Manhattan Institute

FutureRNelizabeth · Apr 4, 2008

Well im planning on going for the Nursing Assistant coorifice also... that school has a opening for Apr 14 but they cost $999... i think im going to go to the school in flushing which has a opening for Apr 28. :nurse:

nurse2btracy · Apr 4, 2008

Hi!

I am planning on registering for the August 2 class. It is a Saturday and Sunday for 7 weeks. Good luck!

Tracy

Hydakins · Apr 4, 2008

Last summer I went to the Manhattan Institute for the dialysis technician course but met someone who was in the cna class. She like it and didnt find it too difficult. I also went to the school in Flushing: New York Medical Training Center for both Medical Assistant ('03-'04) and CNA ('07) and their programs were really good. I think that the CNA training at NY Medical was a bit more thorough from our discussions (and it is definitely helping me now that Im in nursing school) but I would not discredit the Manhattan Institute at all. When did it go up to $999?, thats what I paid for the Dialysis class and the CNA was less then. Oh wait--they do that--> the closer they get to the starting date, the higher they raise the tuition. I registered in May for the July class so I paid less, but I saw that students who registered closer to the starting date had tuitions over $1000 for the same class. NY Medical doesnt do that, the prices stay the same (and have been for some years).

LuckyNurse · Apr 26, 2008

I graduated from the Manhattan Institute three months ago. It is an excellent School. My teacher Ms. Maria was wonderfull. She would stay after class and help the students who needed extra help.The entire staff was great, they really made me feel at home.

What was also nice is that I was able to take my State Exam in the school. They scheduled it for me. They also let us practice in the afternoon.

I am now working, full time. The place that hired me, has three other of there graudates working. The Manhattan Institute has an excellent reputation. They did not care that I had no experience, they knew that I was well trained.

I have enrolled in there Patient Care Technician class starting on June 9, I am really looking forward to going back.:redbeathe

Bayley · May 8, 2008

does anyone know how helpful they are when it comes to job placement assistance? i am already a cna, but i was thinking about doing their ekg/phlebotomy course to increase my chance of getting a job, as well as, to take advantage of any possible job placement assistance they may have.

LuckyNurse · May 14, 2008

Hi - You should take the Patient Care Technician course. As a CNA you qualify. It is EKG and Phlebotomy and some other training. When you finish you get three certificates. I know they have job placement, but I did not use it. I was able to find a job on my own.

RNDreamer · May 14, 2008

How were you able to find a job? We you doing anything special? I took the EKG and Phleb course last year, passed the exams and still haven't found a job. I feel like I wasted my money.

Hi - You should take the Patient Care Technician course. As a CNA you qualify. It is EKG and Phlebotomy and some other training. When you finish you get three certificates. I know they have job placement, but I did not use it. I was able to find a job on my own.

PlatinumDymondz · May 21, 2008

I graduated from their CNA program almost three years ago and at that time their job placement wasn't that good, and I was pretty much left on my own to find a job. All i remember was dropping my resume off at the front desk and never being called back. Now that I think back it was kind of hard to get a job as a CNA without experience, most places if they did hire you, will only hire you as per-diem or part-time if your lucky. I don't know if thinks are still like that now because eventually after almost 4 months after getting my CNA license I found a place in brooklyn that hired me part-time and went back to school for My LPN. I am now an LPN and attending Kingsborough, planning to apply to the RN program in January.

smiles0071 · Jul 15, 2008

I just registered and googled to see if there was an info on this place. Thanks I start classes soon.

Lilluv117 · Jul 18, 2008

Nurse2bTracy - Why don't you just apply to the different LI hospitals and they'll train you as a CNA for free? Winthrop has a good orientation and if you work in the ER you will not only be trained as a CNA (they call them PCA) but you will also be doing EKGs, Phlebotomy, etc. It is excellent experience and you will learn so much for nursing school! And best of all, not only do you not have to pay for it but you are actually getting paid while doing the training!!! I believe starting pay for a PCA at Winthrop is almost $17 plus different shift differentials. And they have tuition reimbursement and grants for nursing school! They have special PCA openings for nursing students. You should call HR and let them know you are currently applying to nursing schools but you would love to work as a PCA with them in the meantime. They are always hiring in the ER and I believe they had openings in Mother/Baby as well. Try and get a job in the area you would like to work in as a nurse because it is likely the nurse manager will hire you when you finish nursing school. Also, take a job in any department at first because once you're in, it's easier to switch to another department that has openings. They have job openings specifically for Winthrop employees only. They get first dibs.

I definitely wouldn't pay for a CNA training course if I could do it this way instead. :) You may have to be per diem at first but once you're in and have training, you can easily switch to an open full time position! Good luck!!!

renee_cal · Jul 20, 2008

Nurse2bTracy -

I was accepted to an LPN program in NJ and I am going to definitely call them Monday to find out about the PCA training. Unfortunately its not posted on their website.