LPN or RN in NJ

[utility]

What's the easiest way to get either of these?  Hopefully something that allows plenty of ACE credits is out there.  So far no college credits so they will be starting from scratch.

[Flelm]

What part of NJ?

TESU has an RN program.

[DeanLewis]

There is no easy way to earn a nursing degree, it's a lot of work. At best, some schools will allow you to transfer the mass of your gen eds into an RN program, some will allow you to use ACE-approved pathways, and then you'll have the remaining "core" nursing classes left. It is still 15 months plus of nearly full-time education. The other option is finding a second degree accelerated BSN, some of which can be done in 12 months (if you have an accredited bachelor's degree in another field), but those are really tough, and 40+ hours a week.

[ss20ts]

Since you're looking for an LPN I'm wondering if you're already a nurse? If not I would look at local community colleges and hospitals because many have nursing programs. Nursing isn't one of those programs that you can do 100% online for cheap or in 6 months.

[utility]

I mentioned TESU to him. I have TESU degrees. TESU is about a 45 minute drive, we're in the Shore area. If physical attendance isn't required daily TESU could work.

Full-time education is no issue, we were already planning on that. I just want to maximize what he brings in before starting. He still has another year of high school left so want to give him the biggest shortcut possible for when he actually starts college, especially the gen eds.

The closest college would be Ocean County College but not sure if they take ACE credits.

[ss20ts]

What about AP courses since you're talking about someone in high school? Or CLEP exams? ACE credits aren't always the easiest thing to transfer to many schools. AP and CLEP are accepted much more easily and are much more common.

[utility]

He will probably take 3 dual enrollment classes next year, was hoping instead of these he can go with ACE alternatives. If you can do ACE courses in a couple of weeks or less (plus they're cheaper) it beats using up a whole semester on a class, giving him a lighter schedule while earning the same amount of credits. I'm just looking at what options are available. CLEP is a good option also for some of the classes.

[Flelm]

OCC takes at least some ACE, they take the Google IT cert and the Rouxbe Culinary Cert. Maybe. https://www.ocean.edu/programs-and-cours...r-training

Since he's still in high school I'd focus on AP courses, especially science (Bio, Chem).

I know nothing about nursing programs so I'll leave my contributions at that.

EDIT: https://www.tesu.edu/nursing/programs/bs...th-studies

[dfrecore]

If I had a recent high school grad who wanted to become a nurse, I would just do the straight traditional program at the local CC. Take a few DE courses during high school if you want, but really, kids need some maturity when being a nurse anyway, so if they're starting around 18 and will get done around 20, that's not a bad place to be.

I would work on a few courses that will count towards GE - maybe a science or two, but def English Comp, History, etc. Anything you can do over the next year to lighten the load of the RN program will be useful. Just look at what the degree requires, and plan a few things in. If you can CLEP a couple, that would be good too.

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I might also take an online A&P course (cheap or free) so that you can get a high score on the TEAS exam. I'd also look at studying Biology and Chem, and some math.

[bjcheung77]

Since the student is taking dual enrollment, continue with that, especially the sciences as Nursing requires many hands on labs. You can see if the community college takes CLEP/AP for up to 30 of those credits and finish the AS in Nursing form that community college. You need to make sure to CLEP/AP the max and courses that can't be dual enrolled at the college. I wouldn't waste the dual enrollment courses on those that can be CLEP/AP out of...