Hello!!
I am wanting to start school and I have found the school I want to attend but I wanted to know if there are any sites that I can visit to check out a school?
I recently just graduated from a school (one year program) for medical billing and it was the biggest mistake of my life, I dont even have the space or time to go into it all but they lied about the whole program but basically I was stuck because of my student loans that I am now paying back and the school didnt do anything but cost me $10,000 and a year of my life.
Needless to say I am very nervous now when picking another school, I checked the BBB and this school has had no complaints but I want to dig deeper than that, the school I just attended only had 10 complaints (after I graduated) and I think it should be more.
I just dont want to be taken, I dont want to spend more money and more of my time and in 2 years have nothing but a huge student loan, you know.
Also, what are your thoughts on the on-line nursing programs? Are they legit? I came across one on-line program that is offered by a local hospital in my town, so is that ok to do....take the class online or do employers look down on on-line classes?
thank you!
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Started by nursewannabe77, Aug 11 2004 08:04 AM
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Posted 27 October 2004 - 01:05 AM
$10,000! wow! Sorry that didn't go well!
I don't know about the on-line nursing schools. I know many classes can be taken that way and it can be a help if your schedule doesn't match the class time.
I would look into a community college program. I don't know your area, but some of those are very good.
Do you qualify for any of the grant programs? There are several things available. Also, there are some hospitals that will pay your training if you promise to work for them for one year after you graduate.
Persever and don't let the rocks in the road get ya down! There is a great demand for good nurses!
Eileen
I don't know about the on-line nursing schools. I know many classes can be taken that way and it can be a help if your schedule doesn't match the class time.
I would look into a community college program. I don't know your area, but some of those are very good.
Do you qualify for any of the grant programs? There are several things available. Also, there are some hospitals that will pay your training if you promise to work for them for one year after you graduate.
Persever and don't let the rocks in the road get ya down! There is a great demand for good nurses!
Eileen
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Posted 19 April 2005 - 01:35 AM
I"ve been accepted into "Deaconess College of NUrsing". I haven't started yet (May) but you may want to check this college out. It's all online and qualifies students, at the least, to sit for the NCLEX for LPN. Hope this helps...
Kar
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Posted 19 May 2005 - 07:13 AM
Before you enroll in any school, ask to speak with not one but several students from the proram that have graduated. You can learn more than you ever dreamed. I just wasted my time and money and got nothing as well. I was 2 months from graduating in a one year LPN intensive program and got dismissed for a simple mistake made in clinical. Anothe student one month before me. Out of 30, 6 were dismissed. Since this happened, I am finding out that many students are dismissed for variable reasons, mostly clinical errors. Nothing with a bad outcome or injury to the patient. As a student, anyone can make an error. They are unforgiving. This is why there is a shortage of nurses.
As a student nurse you put your heart and soul into everything you do. It's a difficult curriculum and anyone in it is in it for the right intentions. You can look at it this way, life is a gamble.
1) Meet your instructors
2) Find out what the curriculum entails
3) Talk to previous students (at least 3)
4) Find out how many people have been dismissed from the program and reasons.
5) Find out how many people have dropped out and why.
Good Luck. In this field, you need all you can get!
As a student nurse you put your heart and soul into everything you do. It's a difficult curriculum and anyone in it is in it for the right intentions. You can look at it this way, life is a gamble.
1) Meet your instructors
2) Find out what the curriculum entails
3) Talk to previous students (at least 3)
4) Find out how many people have been dismissed from the program and reasons.
5) Find out how many people have dropped out and why.
Good Luck. In this field, you need all you can get!
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Posted 19 May 2005 - 07:53 AM
| QUOTE (nurse06 @ Apr 19 2005, 01:35 AM) |
| I"ve been accepted into "Deaconess College of NUrsing". I haven't started yet (May) but you may want to check this college out. It's all online and qualifies students, at the least, to sit for the NCLEX for LPN. Hope this helps... Kar |
I just posted to you in your thread. Deaconess is the college Im talking about in my original post. I have since decided against Deaconess. I am going to apply at Lutheran School of Nursing. I have spent a good year thinking and researching all the nursing schools around here (St. Louis) and finally have decided on one. Good Luck with Deaconess. Let us (me) know how it goes for you.
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Posted 19 May 2005 - 07:58 AM
| QUOTE (Msrio @ May 19 2005, 07:13 AM) |
| Before you enroll in any school, ask to speak with not one but several students from the proram that have graduated. You can learn more than you ever dreamed. I just wasted my time and money and got nothing as well. I was 2 months from graduating in a one year LPN intensive program and got dismissed for a simple mistake made in clinical. Anothe student one month before me. Out of 30, 6 were dismissed. Since this happened, I am finding out that many students are dismissed for variable reasons, mostly clinical errors. Nothing with a bad outcome or injury to the patient. As a student, anyone can make an error. They are unforgiving. This is why there is a shortage of nurses. As a student nurse you put your heart and soul into everything you do. It's a difficult curriculum and anyone in it is in it for the right intentions. You can look at it this way, life is a gamble. 1) Meet your instructors 2) Find out what the curriculum entails 3) Talk to previous students (at least 3) 4) Find out how many people have been dismissed from the program and reasons. 5) Find out how many people have dropped out and why. Good Luck. In this field, you need all you can get! |
Believe me when I tell you that I know how you feel. I was taken for $10,000 and a year of my life. I graduated, but what was the point. No one takes any student from that school (the one I attended for billing) seriously, no one wants to give me a chance. Total waste of my time. I am currently in a lawsuit against my school, they are not going to get away with what they did to me and every other student from that school. I hope it all works out in the end, I am starting over. I have done TONS of research into schools, I will NOT be taken again. I am satisfied with the one I have picked and cant wait to start
)What are you going to do? Can you appeal the decision?
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