So we have about 4 different programs in our greater area in which one can pursue nursing education and RN licensure. But What to make of this? Really? For a good laugh or slap to the head, view one our illustrious programs gush about "front office and back office procedures." It'll spin your head I tell ya! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nMgvmPTf3k
Anyone have any other Doozies? Watch the first minute here and see if you get my drift.
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My program sucked. Not ONCE did we play a game of "Nurse Monopoly" or with flash cards. We were too busy, oh I dunno, taking notes and reading 400 pages of material and preparing for bi-weekly 100 question tests, as well as writing up multi-page careplans for clinicals every other day. We had a mannequin we named "Bob" but none of us got into bed with him......
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Aaaaaaand then there is this, actually on the advertisement and on the local website for them:
Reno Campus
- 14,680 square feet
- 1 faculty member rescues turtles
- 2 MA faculty members are graduates of Carrington
- 600+ years of combined experience for RN faculty members
- 59 windows on the campus do not view the outdoors
WHAT are they trying to say? I guess I don't speak the language . If anyone would like to take a guess, look at 0:08 on the video. I'm up for interpretations!
Sorry I am not watching it again. I will leave it to others to discuss their "qualifications" such as how many windows and trees they have on campus. Sheesh.
Surprisingly their pass rates are 91% + for 2014 and 2015, and they deliver about 75 or so candidates per calendar year. I just wonder how many enrollees make it to the end and can sit for boards? They pay tuition regardless, and none of the standard schools in our area will accept their classes for transfer. Sad, sad business.
I honestly thought it was some sort of a parody of the for-profit schools when I saw the bullet points regarding the turtle rescuing & the "windows not facing the outdoors". But I guess it wasn't.
Now I feel kind of ripped off by my program- not one turtle savior among the whole faculty!! However- I guess since most of the windows DID have an outdoor view it balances out.
Meh, whatever. I have a degree. Passed NCLEX on the 1st go. I guess I should be happy with that.
And to clarify, this facility does have MA and RN programs. They have their own prereqs (for which one must also pay!) that allow them to teach nursing and create candidates who can sit for the NCLEX per our state board of nursing.
And it only costs about $55K to do everything one must to have the education to sit for NCLEX.
How can they do pre reqs if the library only has nursing related resources?
Who's up for student loans for nurse monopoly and flash cards and turtle saviours and viewless windows? (I do have to say their sim lab looks pretty dang nice )
I just realized that I'm pretty worked up over this. I think I'm most upset at the populations that are taken advantage of by these entities, the people who start and cannot finish but have loans, and the perceptions advertising like this promotes regarding qualified professional nursing care.
I just came off a great shift and a shi++ty shift.
Surprisingly their pass rates are 91% + for 2014 and 2015, and they deliver about 75 or so candidates per calendar year. I just wonder how many enrollees make it to the end and can sit for boards? They pay tuition regardless, and none of the standard schools in our area will accept their classes for transfer. Sad, sad business.
Its my understanding that often these programs basically dont let you graduate and apply to take the N-CLEX unless they are pretty sure you are gonna pass, therefore keeping their pass rates high.
Its all over the daytime programming in our area and it seems to be every other commercial on my days off.
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I couldn't watch the whole commercial, it was THAT horrible. A while back (when I actually had time to watch TV) there were always commercials for Everest College (not specifically for nursing but I think they have a nursing 'program' now) in my area. The thing was cheaply made with some dude sitting on his very poor quality couch in a crappy apartment stating that before attending the school "money wasn't tight but it wasn't right. Ya know what I'm sayin"....seriously???
. If anyone would like to take a guess, look at 0:08 on the video. I'm up for interpretations!
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(I do have to say their sim lab looks pretty dang nice 
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My program sucked. Not ONCE did we play a game of "Nurse Monopoly" or with flash cards. We were too busy, oh I dunno, taking notes and reading 400 pages of material and preparing for bi-weekly 100 question tests, as well as writing up multi-page careplans for clinicals every other day. We had a mannequin we named "Bob" but none of us got into bed with him......