St joseph hospital school of nursing.

strugglesmakeustrong · Mar 11, 2009

Listen, People who keep on trying to convince the students to do leg work to find funds surely have not attended this program!!!!!! I was a student at this school and I know for a fact that this school is about robbing the students of their monies. It's robbing Peter to pay Paul. The instructors are inexperienced and there is proof in EVERYTHING I say, just call the state board of nursing and ask about the right to know act. There were many people who tried to tell about this program in allnurses and no one adhered to our cry..... Now, they have resorted to the newspaper exploiting low income african american women to help gain money when they didn't give a damn about dismissing the very same ones they used to get the proposal signed to open...... The school was designed for African American and Minority people who had a hard time getting into other RN programs and succeeding. Tutors, working computers, libaries and labs with support person were to be in place for these students and NOT, NOT one of these were in place. They hired a undercover racial woman in third semester of the last class who dwelled on the failure of the african american student..... There are students from all walks of life attending now, they even come from as far as N.J., Bucks , Montgomery Counties into the community that this school was geared for. WHAT kind of crap is that. FRAUD, FRAUD, FRAUD on the school, because all the promises, even financial help, was to reel you in. All about money. It is not the students responsibility to go politicking to find money, no one will give it up because the school is on provisional probation by the State Board of Nursing and this is the most serious probation of a school, almost closed. So, before anyone speaks, know the facts and stop giving false hope to students. Good luck finding another school, don't let them know you went to SJHSON.

toya0419 · Mar 12, 2009

oh, so it's better to throw it up in student's faces and say I told you so? I don't need to attend to know that the school needs funding from somewhere! Of course I know it is not the students job to go searching for funding but st joseph haven't found any yet! So why not? Students have already given financial aid information for assistance programs such as the careerlink WIA program. Last time I checked, financial aid took that suggestion and applied for the grant... I think is worse to suggest that students should just accept what the everyone is telling them and allow the school to close without a fight.....

strugglesmakeustrong · Mar 13, 2009

It is not there fight!!!!!!!! The school should be held accountable for misleading the students and the students should come together and demand all ther monies back that they have given the school. The school was fraudalent by sending out letters to the students asking them to start in January 2009 as oppose to the original start date in March 2009. The school knew in the fourth semester of the last class that the funding was cut off. Where's the logic to this......The school received $25,000 less then six months ago from Gov. Rendell, to help with the students needs towards education and the school chose to get new computers and furniture and redesign the administrative floor rather then help the students who had nothing, in the form of computers that work with ink, adequate libariers or material and the manniquian they in the lab look like pieceed together body parts. So to say all this, the school should be held accountable and made to return all monies where the students can seek other schools while it is early.

toya0419 · Mar 13, 2009

your right! The school has done a horrible unjustice to these students and they should be held accountable by the fullest extent of the law! The reason why I say fight to at least keep the school open until this class graduate because I know the sacrifices that was made by these students to get into St Joseph...Yeah, if St Joseph gave these students their money back many could probably could find other nursing schools, but that's a whole new application process, different prequisites, waitlist etc... it could take another two years to get in a program, probably another two to finish...So that's why I say fight....I.m not saying that this school shouldn't eventually close for it's horrible deeds...But at least until this class graduates and move on....But, as you said I don't attend St Joseph so maybe the students feel differently...

reachingmydream · Mar 21, 2009

Are they closing?

reachingmydream · Apr 29, 2009

Did the school ever stay open?

toya0419 · May 21, 2009

yeah, I think they ended up getting the money from somewhere and they are still open..Hopefully this class can do well enough on the nclex so they could qualify for federal funding....

oscar125 · May 23, 2009

Is anyone concerned that this program is unaccredited? Degrees and other qualifications from unaccredited institutions may not be accepted by civil service or other institutions. Granted you may pass your boards and become an RN, but it you want to continue your education the classes you took may not be accepted at another college.

toya0419 · Jun 5, 2009

Yeah I'm sure people are worried, but at the same time people are eager to be a nurse. It's not easy getting into nursing school anywhere...Every new school that opens takes a few years to get accredited..hopefully this one will eventually get theirs!

stimulateurmind28 · Jul 3, 2009

Hello all, I am new to all nurses.com I'm glad to be a part of community that can relate to what i am feeling and going through. I recently took chem 110 this summer and that was a bad move when you work full time, the teacher wasn't hard i jest didn't:( have the time to put into the work I got a C in the class not cool with nursing being so competitive as with any program it does nt seem as competitive with St Josephs is that a wrong assumption,, I plan on taking the Chem again the fall, do you think nursing school prey heavily on the chem or the ap 1 and 2 and micro? or all the above Ive seen a lot of the post on the school and like many others wondering how am going to pay for school, is this really the way to go,, should this be a last option,,, no disrespect to any in the school or thinking about applying I have not applied for any school yet I don't have the greatest GPA but my ap 1 and 2 i have B"s in both like many others i want to take the fast Track any suggestions would be appreciate I wish every one well

YvetteLPN · Jul 29, 2009

Hi Stimulateurmind, I was reading your thread and just wanted to respond to your concerns. I am finishing my prereqs at Comm College of Allegheny County in Pittsburgh, PA. What I have learned is that everything counts. So, I think you are right to re take Chem. However, here, it seems the program does give more weight to A&P I and II and Microbiology. For instance, in order to get into the RN program at CCAC. They rank everyone in descending order from highest to lowest GPA. Extra points are given to a person with an A or B in the sciences mentioned earlier. I am not sure if that is the industry standard but it is food for thought for you. As for SJHSON, if you are planning to attend because they do not care as much about your C-- that is a poor reason to go, especially with the 16 pages of negative threads I have read. I am sure you are a very intelligent person. Sometimes, it is worth it to do what you do not want to do.. I am saying all that say-- Strive for a more reputable institution to attend.. GOOD LUCK TO YOU!!! I hope I said something helpful!!!!!

stimulateurmind28 · Jul 30, 2009

Thank you Ms. Yvette Lpn. I definitely appreciate your feed back and wish you well in your endeavors!