For-profit nursing schools associated with lower performance on NCLEX

Here.I.Stand, BSN, RN · Feb 24, 2019

I’m shocked. ?

TriciaJ, RN · Mar 4, 2019

Looks like we're all pretty speechless at this startling revelation.

Persephone Paige, ADN · Mar 5, 2019

Saw this an thought I would weigh in, for what it's worth.

I am sure that my experience is not the norm, but I did have it, so here it is. When I was seeking a clinical site for my board ordered RN refresher course, I could not get into a not for profit. I'm a big contributor on the "recovery" forum here at all nurses, so suffice to say I'd hit some speed bumps in life.

Anyway, the only place that would give me the time of day was a little for profit, in Orlando. And, I proceeded to clinical, warts and all. The people I was grouped with were all immigrants. They were men and women who had passed their countries' version of an NCLEX and were already nurses somewhere else, just not US nurses yet. And, they were good nurses. They just had language barriers, and perhaps they'd faced a bit of discrimination because of it, who knows. I just know that they'd already had difficulties passing the NCLEX prior to being a student here at this little, for profit college.

The lady that ran it was awesome. She'd started from the bottom herself and she saw the best in everyone. She gave everyone a shot, she eventually got a portion of her program shut down for it. That's wrong. But, the powers that be look at numbers, instead of individuals.

I just wanted to comment that although I'm sure there are some less than savory characters out there, some of these places are good people. A few of the nurses I was in clinical with are still trying to pass their boards, but they came with those problems and being stupid wasn't one of them. Quite a few have gone on to do well because they got the extra time Dr. Miller gave them, they are working and living prosperous lives in our country.

Orca, ADN, ASN, RN · Mar 7, 2019

IMO the primary difference in your program, Persephone, was a short word near the beginning of the second full paragraph: little. The schools that are the biggest offenders in this are the ones that pull in large classes for the purpose of extracting the largest possible amount of cash from each student. They are more interested in profit than in students passing, whether that be classes or the NCLEX. The easy availability of grants and student loans makes it highly lucrative for the larger schools to operate in this manner. The cold, hard truth is that they take in students who can't get into more conventional schools because they frankly don't have the brain power to succeed in the profession. The schools still sell the dream, though, because their money is as green as those who are more capable.

I'm glad for you that you found a for-profit school that was genuinely interested in the success of its students. That is the rare exception, unfortunately.

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