Hondros RN program in Cincy? conditinal approbal??

well that's good. i guess my only other issue will be to find out if i'll be able to get an endorsement in another state too. since my husband is in the military it's imperative that i can transfer easily from state to state. especially because we move almost every 3 yrs. that's one reasy i love being a nurse you can get a job anywhere..lol...portability is importnant for an army wife! so if anyone knows if it will effect endorsing my license please let me know. i'm gonna call the BON tomorrow anyway and ask.

tasha

i did a little research on the boards here and apparently in order to get the NLN or CCNE acreditation there has to be a few classes that have graduated, passed nclex and gotten jobs in the area that they can review. There are some schools that do not require any other accreditation other than the BON approval when moving on for your BSN or Masters.

apparently not having NLN or CCNE accredittation will only affect you if you want to go into the military or work at the VA hosipital/military hospital. (though my hubby is military i hated working at the military hospital in texas...blah they paid crap for LVN's...phlebotomist made more than i did!) so i guess if you really only want an ASN degree and dont want to work at a federal instilation as an RN it wont really matter. they only other thing i'm gonna check on tomorrow is to make sure the BON has not had any complaints on the school and to ask the school what their pass rates were for these past two classes that have graduated and when to expect full approval from the BON vs. the new conditional approval since they are so new.

I'll post all my info tomorrow after i talk to both the BON and hondros rep.

well i talked to the OBN and they said that they are a new school and will be graduating it's first class next month. I am not planning on starting until OCT so i have plenty of time to change my mind if i need to. The OBN said that they have had NO complaints on Hondros and that the LPN program is fully approved and the RN is new so they have just given the conditional approval for the time being. I am going to go to the info session at hondros tomorrow for the rest of the information.

As far as financial aide goes, i'm paying out of pocket for this anyway since i dont qualify for financial aid so i'm not worried about that. I think the disorganization is normal for such a new school and my LPN school had TONS of teach turn over so i'm used to that as well. I still passed LPN school with a "B" average and my boards on the first try. So far that i can tell is that the school is new but there isnt anything that would make me worry about going there.

they also have agreements with university of phenonix online, Chamberlin college and a college in KY (cant remember the name) that will accept all the ASN credits for your BSN degree once you graduate so that was a plus in my opinion as well.

I think you get out of school what you put into it. Alot of nursing stuff is just plain old memorization and reading...the rest is hands on. i can tell you that a lot of crap i learned in LPN school didnt make any sense until i started working and i had a lot of on the job training.

I'm also still going to look into RETS since they also have an LPN to RN program but i've also heard good and bad things about that one as well. so we shall see.