MCI Virginia Beach!!!!

NachoMomma · Aug 22, 2009

They accepted my chemistry from ODU. You have to provide a course description, an official transcript, and a signed review sheet.

cute-1 · Aug 25, 2009

Hi,Nachomomma what is a signed review sheet? I am taking my chemistry online.I have the syllabus but I'm not sure what a review sheet is.Thanks.

cute-1 · Aug 25, 2009

So,The tuition for the Day time RN is 40,000 and 12 months correct?And the night program is 15 months.I am in Illinois and I plan on moving just for school so can someone please answer because I can only afford to fly down once and I need to kow how much I should save/borrow...and have a general plan.They won't give me much information over the phone...thanks.

NachoMomma · Aug 26, 2009

You'll get the review sheet at the office at MCI - it's given to the registrar for her to review your course description.

Day time and night time RN is 15 months. The LPN is 12 months. It is about $40,000 - but it flucuates and it may not be that much. You can get federal aid, but it won't cover all of it. I took out a personal student loan with Wells Fargo and my husband co-signed. Sallie Mae also does school loans for MCI. Are you by any chance a military spouse? If you can only come once, be ready to sit and take the entrance exam. It's called TEAS. You can get a basice nursing school entrance exam study guide at the library. For the RN program, you'll have English, Grammar, Math, and Science. Be sure to brush up on your conversions (pounds to kilograms; cups to milliliters; etc).

Good luck! Let me know if you have any more questions!

cute-1 · Aug 26, 2009

Thank you Nachomomma.

I am not a military wife and I'm sure that I won't qualify for sallie mae because my credit has some dings on it,but I will have a nice amount saved and will work to pay the rest.I'm still not sure if I can work in any other state since the school is not accredited...do you know anything about that?I really appreciate all of your help.

caryt123 · Aug 28, 2009

cuteazz1 - check out this post: MCI 's cost is ridiculas

it talks about the program costs. I don't know where you plan to live, but I think Sentara's BSN is $19,000 and the other colleges in the area seem to be somewhere in that general area. Is it really almost double for MCI??

cute-1 · Aug 29, 2009

cuteazz1 - check out this post: MCI 's cost is ridiculas
it talks about the program costs. I don't know where you plan to live, but I think Sentara's BSN is $19,000 and the other colleges in the area seem to be somewhere in that general area. Is it really almost double for MCI??

I'm not sure about the other schools but I do know that Im TIRED of waiting lists.I could have 3 degrees by now Lol! so,I'm just gonna buck up and pay for an overpriced school(If I dont get accepted this spring to my CC)....And the 15 months is an extra bonus.

NachoMomma · Aug 30, 2009

Yeah - the 15 months was the deal maker for me - as long as you get through it! Faster doesn't mean it's easier and if you make below an 80, then you have wait about two or three months for the class to come around again to retake it.

About the accredidation - it is SACS accredited. It is in candidacy status for NLNAC. The BSN program (which is only a bridge program - you already have to have your RN) had their visit in Feb and we should be getting the approval any day. The ADN program has their visit in October. They've been very active with NLNAC trying to get everything for approval. It's also a package accredidation - we're (VA Beach) applying with NN campus and Richmond campus, so those campuses have to have their stuff together, too. Of course, Va Beach is the best one :)

Sentara has a great program, but it is also very competitive with wait lists. They also only have the BSN program now, no longer the diploma. (Which is great!)

RNVA2009 · Sep 2, 2009

Hi all the MCI newcomers, but as new RN :nurse: I was told by a friend that many hospitals in the hampton roads area are no longer hiring grads from the 12 -15 month program due to not having enough clinical exp. hope this is not true but good luck anyway.....

Also if many have noticed that many (mostly) all prior programs in the hampton roads area such as sentara/ mci have now gone to the BSN programs - why b/c many hospitals in this area (around the country too) want to be Magnet Hospitals and they need BSN nurses for this to happen.

Don't want to spread rumors but I heard many nurses saying the same thing...

Good luck

NrsintheFam · Sep 6, 2009

I might (still waiting for my acceptance letter) be attending the PN program in NN beginning on the 28th. Anyone in the program or recently gone through tell me about the class times. I know it mention 8-4:30, but do classes always last for that long?

NachoMomma · Sep 10, 2009

It's true - BSN is the way to go, but for many it's not a possible option option right away. A lot of ADN students have plans to further their education to the BSN program. MCI now has the full accreditidation for the BSN program (you can verify on the NLNAC website) and the ADN program is still a candidate (the visit is in October). It is approved by the VA Board of Nursing. As for hospitals in Hampton Roads not hiring "short program" grads, the time put into MCI is short in the calendar year, but the hours are still the same. You get a ton of clinical experience - of course it's not as much as Sentara b/c they ARE the hospital - but we still have full clinicals and class schedules. For the first half of the program, you take basics: A&P, nutrition, theory classes, etc. For the second half, you take classes one at a time in 5 weeks. Five weeks psych, five weeks med/surge, five weeks acute, etc- clinicals 3 days/week, classes 2 days/week.

MCI students are everywhere. There's not a job for everyone - and new grad positions are hard to come by, but most students have one lined up by the pinning ceremony. Chesapeake Regional is the only hospital that I've heard was not going to hire MCI grads - but they did just a few months ago.

You can look up NCLEX pass rates on the Virginia Board of Nursing website. For 2009, MCI is at 94% and Tidewater is at 90%. (This is MCI Va Beach).

The school isn't perfect and it's certainly not for everyone. It's intense and you're going to get dirty. It's still new and b/c it's a different format than traditional schools, it gets a lot flack. We have parking problems and the printers never seem to have paper. However, despite the price, this is the program that best suited my needs.

When people asked me where I went to school, I used to kind of roll my eyes and say, "MCI?" like I was ashamed. I'm not anymore - I'm proud of where we came from and where we're going. We're still growing and have a lot of work to do. :)

Now I'm off to work on my care plan....

NachoMomma · Sep 10, 2009

When you open up the ADN NCLEX pass rates on the VABON website, it automatically opens up to the 2nd worksheet (that has TCC on it), but the first sheet has MCI and other schools on it.