Nurses that graduated from Wayne County Community College

U.S.A. Michigan

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Hi, I have applied at WCCCD and hope to start Spring, 2014. I have heard a few things that are making me wonder if going there is the right choice. I knew that the program was not nationally accredited but have read all that means is you can't work for a hospital/clinic that is run by the federal government. Now I am being told that hospitals outside of the state of MI will not hire you. Does anyone know which is correct?

I also found out that Children's Hospital will not hire nurses from WCCCD. I'm not sure why or if that includes all of the DMC but I am worried if they have stopped hiring will other local hospitals as well?

If anyone went there could give me information about the accreditation or if they had a hard time getting a job because they went there, it would be appreciated. Thanks

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Where did you hear that children's doesn't hire grads from wcccd? They take students from there.

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I'm a student at WCCCD and EVERY clinical I've been to theres wcccd nurses working there. Also, we do clinicals at Children's so I'm sure we get hired there also.

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I do not attend WCCCD but I live on Michigan's BON page through LARA. WCCCD is definitely an approved program through the state of Michigan. That is the requirement of all nursing schools in order for their students to sit for the NCLEX. I am not under the impression that employers explicitly discriminate against nurses from schools that lack endorsement from accrediting bodies (ACEN). Also, I have done 2 clinical rotations in DMC facilities (Harper University Hospital and Detroit Receiving Hospital) and there were nurses employed there from WCCCD and also clinical groups there. I shadowed an ER nurse there that was a clinical instructor for WCCCD at another DMC hospital.

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Hi everyone and thanks for the responses. A fellow student works at Children's and she saw a memo that listed WCCCD and some other schools that said they would not hire from those schools this year. I have since been told that, as expected, the DMC would only hire nurses with a BSN starting in 2015 so I think that might be the reason they won't be hiring nurses from WCCCD. Personally, I like WCCCD and have always planned on finishing then starting a RN-BSN program right away so I am just going to keep on with that plan.

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I work at children's and I have never seen nor heard of this memo. I do know that for our new grad program, you must obtain your BSN within 2 years if you do not have it already. So maybe that is true for 2015.

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Specializes in M/S, MICU, Hospice, Homecare.

I graduated from WCCCD and I know several of my classmates who were hired at DMC, Childrens, and HFHS. I even know of a couple graduates that were hired at the VA so the rumor that government facilities wont hire WCCCD students is false as well. My only complaint about WCCCD is the famous complaint, "the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing" or "ask four different people receive five different answers." However, this seems to be the case for all nursing programs because I hear this complaint from everyone about their program. I felt that WCCCD prepared me to be a nurse. Keep in mind that the real world of nursing is not the same as the textbook nursing when you graduate and start your first job. You will feel like a fish out of water drowning in your own fear and uncertainty. If you got in to WCCCD's nursing program go for it. Study hard, do the work on time, be at clinicals on time, prepared and ready and you will do just find in their program.

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Thank you for the advice. When it's done I just want the information I need to be a good nurse.

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Specializes in M/S, MICU, Hospice, Homecare.

You are welcome, Wen. I can tell you this, WCCCD nursing instructors care deeply about their students success. There is always one bad apple in every school, but I found that the majority of their instructors sincerely cared for their students. Their program is tough as any nursing program is. Nursing school is no cake walk and rightfully so. However, if you want it bad enough and you put forth the effort you will succeed and WCCCD can give you that and more. Of course I graduated in May 2010, so I don't know how it is now, but when I went there it was a decent program. Their NCLEX pass rate for my class was 98% pass. I think that says something about their educational success. If you decide to go there, pm me and I can give you specific details about the classes, instructors and what not. Good luck!

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I think, you have given me more realistic, positive information than I have ever gotten. Nursing school is supposed to be hard. I am not young and giving up a good job to do this so my only choice is to succeed. Letters are supposed to go out end of October so I will send you a pm! Again, thank you!

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Specializes in M/S, MICU, Hospice, Homecare.

I understand, when I was planning on attending WCCCD for my ADN I had a lot of folks telling me not to go there. I choose WCCCD for one reason and one reason only, they did NOT have a wait list and I did not want to wait 2-3 years longer to start nursing school. I do not regret my decision. You will hear a lot of disgruntled students talk bad about WCCCD, mainly because they either failed a class and wanted WCCCD to baby them, or they had a bad instructor and that is all they can focus on. I can tell you that there are other programs locally that these same "bad" instructors teach at too and if you fail a class at these other schools they don't baby you either. The grass isn't greener at any nursing school, they are all the same. I think people look down on WCCCD because it is an "urban" college and so forth...but in reality it is a great school overall. I am finishing up my BSN at OU and I can tell you that WCCCD prepared me to be successful in my BSN nursing classes. BTW, the same rumors were going around about WCCCD not be accredited when I went there. SMH...I don't understand why people always say that when they are accredited by all the necessary accrediting bodies...just not the voluntary ones... Good luck and I hope you get accepted. Let me know :o)

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I like the fact that there is no waiting list too. It's nice to hear a positive viewpoint. I am excited, nervous and scared about the thought of starting nursing school! I can't wait to find out if I made it or not, a couple more months I will know! I will send you a message if I make it. Good luck to you and thank you so much!

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