Huron School of Nursing

Hello,

I work for a hospital in the Huron Rd Hospital system. I have seen a lot of new grads come out of there. I know of two personally, and there are more working here.

There big thing is, covering tuition if you agree to work for a Cleveland Clinic Facility for 2 years after you graduate.

As far as passing the boards??? I took them on the computer in 1996', which was the first year they did it that way. The questions are "best answer", and kind of so so?

I don't think it means a whole lot. It allegedly prepares you to pass the test. In real life, its meaningless.

Hello,

I work for a hospital in the Huron Rd Hospital system. I have seen a lot of new grads come out of there. I know of two personally, and there are more working here.

There big thing is, covering tuition if you agree to work for a Cleveland Clinic Facility for 2 years after you graduate.

As far as passing the boards??? I took them on the computer in 1996', which was the first year they did it that way. The questions are "best answer", and kind of so so?

I don't think it means a whole lot. It allegedly prepares you to pass the test. In real life, its meaningless.

Wow, i didnt know they paid your tuition if you agree to work for Cleveland Clinic. Thats where i wanted to work anyway!! Do the graduates seem prepared for nursing work? Do you know how hard it is to get into the school? Percentage of applicants compared to amount accepted?

Our Hospital is part of what used to be called the Meridia system. So is Huron, South Point and Euclid. There was a merger type thing, in the late 90's. We are now called the Cleveland Clinic Eastern region. That's how Huron gets it's Cleveland Clinic Affiliation.

It's not old news that there is a nursing shortage, and by 2010', it will be twice as bad. There are not enough schools to increase the number of working nurses, enough to change anything.

Check this out, maybe you can get some info here:

http://www.huronhospital.org/

As far as nursing grad preparedness??? I have no idea?? I have only worked ER and surgery/pacu. I never saw new grads there/??

I am currently in the program at Huron and their RN pass rate the two years before was 91.67% and 92.16%. Last year was a rare thing and in response they have raised the averages needed to pass courses.

the cleve. clinic will reimburse $5000 per yr. for two yrs. (total $10,000) for ANY new grad w/ outstanding loans. NOT just huron rd. new grads....it's on their website.

anyway, i worked at huron rd. 13 yrs. ago and the neighborhood was "SCARY" then & i can only imagine that it's worse now! i had a brick thrown at the trunk of my car (big dent), someone tried to get IN my car at a red light (thank god my door was locked), and i had a gang hanging out on the corner of the street step in front of my car & behind it at a stop sign (i floored it & almost ran one of them over).....

needless to say i know longer STOPPED at stop signs and red lights, i just rolled through them carefully, so i could floor it at any given moment!

yeh, i would NEVER work their again, ever! even though once you got on their property you were safe, you had to drive through a drug dealing, gang banging, war zone neighborhood (at least coming down eddie rd) just to get to work (day shift MAY not be AS bad). i figured eventially i was going to be hurt or i'd have to hurt someone else (run em' down!) & frankly i didn't need that stress just from trying to get back in forth to work!