Accelerated Nursing Programs in Massachusetts
How you can get into a Massachusetts fast track registered nurse school program depends on your willingness to research all the colleges and universities offering it.
Your unrelated bachelor degree will now come in useful to get the schooling you need to become a registered nurse in only 1 or 2 years!
Curry College
Massachusetts College of Pharmacology and Allied Sciences
MGH Institute of Health Professions
Simmons College
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
University of Massachusetts-Boston
Curry College has a campus in Milton and one is Plymouth. The accelerated program is called “ACCEL” at the Milton campus. The BS can be obtained in 16 months after acceptance. The college website is easily obscured to those doing a google search. www.curry.edu. The “ACCEL” curriculum and prerequisites were not easy to locate either. Go directly to this page. http://www.curry.edu/programs-and-courses/continuing-education-programs/bachelor’s-degrees/nursing/accel.html
It is important to note that Simmons College offers only a MS and not a BSN. The program here is called DE (Direct Entry.) This program provides the foundation to become a nurse practitioner. It appears the program can be completed on a full-time basis in three years.
The accelerated BSN at Massachusetts in Amherst has an application deadline for classes starting in September 2012 of
February 1, 2012. Applicants must have all 6 prerequisite classes completed before then. The 6 prerequisites with at least a C or better grade are:
Human Nutrition
Medical Microbiology w/Lab or General MIcrobiology w/Lab
Anatomy and Physiology I and II with labs
Statistics
Human Growth and Development Throughout the Lifespan
Overall GPA must be 3.0 or better.
MGH Institute in Boston accelerated BSN (bachelor of science in nursing) is accepting applications as of this writing for its January 2012 start date. The program is called ABSN (accelerated bachelor of science in nursing.) This is a 14 month program. It begins each year in January and May.
Please remember that you must still take the NCLEX-RN exam to get your license after you have completed the program. If you have a felony record anywhere in your history, do some extra research before deciding on this path, because your background is researched and you may have difficulty getting the license.
Disclaimer: This post was written as accurately as possible at the time of writing, however, we cannot guarantee accuracy at the time of your reading. Please check directly with the individual colleges and universities you are interested in attending.
