Swedish Institute?

U.S.A. New York

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Hello everyone I am new to all nurses I wanted to know have anyone heard of The swedish Institute Nursing program? anyone apply? anyone attending? any info at all would be appreciated. :)

Hi there!

I just wanted to give an update! I just experienced my first week at the Swedish Institute and it was awesome. I only have A&P 1 (lecture and lab) and developmental psych. The professors were great so far and I have no complaints thus far. The classmates have great attitudes; since it's a small group of nursing students they've all seemed to bond rather well. I spoke to someone in his 3rd semester who says he absolutely loves the program. And they are now officially on the ACEN website for candidacy. They also have a new dean who is a great resource.

I think what's great about going into the program now is that everything is clean and practically brand new :cheeky:

This semester is easy for me since most of my credits transferred; however, next semester I expect to battling the tides with both nursing and gen. ed classes on the menu AND the start of clinicals.

For gen ed classes the passing grade is 70; for core nursing classes passing grade is 80. Only 1 or 2 absences are allowed; 2 latenesses = an absence.

That's about it for now!

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Specializes in Hematology/Oncology.
Hi there!

I just wanted to give an update! I just experienced my first week at the Swedish Institute and it was awesome. I only have A&P 1 (lecture and lab) and developmental psych. The professors were great so far and I have no complaints thus far. The classmates have great attitudes; since it's a small group of nursing students they've all seemed to bond rather well. I spoke to someone in his 3rd semester who says he absolutely loves the program. And they are now officially on the ACEN website for candidacy. They also have a new dean who is a great resource.

I think what's great about going into the program now is that everything is clean and practically brand new :cheeky:

This semester is easy for me since most of my credits transferred; however, next semester I expect to battling the tides with both nursing and gen. ed classes on the menu AND the start of clinicals.

For gen ed classes the passing grade is 70; for core nursing classes passing grade is 80. Only 1 or 2 absences are allowed; 2 latenesses = an absence.

That's about it for now!

Wow, nice to hear. Thanx for the update. When I went in for the tour, I was told that the school had to wait for the first graduating class to pass the NCLEX before getting total accreditation. So at this point I'm waiting on that (the accreditation). Hopefully if I end up attending SI, I'll have only the NUR and CLINICAL classes to take (which means even shorter nights) because I plan to attend evenings. Well much success to you going forth...

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WOW!. I'm so happy for you and I am so happy that you gave an update. I'm sure that you will do great there, especially with the support that is given. Continue to let me know what is going on and I will do the same. Good Luck!

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Wow, nice to hear. Thanx for the update. When I went in for the tour, I was told that the school had to wait for the first graduating class to pass the NCLEX before getting total accreditation. So at this point I'm waiting on that (the accreditation). Hopefully if I end up attending SI, I'll have only the NUR and CLINICAL classes to take (which means even shorter nights) because I plan to attend evenings. Well much success to you going forth...

IIRC it is not just a first graduating class and NCLEX pass rates that will determine NLN accreditation, but that body looks for performance data of newly licensed RNs as well. This could mean one, two or more graduating classes worth of information. Pass rates are important, indeed a program can be suspended and or removed if their scores fall too low, but so is clinical competence.

In it's broadest sense the boards only measure if one meets the minimum ability to practice safely. It does not however speak to clinical competence per se. There are persons who have passed the NCLEX (on their first attempt) with little to nil clinical experience. Indeed it is often said if someone studied nursing texts deeply enough and knows "how" to take exams it is possible to pass.

Using another recently opened NYC nursing school, Saint Paul's as an example, they made a lot of noise about applying for NLN accreditation, however last time one heard SP announced they were no longer going down that path.

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Specializes in Hematology/Oncology.

IIRC it is not just a first graduating class and NCLEX pass rates that will determine NLN accreditation, but that body looks for performance data of newly licensed RNs as well. This could mean one, two or more graduating classes worth of information. Pass rates are important, indeed a program can be suspended and or removed if their scores fall too low, but so is clinical competence.

In it's broadest sense the boards only measure if one meets the minimum ability to practice safely. It does not however speak to clinical competence per se. There are persons who have passed the NCLEX (on their first attempt) with little to nil clinical experience. Indeed it is often said if someone studied nursing texts deeply enough and knows "how" to take exams it is possible to pass.

Using another recently opened NYC nursing school, Saint Paul's as an example, they made a lot of noise about applying for NLN accreditation, however last time one heard SP announced they were no longer going down that path.

Interesting, that's exactly what the rep @ SI stated to me. Thats exactly why I turned away from applying to SP...can't and won't take the risk!

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Interesting, that's exactly what the rep @ SI stated to me. Thats exactly why I turned away from applying to SP...can't and won't take the risk!

Unlike the BBB, NLN and AACN and the others take accreditation very seriously, they do not hand out their stamp of approval lightly and will protect their reputation by withdrawing if a program does not meet certain preset standards.

Being as all this may every nursing school/program has to start somewhere. Many of the CUNY community college programs (Kingsborough, and yes even CSI come to mind) went through their rough patches. However as with the best schools leadership took matters in hand and worked to turn things around.

What worries many are the ever increasing number of for profit nursing programs popping up all over. As it is many of these places make lots of promises to students in other majors regarding post graduate employment and what not, only for persons to hear another story afterwards.

For what it is worth a friend of mine went to SI for a degree in massage therapy. According to what he heard via the alumni network is that SI launched their nursing program after failing to some sort of accreditation for their massage therapy program. Cannot remember what it was but I *think* it had something to do with something about students being eligible for financial aid.

If you get into CSI I suggest you go there instead.

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If you look at what ACEN's candidacy process is like it can up to 2-3 years for accreditation. Passing the NLN is just a small part of it, and that small chunk produces statistics that could take additional time to publish. I do agree with DoGood that all programs start somewhere. For me non profit vs for profit can both have advantages and disadvantages. This is my second degree and third school so I've some experience with both types of programs. I'm not worried about accreditation yet because I want to go where I'm needed, which will probably be where areas most nurses don't want to go. Im sure ill have to volunteer in some areas; but still no real concerns about that. I also like the idea of using other skills I've acquired to fuel my nursing career, which may mean carving out a profession of my own, which is an exciting and risky venture. :cat:

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The College is accredited. But it's not NLN accredited. When looking for nursing schools you have to look for two things. College accrediation, and NLN accredited. Go in the website, you see nothing about NLN accredited.

Just trying to give you guys a fear warning.

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hi, whealer

i sent you a pm

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Thanks genaluvya I responded back. :cat:

Moya, I believe it's already been established that the institute has candidacy status but is not accredited. It only has national accreditation, which I believe you're referring to.

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hi dose anyone know whats the passing score on the entrance test?

and what areas they test on thanks for the info

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hi so im looking into this school, anybody have good or bad experiences they wanna share? please & thanks guys! im so ready to start a new career.

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