will typically have more employment opportunities,  may be eligible for more promotions, and over time they generally will earn more money than an ADN/RN – this MC Transfer Nursing Paths document has a link to an article comparing ADN and BSN career information.

The focus of the MC Transfer Paths to Nursing document is TRANSFER - this does not replace information that students need to seek directly from the MC Nursing Department to enter MC Nursing, and the Paths document emphasizes the need for students to attend a Nursing Information Session at both MC and at BSN schools early in their planning to plot out a path.

Other advising points include

·        Estimated time frames to finish programs – this is UNOFFICIAL and every student will be different, but the idea is to show that it can takes two or more semesters to finish prerequisite courses in a sequence BEFORE students can apply to a Nursing Program. 

·       Did you know?  MC has MANY transfer agreements in place for MC Nursing students, not just UMB-School of Nursing – see Page 4.

·       A few RN-to-BSN completion programs do not require CHEM 131 (example, UMGC).

·       This Paths document urges students to start preparing for the TEAS test early – working on Reading Comprehension and Math skills in the first several semesters at MC before later studying science topics.

·       GPA Calculation explained - most BSN Nursing programs calculate an admissions GPA based on all grades including those showing from repeated courses, this is important to note if you see a student who has repeated several courses.  MC Nursing calculates the GPA on the most recent 24 credits earned.  Details in the doc! 

Things may change (feel free to suggest edits), so an updated copy of this MC Transfer Paths to Nursing doc can always be found in the shared One Drive that Julie set up for us.

Directions to get to One Drive for Advising Documents:  [as “Julie’s Warehouse of Important Doc’s!”]

1.    Log into MyMC on the web (not your regular Outlook log-in),

2.    Then click on the E-Mail Icon right next to the Blackboard Icon at the top of the page. 

3.    This brings you to Montgomery College Office Online Page (it has a black banner across the top).

4.    In the top left corner, right next to the MC logo, click on the square of 9 white dots to bring up Apps, then click on One Drive. 

5.    Then click the words “Advising Doc’s”, then click on the word “Transfer” – and click on the word “Nursing”

There is also an updated MC Transfer Advising to UMB School of Nursing Traditional Nursing BSN page available on the MC Transfer Resources for Counselors and Program Advisors Page -  the Traditional Nursing page is for students who plan to apply directly to UMB SON.  The big change on that page is that UMB has two deadlines now in Summer, July 15 Priority and a Sept. 1 Regular deadline for a Spring Admission to UMB Nursing.  It is also linked in the attached Paths to Nursing document.  A quick trip to the UMB School of Nursing page reveals that they are still accepting applications for Spring 2023 despite the Sept. 1 deadline!

Always need to take good care of our future nurses – more than one of us has been cared for by a nurse who was a former MC student!

Anne 

Anne Schleicher, Counselor (Part-time)
Montgomery College Online Advising Services

 

From: Mirowski, Maureen A <maureen.mirowski@montgomerycollege.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2022 3:39 PM
To: Counseling & Advising (CW) Discipline <counselingcw@montgomerycollege0.onmicrosoft.com>
Subject: Nursing

Greetings teammates,

Some good news which began Fall, 2022:  Nursing now accepts 192 students per semester!

384 students each year.

The point system didn’t even come into play with more spots than students.

Amazing!

In addition, students with their RN ( also known as ADN ) will have no trouble getting hired in this current climate.

It won’t last forever, so still advising students also take the recommended BSN transfer courses while at MC, if it works out to do so, less expensive.

As there is a drug/alcohol test 1x per year within all programs ( except Medical Coder/Biller Certificate which is for one year ):

Medical cannabis is not allowed for these programs per the clinical sites.

FYI,

Maureen