Concorde Career Center for LVN

camiluvsNURSING · Mar 14, 2005

I went to the school last year around September to check out the LVN program, I talked to one of the recruiters. The program is 12 months long, you go Mon-Fri 8 to 4:30:uhoh21: It costs approx. $13,500 you have to take the NET there it cost $50, but before that you have to take some sort of assessment to see If LVN is the right program for you. It was a very nice LOOKING school i don't know If that means anything. I opted not to go there because i have taken all my pre-reqs for a BSN and It seemed like it would be a waste of time for me, I was just weighing my options.

-Hope this helps:)

-P.S.

They also have this program through Texas Workforce Commission, that will pay the total cost of the program, all you have to do is go to a couple meetings at their office, the program is called WIA. You can call TWC to get the info.

biscuitnic · Mar 15, 2005

8-4:30 is crazy!!!! I'm lucky I can make it through 3 hours of regular college classes a day without going nuts! ...we'll see what they can do for me tomorrow!

Sanderslvn · Apr 7, 2005

Anyone gotten their LVN from here? I'm looking into starting on mine in the next year so I can get experience and save some money before I continue in my RN. This is the closest one to me (it's in Arlington, I'm in FW) so I was wondering if anyone had gone there or new anything about it? The lady I talked to didn't really know anything about the LVN program.

Hi, I also live in Ft. Worth. I am attending Concorde. The schedule for the first 3 months is Mon-Fri. 8-12 skills/lab and 1-5 lecture. After you complete the first 3 months (level 1), then your schedule changes. You will be placed in a nursing home or hospital (for long term care), this is level 2. Your schedule will be 6am-2pm or 2pm-10pm or 6am-6pm. Doing that time you will only attend class 2 days a week, sometimes 4 hrs. or 8 hrs. There are 4 levels. Level 1 is the Foundations of nursing, level 2 is geriatrics, level 3 is medical/surgical and pediatrics, and level 4 is obstetrics-maternity and more medical/surgical and pediatrics, which all of your clinicals will be done in a nursing home, hospital, clinics, and long-term care facilities. It's a good school, and the people really do care that you succeed. Once I finish I plan to work for a couple of years, then go back for my RN. Hint: If you work for a hospital for one year, they will do tuition reimbursements, so when I go back for my RN, the hospital will pay for the course.

txspadequeenRN, BSN, RN · Apr 7, 2005

When I went to LVN school the hours were from 8 am to 5pm for lecture then clinicals were 5:45-3pm. This was for 12 months and I never missed a day. I am sitting here now getting ready to go to a 1.5 hr algebra class and have no idea how I am going to make it until the class is over. I guess I was just stronger when I was younger!!

8-4:30 is crazy!!!! I'm lucky I can make it through 3 hours of regular college classes a day without going nuts! ...we'll see what they can do for me tomorrow!

biscuitnic · Apr 27, 2005

Hi, I also live in Ft. Worth. I am attending Concorde. The schedule for the first 3 months is Mon-Fri. 8-12 skills/lab and 1-5 lecture. After you complete the first 3 months (level 1), then your schedule changes. You will be placed in a nursing home or hospital (for long term care), this is level 2. Your schedule will be 6am-2pm or 2pm-10pm or 6am-6pm. Doing that time you will only attend class 2 days a week, sometimes 4 hrs. or 8 hrs. There are 4 levels. Level 1 is the Foundations of nursing, level 2 is geriatrics, level 3 is medical/surgical and pediatrics, and level 4 is obstetrics-maternity and more medical/surgical and pediatrics, which all of your clinicals will be done in a nursing home, hospital, clinics, and long-term care facilities. It's a good school, and the people really do care that you succeed. Once I finish I plan to work for a couple of years, then go back for my RN. Hint: If you work for a hospital for one year, they will do tuition reimbursements, so when I go back for my RN, the hospital will pay for the course.

I got a good vibe from them, I'm just not ready to be able to not work at all for a year yet!!!

RedHeadNurse2B · May 7, 2005

Hi, I just started going to Concorde myself. It most defininetly is not the best priced school but is the most convinent for me considering I live only a couple miles away. They recently raised the tuition to $18,000 - I could never go here if my parents weren't the ones paying for it! But they do make it "affordable" for you while you're in school. Oh yeah the tuition includes basically everything.

They also changed a few things about the level one. You can no longer transfer credits in, you have to have the whole level one. For me that sucked because I already have A & P I and II and growth and development. But oh well... There is also an evening class too. I go from 1pm-4pm and from 6pm-10pm Monday-Friday (although we are going to be getting Fridays off in a couple weeks). You will have about 2-4 hours of homework a day, nothing really hard but it takes time. You have to plan on either not working at all or just part time, full time would be very very hard, but could be done.

I don't think it's very hard to get in, at least for me it wasn't because I had high NET scores. Honestly I find it pretty easy so far, probably because I already have many pre-nursing classes. The building is very nice and so far the instructors have been very good (mine are both RN's, MSN). I have heard that it is a well respected school and employers like to hire graduates from here. That's about all I can think of....

new2this · Sep 24, 2005

Hi, I also live in Ft. Worth. I am attending Concorde. The schedule for the first 3 months is Mon-Fri. 8-12 skills/lab and 1-5 lecture. After you complete the first 3 months (level 1), then your schedule changes. You will be placed in a nursing home or hospital (for long term care), this is level 2. Your schedule will be 6am-2pm or 2pm-10pm or 6am-6pm. Doing that time you will only attend class 2 days a week, sometimes 4 hrs. or 8 hrs. There are 4 levels. Level 1 is the Foundations of nursing, level 2 is geriatrics, level 3 is medical/surgical and pediatrics, and level 4 is obstetrics-maternity and more medical/surgical and pediatrics, which all of your clinicals will be done in a nursing home, hospital, clinics, and long-term care facilities. It's a good school, and the people really do care that you succeed. Once I finish I plan to work for a couple of years, then go back for my RN. Hint: If you work for a hospital for one year, they will do tuition reimbursements, so when I go back for my RN, the hospital will pay for the course.

HELLO,I AM ATTENDING CONCORDE,AND I JUST STARTED,PLEASE TELL ME IS THIS PROGRAM HARD,????PLEASE TELL ME THE TRUTH,

new2this · Sep 24, 2005

WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR the wia PROGRAM?

=caminurse]I went to the school last year around September to check out the LVN program, I talked to one of the recruiters. The program is 12 months long, you go Mon-Fri 8 to 4:30:uhoh21: It costs approx. $13,500 you have to take the NET there it cost $50, but before that you have to take some sort of assessment to see If LVN is the right program for you. It was a very nice LOOKING school i don't know If that means anything. I opted not to go there because i have taken all my pre-reqs for a BSN and It seemed like it would be a waste of time for me, I was just weighing my options.

-Hope this helps:)

-P.S.

They also have this program through Texas Workforce Commission, that will pay the total cost of the program, all you have to do is go to a couple meetings at their office, the program is called WIA. You can call TWC to get the info.

new2this · Oct 20, 2005

in order to get in the wia program,do you have to be getting unemployment,what do you have to quality for

StudNurse · Nov 30, 2005

I am in my second level at Concorde and I believe it to be a wonderful school. It's not easy, but it's nursing so you should expect it to be difficult. The instructors do care, and they have one of the highest pass rates for the boards. They are the largest LVN school in Texas. Hope this helps.

Esmeraldad1203 · Dec 8, 2005

I was just wondering if the tuition covers scrubs, stethoscope, nurse pac, all the supplies. Also what color are your uniforms, because some schools just have some horrible one, not that is matters, but would be nice to have some nice looking ones.