Hello Every One!
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!