TAMUCC/Del Mar Eline Questions

I don't know what's up with these guys. At first they were answering my e-mails and then all of a sudden, nothing.

I was told that they currently have agreements with the Veteran's and Texas Woman's in Houston. But they said that they "could not guarantee" that these agreements would be valid by the time I got admitted.

I'm not encouraged by the lack of communication. I don't want to be in a situation where I slap down 3000+/semester for tuition, then all of a sudden the agreements between e-line and the Houston hospitals goes kaput, and then the administrative staff refuses to answer my queries and I and left holding the tab.

I ended up transferring out of the TAMUCC eLine program and into a more supportive, local, hands-on program. I was tired of teaching myself everything and having poor communication with the professors and advisor. My grades were excellent (all A's) but I still felt like I was lacking practical application since all I was doing was reading textbooks and modules. The advisor (Rita Rushing) had only secured 2 clinical sites in the Houston area during the 2 years I was involved in the program. They are at Womens Hospital and the VA Hospital. There was a 6 month delay in placing me for my first clinical at Womens Hospital. She told me I would have to travel to Corpus to complete most of my other clinicals and could not guarantee placement or a timeframe. After seeing how a "real" nursing program does clinicals, I realize that the TAMUCC clinicals with a preceptor were complete crap. Also, it would take months to receive grades on assignments and the feedback was minimal. I would not recommend the program. However, if this is the only way you can fit a nursing program into your life, then it can be done. Lots of eliners have graduated and passed the NCLEX.

Thank you very much for your response. No, I don't think I want to pay $3000+ in tuition for just a semester of that kind of grief when I could pay less than $3000 for an entire ADN program at a local community college (since I'm a resident).

Their website did seem kind of spotty.

Well, lack of initial feedback from their people at the program already perked my ears up and put me on the alert.

Travelling to another city on the weekends for clinicals isn't an option for me. I'm not waiting 6 months for grades to come in either.

Does that eline program have an exit exam that you must pass in order to graduate? Thanks for any information