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[ardentanglophile]

Hi Everyone!

I just wanted to know if anyone has any information about Renton Technical College's LPN program. What was your experience? Were the teachers fair? Supportive?

[NawlinsGirl]

Licensed Practical Nurse

This program prepares students for professional licensure and employment as Licensed Practical Nurses. The program is approved by the Washington State Commission of Nursing. The program course of study includes courses in medical, surgical, geriatric, obstetric, and pediatric nursing; pharmacology and medication administration; clinical nursing procedures, communications, legal aspects of nursing, and professional development. Under the guidance of a nursing instructor, students participate in clinical practice in a variety of settings in acute, ambulatory, and long-term care. Upon successful completion of the program, students are eligible to take the Nurse Certificate and Licensing Examination for Practical Nurses (NCLEX-PN)

A Certificate of Completion is awarded upon successful completion of core course requirements.

Program Options

* Certificate of Completion

Other Program Info:

* Curriculum
* Requirements
* Frequently Asked Questions
* Program Outcome

Instructors:
Timothy Corbett
tcorbett@rtc.edu
425-235-2352 x5682

Neil Foltz
nfoltz@rtc.edu
425-235-5579
Program Length:

* 4 quarters
* 1188 hours/75 credits
* Monday-Friday,
8:00AM - 2:30PM
* (Hours may vary during clinical assignment including possible evening or weekend placement.)

Estimated Costs:

* Tuition $3,288.60
* Supplies $1,064.03

Enrollment:

* Students may enter at the beginning of fall or spring quarter. http://www.rtc.edu/Programs/TrainingPrograms/LPN/

[Msrio]

Don't know about Renton Tech, but I can tell you that all nursing schools are made up of different personalities, and most are not "supportive". Nursing schools are becoming more and more unpopular because students put everything into being accepted into a nursing program, suffer financially and then are at risk of getting booted out. What other career paths are this iffy? You decide on your future and someone else stops you in your tracks and tells you that you can't do it? This is why there is a nursing shortage.
One teacher in my school decided she didn't like a student. She was on her like a fly on shit throughout the program. All the students made mistakes in clinical. A few were inept. However, this student was good scholastically and was dedicated to becoming a great nurse. The teacher went as far as to make up a story to get the student expelled. The student was dismissed only a couple of months from graduation. Can you imagine that any teacher would be that ruthless? She actually went over the medications drawn from the med cart with the student, (I was present at the time) allowing the student to take the wrong amount, and then stated that the student had gone back to the cart and taken more! The teacher broke one of the five rights and blamed the student! You never know what will happen in a nursing program. You're taking your chances. Also, if you're a brown noser, you have a better chance of graduating. I've seen it.

[NawlinsGirl]

Don't know about Renton Tech, but I can tell you that all nursing schools are made up of different personalities, and most are not "supportive". Nursing schools are becoming more and more unpopular because students put everything into being accepted into a nursing program, suffer financially and then are at risk of getting booted out. What other career paths are this iffy? You decide on your future and someone else stops you in your tracks and tells you that you can't do it? This is why there is a nursing shortage.
One teacher in my school decided she didn't like a student. She was on her like a fly on shit throughout the program. All the students made mistakes in clinical. A few were inept. However, this student was good scholastically and was dedicated to becoming a great nurse. The teacher went as far as to make up a story to get the student expelled. The student was dismissed only a couple of months from graduation. Can you imagine that any teacher would be that ruthless? She actually went over the medications drawn from the med cart with the student, (I was present at the time) allowing the student to take the wrong amount, and then stated that the student had gone back to the cart and taken more! The teacher broke one of the five rights and blamed the student! You never know what will happen in a nursing program. You're taking your chances. Also, if you're a brown noser, you have a better chance of graduating. I've seen it.
I'm not at liberty to mention the technical nursing school I went to, but it's in Northern New Jersey if that helps. Good Luck!

HI MSRIO,

THAT IS AN AWFUL STORY. I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION BEFORE THE STUDENT WAS EXPELLED OR DID THEY TOTALLY BELIEVE THE TEACHER. I HOPE THAT THE STUDENT REPORTED THIS PERSON SO HOPEFULLY THIS WOULDNT HAPPEN TO ANOTHER STUDENT.

NAWLINSGIRL

[Msrio]

HI MSRIO,

THAT IS AN AWFUL STORY. I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION BEFORE THE STUDENT WAS EXPELLED OR DID THEY TOTALLY BELIEVE THE TEACHER. I HOPE THAT THE STUDENT REPORTED THIS PERSON SO HOPEFULLY THIS WOULDNT HAPPEN TO ANOTHER STUDENT.

NAWLINSGIRL

No, the instructor was not investigated. They took her word and dismissed the student as a liar. She is still teaching to this day.