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Did anyone take the Second Degree Accelerated BS in Nursing Program (ABSN) and how long was it?


December 10th, 2024

There are ABSN programs that are 1 year (3 sem/4 qtr) like U-KY, Creighton, U-Pitt, U-Wash, South Dakota State and some that are 4 semesters including a summer semester like Loyola-Chicago, Med University of SC and Indiana-U (Indy). These programs are between 14 and 16 months to complete before taking the NCLEX. I'm starting at Loyola in January '25, but researched most of the top 50 ABSN programs to understand, time to complete, quality of instruction, clinical placements and post grad job opportunities. Most, if not all of the programs have the same instructors for the traditional programs and typically have very good NCLEX pass rates (>90%)

December 10th, 2024

Yes,

January 29th, 2023

San Diego resident here. I went through National University. The BSN program was 22 months.