Anyone attending Galen school of nursing, St petersburg/Tampa????

U.S.A. Florida

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Is there anyone attending galen Health Institutes?

How do/did you like it?

Do you think they are too strict?

Hi I am new to the forum but this is the most information about nursing I have ever seen compiled on one website. Excellent. I think Galen is still provisional. At least as of April 2008.:rolleyes:

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Specializes in LTAC, Wound Care, Case Management.

I'm sure Galen's program is great. I've heard of a lot of people who felt they received a top notch education. The problem ... they are NOT regionally accredited. If you want to move past ADN, your credits will not transfer and you will have to start over. Please consider the accreditation of a school over the waiting time if you plan to move past ADN. Sometimes waiting a bit longer is worth it in the end.

I attend Erwin Tech and we just finished our first round of clinicals. Several students were offered jobs at their clinical sites. I think this says a lot about a program's reputation.

Good luck to you in school!

:nurse:

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Hi All,

I am new to this site but it is very informational. I go to take my Entrance Exam Thursday 06/05/08 to attend Galen. I am extremely skeptical about attending Galen because like someone mentioned earlier they are not Regionally Accredited, they are Nationally Accredited by the COE (Council on Occupational Education). This is the same Accreditation that Erwin & Brewster has though. I had planned on getting my BSN after my ADN, but being that I cannot transfer my Liscense to a University & I will have to start over, it makes no sense for me to attend unless I settle for my ADN. Anyone attended Galen and had trouble finding a job? Any Advice?

Thanks :banghead:

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does galen have a bsn option?

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Hi All,

I am new to this site but it is very informational. I go to take my Entrance Exam Thursday 06/05/08 to attend Galen. I am extremely skeptical about attending Galen because like someone mentioned earlier they are not Regionally Accredited, they are Nationally Accredited by the COE (Council on Occupational Education). This is the same Accreditation that Erwin & Brewster has though. I had planned on getting my BSN after my ADN, but being that I cannot transfer my Liscense to a University & I will have to start over, it makes no sense for me to attend unless I settle for my ADN. Anyone attended Galen and had trouble finding a job? Any Advice?

Thanks :banghead:

I graduated from Galen this past Feb. Their GE classes are not yet accepted at any other schools but several private universities, U of Tampa and South University, for sure, will accept their nursing credits. I am over 50 and it took me 30 years to go from LPN to RN so I am not concerned about getting my BSN. I went to Galen because it was only 12 months including GE classes, the only prereqs were an LPN license (they did check your program to make sure it compared with theirs) and an admission test. It was well worth it for me. The program is tough and it is very difficult to keep up and work too much. I only worked 1 day/week while I was in school.

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I graduated from Galen this past Feb. Their GE classes are not yet accepted at any other schools but several private universities, U of Tampa and South University, for sure, will accept their nursing credits. I am over 50 and it took me 30 years to go from LPN to RN so I am not concerned about getting my BSN. I went to Galen because it was only 12 months including GE classes, the only prereqs were an LPN license (they did check your program to make sure it compared with theirs) and an admission test. It was well worth it for me. The program is tough and it is very difficult to keep up and work too much. I only worked 1 day/week while I was in school.

Thanks for the info. Are you working as a RN now? Was it hard for you to find a job?

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does galen have a bsn option?

Unfortunatlely, they do not! I wish they did :cry:

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Thanks for the info. Are you working as a RN now? Was it hard for you to find a job?

I had no trouble getting an RN job nor did my classmates who actively looked. Some of them just stayed at the nursing homes they were already working at. I am working in the NICU at ACH but I could have made more money almost anyplace else.

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I had no trouble getting an RN job nor did my classmates who actively looked. Some of them just stayed at the nursing homes they were already working at. I am working in the NICU at ACH but I could have made more money almost anyplace else.

Thank You:yeah:

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I just graduated from the LPN program on May 2nd and YES it is very very expensive but it gives you a very good base especially if you are planning on going on to get your RN. I do have to say that their interaction with the students is VERY POOR to say the least which is why only a handfull of the graduating class are returning for their RN. Having to pay almost 25 grand for RN school is tough to swallow, knowing that they are still not accredited is another issue but couple that with dealing with extremely DISRESPECTFUL administrative staff and it is just not worth it.

The new RN class that started in mid May was full but by the time they actually started classes only half of us showed up and after a week a few more dropped out and opted to go to a dfferent school.The majority of the graduating class are actually enrolled at SPC for the Fall transition program and the remainder are going to enroll for the Spring program at SPC.

You learn quickly at Galen to keep your mouth zipped and not say anything to administration eventhough they are completely wrong in regards to any situaion because they will make the rest of your stay there a living hell.

I still have lots of friend there that have not yet graduated and they say it is getting worse each day and they can't wait to graduate and NEVER return back to Galen. This is a shame as Galen has a very good program but I think they forgot that for the school to continue to flourish they need students to attend and referals go a long way.

To make matters worse we walked down the graduation line without our diplomas because they claimed the company mailed out the wrong ones. We were promised that we would receive our diplomas within two weeks but guess what? to date we DO NOT have our diplomas and as of this week they don't know when we will get them.

I took my NCLEX PN boards yesterday and found out today that I PASSED!!!!:yeah:

GOOD LUCK TO ALL

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I just graduated from the LPN program on May 2nd and YES it is very very expensive but it gives you a very good base especially if you are planning on going on to get your RN. I do have to say that their interaction with the students is VERY POOR to say the least which is why only a handfull of the graduating class are returning for their RN. Having to pay almost 25 grand for RN school is tough to swallow, knowing that they are still not accredited is another issue but couple that with dealing with extremely DISRESPECTFUL administrative staff and it is just not worth it.

The new RN class that started in mid May was full but by the time they actually started classes only half of us showed up and after a week a few more dropped out and opted to go to a dfferent school.The majority of the graduating class are actually enrolled at SPC for the Fall transition program and the remainder are going to enroll for the Spring program at SPC.

You learn quickly at Galen to keep your mouth zipped and not say anything to administration eventhough they are completely wrong in regards to any situaion because they will make the rest of your stay there a living hell.

I still have lots of friend there that have not yet graduated and they say it is getting worse each day and they can't wait to graduate and NEVER return back to Galen. This is a shame as Galen has a very good program but I think they forgot that for the school to continue to flourish they need students to attend and referals go a long way.

To make matters worse we walked down the graduation line without our diplomas because they claimed the company mailed out the wrong ones. We were promised that we would receive our diplomas within two weeks but guess what? to date we DO NOT have our diplomas and as of this week they don't know when we will get them.

I took my NCLEX PN boards yesterday and found out today that I PASSED!!!!:yeah:

GOOD LUCK TO ALL

I have to agree with you on that, i used to go to Galen and was not treated very nicely, i hear good things about their program, it is hard and all, but they treat their students like a bunch of kids in bootcamp, once you pay that tuition you get no more respect, some teachers curve grades, and it makes you wonder, do they lower the grades of others? I have had a view times that the scantron made a serious mistake in grades and so did others, i did not compalin about a cursing untill i found out that not every students grade got curved, i have heard some people are sueing the school for various reasons. I think a school should be strict on its rules but at the same time respect its students, we paid 14 grand, we are the customers.

Did you make it trough the program in 1 time? and what was your grade point avarage? How many people did you start out with and how many did graduate?

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Yes, I was fortunate to go straight through the program in just one try. My GPA was 3.20 and I graduated with only half of the people that I started out with :cry: but about five of the people I graduated with had repeated a quater so we were happy to graduate and be done with the program :coollook:

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