Robert Morris?

charebec65 · Mar 8, 2007

Not really. All I know is that the man it was named for was a signor of the Constitution, Declaration of Independence and I believe the Articles of Confederation, one of only a couple people that signed all three. He was a financier of the Civil War and until that war was quite wealthy. He died a pauper however after helping to finance it. This is a lot of useless information to you I know but it's just one of the things in our family. We don't sign our John Hancock's, we sign our Robert Morris'. My husband is a direct decendant.

Good luck!

meownsmile, BSN, RN · Mar 9, 2007

I dont really know how long they have had a nursing program. I know they used to be mainly a business/technology school before they started embarking on a more collegate stature. Havent really known anyone that graduated from their programs myself but that may be something they should be able to give you information on.. They should be able to give you alumni names and let you contact them for their "unbias" opinoins. Good luck

lyndsaynicole · Mar 9, 2007

Thanks! They have quite a few campuses in Illinois-and I haven't come across anything bad about them yet...so I went ahead and applied. We'll see :) Thanks again!

DermNP2Be · Mar 9, 2007

DON'T DO IT!!! The program was to start for the first time this year (I think February if memory serves me correct). I went to their very 1st open house for the program a few months ago. I was so mad that I wasted my time. Once I attended I figured out why they wouldn't give you any information on the phone- no one would want to come in! They go by your High School grades only and you have to have taken the ACT test. The program is 3 years long (which was a direct turn off for me because I already have an Associate in Chemistry Pre-med degree, so I would only need 2 more years to complete a BSN). Their 3 year degree still only yields an Associate degree which seemed so backwards as you can like what- get an Associates in Nursing in, ummm....2 years?? I can't remember how many seats they have, but I know it was a low number- like 24 or 30 (and the auditorium for the open house was filled with people). And this is the clencher- the tuition was through the roof! They charge per quarter so by the time you graduate I think your ASSOCIATES degree would've costed you about $63,000!!! What a joke. A bunch of us were talking in the lobby and we couldn't stop laughing...

calvbee · Mar 9, 2007

I would not attend Robert Morris. The were initially a business school, and now they are branching out into medical/nursing/surgical tech. They are way too expensive, my sister went there for her Medical Assistant certificate and paid too much for it.

xcited2bAnurse · Jan 11, 2009

Well i went there for my Associates Degree in Medical Assisting and for the most part its a good school. I gradutated about 3 years ago. The only bad thing about it is there tuition. its so expensive, i had to take out a couple of 10 thousand dollar loans.

megc629 · Jan 12, 2009

Make sure their program is accredited! I think it is, but they were working on getting accredited when I looked into their program.

Jolie, BSN · Jan 12, 2009

I don't believe they can be fully accredited until their first class graduates and takes boards, since accreditation is based, in part, on the program's NCLEX pass rate. They may receive "conditional" approval from the BON and accreditation agencies contingent upon satisfactory pass rates, but that's not the same as full accreditation.

bansplt2 · Jan 13, 2009

Jolie- really? So if the first graduating class does not have a high enough NCLEX pass rate, the school could lose its partial accreditation? I am starting at Chamberlain College of Nursing in Addison in March, and their first class will not graduate for at least two years. Should I be worried?

Jolie, BSN · Jan 13, 2009

Jolie- really? So if the first graduating class does not have a high enough NCLEX pass rate, the school could lose its partial accreditation? I am starting at Chamberlain College of Nursing in Addison in March, and their first class will not graduate for at least two years. Should I be worried?

Not necessarily worried, but you need to research and understand the implications.

Contact the school and ask them to provide (in writing) information regarding BON approval and accreditation by the agency of their choice (NLN, for example).

Contact IDPR and ask them whether the program is fully or conditionally approved by the BON. BON approval is different than accreditation. If a program lacks BON approval, its grads may not be allowed to sit for NCLEX. Lack of NLN (or other) accreditation, will not prevent a grad from taking boards, but those grads will may not be able to gain admittance to other nursing programs (BSN completion, or grad school).

25 years ago, I was attending ISU as a chemistry major. I decided to scrap chemistry for nursing and was interested in the program that ISU was developing in conjunction with Mennonite Hospital. (Mennonite had long had a successful diploma program, but the 2 schools were developing a new BSN program.) Had I attended this program, I would have been in the 2nd graduating class. Since BON approval and accreditation hinged, in part, on the pass rate of the previous class, I was uneasy. I decided to attend another program, even though, based on Mennonite's history, it was likely that the program would receive full approval and accreditation (which it did.)

CLC172 · Jan 13, 2009

They were recruiting me hard for a while. You ask one question and they won't leave you alone! The biggest question I had for them that they never could answer was who were they accredited through? For $30,000 a year or so, I was expecting a good answer. They just kept telling me that their associate degree program would give me license to work in IL as an RN. Fishy, fishy, fishy.... I'll stick with CLC, who I at least know is accredited with the NLN, even with my many complaints about that program! (Actually, they've been gradually making a lot of positive changes to the program at CLC, so I won't be so hard on it anymore....)