i went to a school by the name of concorde career college( im sure sounds familiar) located in tx, tn, ca, and fl. this school, got me all excited by basically persuading me that i could be the equivalent to lpn status with the skills i was to learn in a "short"nine months and also guaranteed job placement assistance at the end of the course. before i went, i attempted to ask nurses that i had already been working with ( cna for 7 years), of their opinion about me attending to earn such title. many of them, didn't even know what a ma was or how you came about getting to be one, one lpn told me that it wasn't worth it and that it was a waste of time and money. but me, i was so determined to go to college and finish to get a degree in this field so that i could have a high skilled job while attending school to get my rn degree in the near future. i did training, did externship at a clinic, didn't get hired, and was only able to obtain 4 interviews out of 50 or more resumes sent out. then i thought, i should go ahead and get state certified, maybe that was what was keeping me from getting work. i was so anxious to get certified, that on my first attempt i was 4 points away from getting certified. i eventually found out that everywhere i go, i hear that this school has a reputation, i don't know about the other states, but the memphis, tn campus has a lot of reputation for sending students out on extern fairly skilled and not knowing anything that is truly required in the curriculum. i understand how important is to be certified, but still, you have to literally be experienced starting at 2 years even if you were, in a clinic. how are entry-level students supposed to practice their craft if they can't get in ?! i have been out of school a year and working odd end staffing jobs, its just not a great thing to pick up unless you are eager to just bein the medical field period. i'm gonna go prepare to finish getting my rn degree. and with a lasting note, i'm even somewhat skeptical about that , because the economy has made it where even rn's are havin a hard time getting work, that's krazy ! anyone considering, please go and do research on the school before you attend, this is 12 grand down the drain !
