Bryant and Stratton Parma

[jtruth333]

Hi everyone. I was hoping someone out there could give me insight into Bryant and Stratton Parma. I have a chance to start their 20 month program in January. I know nothing about the program, nor have I ever known any graduates from there. Wondering if I should just hold out and wait for Tri-C or Kent Geauga in the fall (although thats not guaranteed because it could fill up before I finish my one pre-req I have left). I realize my license would say RN and not Rn Bryant and Stratton, but I still want a quality school that turns out good nurses. Thanks!!!

[realnursealso/LPN, LPN]

http://www.bryantstratton.edu/Locations/Ohio/Parma.aspx

[AgentBeast, BSN, RN]

I'd stick with Tri-C. It's not easy by any means, but it's a good program. Probably one of the best in the area.

[jennylouwho]

I'm going to agree with Scott. Stick with some of the local, more respected programs out there. TriC is an excellent choice.

And I don't even go to TriC. :)

[AssociateDegree]

There is nothing wrong with Bryant and Stratton. As a matter of fact, their NCLEX pass rate is good. However, I just don't know why you'd want to pay the high tuition that a for-profit school demands, when Tri-C or Kent-Geauga can offer you an education for a lot less.

[jennylouwho]

You say there is nothing wrong with them, but your next statement was part if my point - cost for sticking with Tri-c.

[AgentBeast, BSN, RN]

I can't speak for any of my fellow classmates, but my clinical experiences at Tri-C have been overwhelmingly positive. I'm not sure I would feel the same way as a Bryant and Stratton student based on what I saw them doing or not doing when a couple of their students had clinical on our floor this past semester. I'm not sure what level they were at, but basically they were "dumped" on a staff nurse for a shift and did as much as the staff nurse was comfortable allowing them to do. Which, based on all the standing around keeping the wall from falling over I saw, wasn't very much. Maybe that's the exception I don't know that's just what I saw.

[jennylouwho]

Wow, I lost half of my post in my last post. Stupid iTouch, lol.

I originally said "You say there is nothing wrong with them, but your next statement was part of my point - cost. I'm for sticking with Tri-C.

BTW - I am not a Tri-C student either".

[AssociateDegree]

Regarding ScottE's comment: While your impression of the B and S students' experience may have been accurate, consider that you may not have understood what was going on. Other nursing schools utilize the nursing staff in a preceptor role, which is different from how Tri-C runs its clinicals. You may have been witnessing preceptorships and the OBN has specific guidelines for how these are handled.

[prettyinpanic]

I hope you didn't go here. I did. Worst decision I ever made. The school is a joke. No one in the nursing administation has a clue. Most haven't been nurses long enough to know what it is to be a nurse. Most instructors haven't been at the bedside in years and haven't a clue on what medicine today is really like. There were two nursing instructors that were awesome. Both left. The clinical instructors were worth their weight in gold and the only reason students come out of there with a chance at the NCLEX. Go anywhere else.