Ok, In my area in Michigan, there is a school (private) that offers 2 year ADN degrees. seems normal right? well the community college I am attending has a three year waiting list (do get me started, another thread) well people are starting to transfer to other schools. well two of my friends are going to this private school. there program is fairly new to this campus so not very much competition to get in. Well they were told that they get paid $14 dollars per hour to attend clinicals. well I about fell off my chair. Does anybody else get paid, is this the norm, am I just an idiot for not knowing? thanks

Heh ... I'm sure as hell not getting paid. And i've never heard of that before ... Certainly doesn't happen in my neck of the woods.

PAID for CLINICALS?????

I thought the PAYMENT was the EXPERIENCE one gathered when going???

That is not normal at all.

I would be extremely warry!!!! You don't get anything for free.

Are they signing work committments?

There is a local state run LTC facility where I live. If you go through them to get your CNA training they will pay you while you are working the floors during your training. However, they are paying for your training and you must sign a 1-2 year work committment with them. If you fail out or decide to not work there you are responsible for paying them back.

i've heard of two hospitals here in south jersey that's providing that same sort of thing. cooper hospital located in camden, nj has offered in the recent past, full scholarships to helene fuld school of nursing/camden county college. upon graduation, one was obligated to work there for "x" amount of year(s)...i say "x" because i can't remember the correct amount of years at this time & i can't locate the pamphlet at the moment.

ancora state mental hospital has a similar scholarship program where the employee is paid to go to school (class or clinical) during the school term & they when they're not in class, those employees have to work. in other-words, the employees are prorated their salaries for attending classes/clinicals. they are not required to "work" on their jobs while in school...their "jobs" is to go to school! they are paid to go to school for the fall term & while school is out on holidays and/or extended breaks (christmas/spring/summer), the employees are scheduled for work. what could be better right? well there's always a catch & it is that you're obligated one year's employment for every year they pay for your tuition. one would say...wow that's job security except for the fact that it's a full blown state mental hospital including the criminally insane population. if one has the gust to stay on board there & work with the clientèle, then by all means....go for it. oh & that's an unionized facility too

point is...this concept maybe catching on especially in this current nsg shortage....just imagine what hospitals will be willing to do when the baby boomers start retiring (& that's not that far away :uhoh21: ).

cheers!

moe

There are a lot of hospitals that will pay for your degree if you agree to work for them after you graduate. Usually one year of work for each year of school they paid for. You also work for them part time while you are in school, a sort of nurse tech job. But I have never heard of anyone actually getting paid just for going to clinicals. Is the school paying or the hospital?

Nothing like that in central AL. If you think about it we pay to go to clinicals. I mean we pay the school. My clinical class is foundamentals a 6 credit hour class and we are in the class room only 4 hours so the school pockets 2 hours. And we pay for malpractice insurance. We do gain knowledge that can not come from a book and the hospital gets some free labor.

I haven't heard of it. It is not a bad idea though, student nurses are providing a service.

The presence of nursing students on a floor is considered when staffing is done.

Jennifer

In St. Petersburg there's a program that does that. You give them 16 hours of work and they pay you a 40 hour work week and full benefits of a regular employee, including tuition reimbursement. When you graduate, you give them two years of service. Sounds good to me.