Weatherford College extends deadline for nursing program, announces limited reopening
History is still in the works at Weatherford College, but thanks to the coronavirus it will have to wait a little longer.
Weatherford College has extended the application deadline to June 30 for the school’s first group of students in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.
Applicants must already have completed their associate degree in nursing and/or passed testing to become a registered nurse. The program at the college expands upon prior knowledge and skills to allow students to complete their bachelor’s degree in one year.
Weatherford College will be the fourth Texas community college with a BSN program — and the first approved to offer the courses online. The program consists of nine courses and can be completed in as little as one year.
The online program is expected to be especially beneficial to rural hospitals as they require new registered nurses to obtain a BSN within a certain time frame.
“Smaller rural hospitals have struggled to recruit and retain BSN-prepared RNs. The Weatherford College RN-to-BSN program has been welcomed by the rural hospitals in our area as a means in which to help their currently employed RNs to achieve a BSN education,” program director Tola Plusnick said.
The three-semester program costs approximately $6,600, which includes in-district tuition, fees and books, significantly less than the cost at a university, Plusnick said.
For more information, full admission requirements and to apply, visit wc.edu/bsn.
Limited reopening
Weatherford College President Tod Allen Farmer announced a limited reopening of Weatherford College campuses and facilities beginning May 11. The school has been operating in an online-only format since March 13 due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Farmer said student and employee safety remains the highest priority.
“We have transitioned the vast majority of our summer courses to a fully online format. Only a very limited number of our instructional programs whose certification bodies require face-to-face experiences will return to campus this summer,” he said.