I've been on this site for quite some time now while trying to find a Registered Nursing program that suits my needs academically as well as financially. I've gone to several websites and visited quite a few campuses in South Florida to include: City College, Keiser, Nova, Miami Dade College, Broward College, FAU, Palm Beach State College, Florida National College as well as Brown Mackie (there are a few more that I can't remember right now lol) . Most recently I have made contact with Larkin Community Hospital in South Miami, Florida. I found out that Larkin Community Hospital has a nursing program while browsing the State of Florida's Department of Health website: www.doh.state.fl.us/ . (This is a good place to check if you want to know if a school is approved by the state of Florida and is accredited or not, and they also include the pass rates...) Any who, I decided to check out Larkin Hospital and here is what I found out:
Larkin Hospital is a "teaching hospital" and they have several residency programs set up for Allopathic medicine, and Osteopathic medicine, in connection with Nova University... they are also designated as a "Area of Critcal Need Facility" & "Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) facility". These things can be good for new nurses (Im thinking that it is at least) or nursing professionals in general since the government offers to pay your student loans back etc for working at these types of facilities for 2-4 years... Basically I spoke with the personnel there and their 1st nursing program is going to start on September 4, 2012.
The school costs a whopping $42,000 for the Associate of Science in Nursing and requires the student to pay $1000.00 down payment & there is currently no financial aid or student loans ( so there will be monthly payments)- however I was told that this cost includes your books, supplies and uniforms! Also for acceptance the TABE test is needed and a $50 application fee, and as of right now school hours are Monday- Friday 5pm-9pm for 20 months. I wanted to make contact with anyone who has more information or better "inside" info about this school /hospital... Im hoping to find additional people with information or who are enrolled to attend ? Also if I can make friends with hopeful students that would be great as well. Thank you all in advance for reading and sharing!
I messaged you back.. hopefully you log on soon so we can talk. We can exchange numbers or emails which ever is convenient.. Wanna hear all about school! Hope you and the family are doing great. :)
Hi !! I am considering staring Larkin this Fall.. Did you start would love some feedback I am worried about them being a new school... Thank you hope to hear from you soon.
Hi Did you start Larkin?? I would love to chat with you I am seriously considering starting this Fall but I am worried about the fact that the program just started recently. Any feedback would be great !! TY !!
Hope all is well with you.. What kind of questions do you have.. im preparing to take my TABE test in a couple weeks so that I can enroll for August 19th.. What ever questions you may have lemme know.
TJ has already started and she likes it a lot. She said it is a lot of work, however she said she really likes it so far. I'm taking my TABE test on the 25th... Ive been procrastinating so much , I hate math and that was basically the hold up. Im hoping to pass my test on the 1st try so that I can start classes on August 19th... How about you, still deciding about which nursing school you want to goto?
I'm always on this site but this is my first time posting questions. I would to get some feed back from current nursing student that are attending Larkin school of nursing. How are the instructors do they teach the materials well? Do you get a lot of hands on practice at clinical and also in the class? Was the TABE hard? Do you feel made the right choice signing up to the school? would greatly appreciate any helpful feedback.
First time posting a comment. I would like to hear from current Larkin nursing students, how do like the school do feel made the right decision attending this school? Are the professors helpful and good at teaching the materials? Do get a lot hands on practice at clinicals and also in the classroom? I would greatly appreciate any helpful feedback.
First time posting a comment. I would like to hear from current Larkin nursing students, how do like the school do feel made the right decision attending this school? Are the professors helpful and good at teaching the materials? Do get a lot hands on practice at clinicals and also in the classroom? I would greatly appreciate any helpful feedback.
CDub72
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Hey girl!
I messaged you back.. hopefully you log on soon so we can talk. We can exchange numbers or emails which ever is convenient.. Wanna hear all about school! Hope you and the family are doing great. :)