Larkin Community Hospital School of Nursing Miami 2012

HelloCDub72,

I just recently found out about the Nursing Program @ Larkin Hospital. Afterdoing some research online I ran across your post. There are many hopefulstudents in Miami in the same predicament. I've visited many schools in Dadeand Broward counties (all of the ones you mentioned and a few more not listed).After visiting Larkin yesterday and speaking with the Director of the program(which was extremely nice & informative) I decided to apply on the spot. Ifeel the difference between a hospital based nursing program and a smallerschool is that Larkin is being backed by the hospital. I know that they are notaccredited yet because this is their 1st class. Many would feel skeptical aboutattending a school that is not accredited. A school cannot apply for accreditationuntil they have two successful graduating classes, therefore I believe that theaccrediting bodies will give Larkin the accreditation when the time comes. Takefor example Keiser University, they were not accredited about 3 years ago andmany students graduated from there with no problems. Alsostudents that graduated w/Keiser before accreditation also receivedaccreditation even though they graduated before accreditation was approved. Keiser is not backed by ahospital and were still able to get accredited.

In regards to the price, Larkin has created a great way to help students achievetheir goal of becoming nurses. I know that $42,000 sounds like a lot but thatincludes classes, uniforms, books & nursing student supplies. I have notfound any other school that offers this. Also the school does require a $1,000down payment. The reason for the down payment is so the student can show the schoolgood faith & committed to the program. They do not have financial aid orstudent loans at this time. (Don’t know if they will later). I am hoping that they create a scholarship & contracts to work in thier hospital after passing boards. They have createda great payment plan. If you do have to take all pre-reqs the total will be$42,000. If you have pre-reqs and they accept your credit the total willobviously be less. While in school you do have to make monthly payments but youcan continue to make payments after graduation (180 mth = 15 yrs). I personallydon’t mind to make payments for 15 years as long as I was able to get theeducation needed to pass my boards. Because Larkin is a teaching hospital Ibelieve the education will be priceless.

The time of the classes is also beneficial to my personal situation. With ahusband and a son (2 yrs old) the class schedule is great for me. Many of theother schools have classes during the day and cannot say what times orlocations Clinicals will be. The clinicals at Larkin will be at their hospitalexcept for OB & Peds. For now I know they will be @ Children’s hospital andPalmetto General.

I’m not sure if I covered everything but this is my overall opinion on the new program.Hope to hear back from you. Maybe you decide to attend Larkin and we can beclassmates. :yeah:Talk soon.

Im not accustomed to posting on here. Dont know why it created all those errors. SORRY

I will be scheduling the tabe today. Not sure what day they will schedule me. Dont worry about the math. The TABE is basic math. You can YouTube some videos on the TABE and catch up fairly quick. I've taken the TABE before and it wasn't nearly as difficult as the TEAS. You can do it!!!! If all my credits are accepted I should start May 2013. Only because I would have to wait till the 1st starting class to get to the Nursing Core Classes.

After reading my post what do you think about the program?

For the pre-reqs I believe you take them there at Larkin. Also I dont think that Chemistry is a pre-req @ Larkin, but it is a Florida National. Do you have Nutrition? I also checked out Florida National. My issue with Florida National is that they require me to pay $532/mth because I do not qualify for financial aid. They want me to pay off the balance owed to them by graduation. There is no way I can come up with that amount monthly with only my husband working and a child that eats like crazy. LOL $200/month I can find. Also the schedule is not good for me because they can only guarantee class time but not clinical times. They haven't guaranteed the clinical times @ Larkin yet but they have more flexability because its their hospital. I cant say if my decision is right or wrong but my gut says to go w/Larkin. I strongly believe that they will get accreditation by the time I would enroll into a BSN program. Who knows maybe they create a BSN program there.

Your welcome... I just came back from paying the application fee and for the TABE. I am going to brush up on the TABE test this weekend and hopefully make it for the test on Tuesday. Feel free to contact Ms. Lena (she is so sweet). Call her now before 5pm. Remember they have a class starting next week so Im sure shes just helping getting things ready. I agree with you on the cost of nursing schools. I've pretty much broken down all the fees for all the schools and financially Larkin seem to be the best for me. Also with other school you need to worry every semester is the classes got paid on time which takes away from just being a student. The way Larkin set up the monies we dont have to worry about visiting the financial aid office every semester. I saw that you mentioned FAU. Do you live in Broward?

Oh I also asked about the BSN program and they do have plans on implementing a BSN in the future.

Hi CDub72... How r u doing? I tried to message u but the site didn't let me. Wanted to let u know I'm starting Larkin this semester!!! Did u decided where to go. They administration at Larkin Hospital is amazing. Hope your starting to. Talk to u soon.