LNA School in Dover or Manchester?

hamlj · Aug 15, 2006

Wow Angela, sounds like you were really scarred by this experience with your teacher! Unfortunatley the old saying is true, a person will tell 25 people about a BAD experience, but only 5 about a good one. Or something like that. Bad expereiences do tend to stay with us. So if anyone DOES go through LNA Healthcareers, see if you can have Eileen O Niel as an instructor, since, though the class work could be dull at times, the experience was great and I learned a lot
BTW, my job interview went pretty well, the director of nursing was VERY nice, and she gave me the whole tour and had me actually meet one of the other LNAs that works there. However, the HR Manager is on vaca this week, so I have to wait and see. I am going to send out a thank you card to the nurse manager, but it seems like it would be a GREAT place to work.

I agree with this whole heartedly.

I'm going to LNA Health Careers in Manchester and I've had no problem. I wouldn't even say it's been dull (well, except for the first night).

Dorrie Smith is the instructor and she's been great!

I'd recommend the school to whomever was asking.

~Amy

Angela1336 · Aug 15, 2006

thanks amy for your comment. its always helpful to hear others experiences. j

so glad you have a solid instructor - you don’t realize just how lucky you and your class are!

on a separate note i would like to add that out of 7 in our class - several had failed the clinical portion. the written we had all passed (which was something that we all had control over to study & read constantly).

we had another instructor come in who is certified to test at lna. the individual had set the tone immediately in a very negative way. two of the students were running late (for manchester where they have all the board testing done, had a race where they shut down many of the key streets including a portion of elm) all of us are not familiar with the manchester area and had no knowledge of getting around the closed streets. anyway, we were all supposed to be there at 5pm the other 2 students showed up at 5:15. nothing had been stated up to this point with expect for who was there. the instructor turned them away at first than finally allowed them into the room to test. considering everything this class went through to date, the instructor should of allowed them in no questions asked, in my opinion.

after the written, which everyone must take first and pass (otherwise one is not allowed to take the practical exam) we were all-able to come back into the testing area to get our scenarios. this process took some time. ended up the tester messed up, took back them all & regave others out. the first 2 went in to test which 1 failed the other passed. when i went in i did mine first and while there the instructor changed the other individuals scenario right there!!! i could not believe it!! the person had less than 30 seconds to prepare no notes to look over or anything. (i do know in the real world one wouldn’t look over notes or anything but as a test we have that luxury to prepare) needless to say i did pass the other individual did not.

at that point 4 people took the test of which 2 failed. 50% ratio of failing so far in our class due lack of being taught the "actual board specifications" of clinical procedure.

the cost of retaking the practical/clinical again is $70.00 - the ones that failed stated they would not give any more monies to the company, i can’t blame them. due to the circumstances up to this point and the complaining from the individuals of from the unfairness of the tester changing the scenarios two times over, the company had waived that fee. which i think is the least they can do.

i am so glad this is over. glad i passed. if i could have done this over i would never had gone to this school. perhaps doing more research on the ratios of individuals failing or instructor ratios would of helped with my decision. but how does one know unless they go through the experience?

i understand with my posting most individuals in the manchester location seemed to have much better results than the seacoast folks. i would recommend others who cannot make the commitment to manchester for the schooling that they consider other companies. i still feel not entirely prepared to go into the job market but sure i will pick up rather quickly. this is just feedback from one who has completed the class and trying to be fair on both sides to help others who are thinking of going to there program what could occur. maybe the company will learn and grow from this as they have changed a few things already.

hope my opinion with my experiences help others should anyone have any questions feel free to pm me.

thanks & wahhooo i am officially a lna j

jjdreamgirl · Aug 15, 2006

Hi everyone. I am new on here, and I wanted to get some feedback or suggestions on some of the schools in NH. I have been looking into becoming a LNA for a while now. The only schools I have found are LNA Health Careers, Medpro in Goffstown and New England School of Allied Health. I was just wondering if anyone has heard anything about these schools, or any other schools. I would really appreciate any help that you guys can give me. Thanks again! :nuke:

Angela1336 · Aug 15, 2006

Hi JJ -

From my posting you can tell where I stand on the LNA Health Careers, the Med Pro was a company I was going to go with but in the end I needed something with more flexibility on the weekends for me and my schedule hence why I did not go with them but I did hear many good things about them. I do not know about the Allied Health.

I would recommend to you to check out the NH State Nursing board for all the states approved companies:

http://www.nh.gov/nursing/education/documents/LNAApprovedPrograms03.27.06.doc

Hopefully others who went to the above mentioned companies will let you know their experiences too.

Good luck to you & let me know who you end up with :)

niko1999 RN BSN · Aug 20, 2006

Angela, so Glad to hear that you passed your states regardless of the issues you had had. And youre right , YOURE DONE! I recieved my actual license in the mail the other day, so I am OFFICIALLY liscensed. Now I just need a job. Waiting to hear from riverwoods still, and I have a friend who works at Exeter who is giving my resume to HER manager, surpassing HR all together! YAY! So maybe that will work out. Anwya, congrats with passing your states as well Angela!