Need Help FINDING A School

nekeishaLee · Nov 27, 2016

Greetings fellow Nurses . I AM FROM THE BAHAMAS I RECENTLY MOVED TO THE U.S . I AM LOOKING FOR A PRIVATE NURSING SCHOOL THAT OFFER ASSOCIATES DEGREE. ALSO ONE THAT OFFER THE PRE REQUISTES IN THE COURSE IT SELF, BASICALLY I WANT A 2 YEAR SCHOOL NOT 3

CAN YOU GUYS HELP TO NAME A FEW , WHICH STATE AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION POSSIBLE.??

ESPECIALLY CHICAGO, FLORIDA , DALLAS, AND GEORGIA

Editorial Team / Admin · Nov 27, 2016

There are ways to search for schools that will help ensure you attend one that will allow you to sit for NCLEX:

1. The state's BON or other approval agency should have a list of programs in the state that are approved. If it's not on this list, proceed with caution as the state may not allow graduates from an unapproved program to sit for NCLEX.

2. ACEN and CCNE (the two bodies that accredit nursing programs in the US) allow for searches on their websites. Graduate schools and even some employers require applicants to have completed an accredited nursing program.

nekeishaLee · Nov 27, 2016

Thank you @rose_queen

Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN · Nov 28, 2016

Greetings fellow Nurses . I AM FROM THE BAHAMAS I RECENTLY MOVED TO THE U.S . I AM LOOKING FOR A PRIVATE NURSING SCHOOL THAT OFFER ASSOCIATES DEGREE. ALSO ONE THAT OFFER THE PRE REQUISTES IN THE COURSE IT SELF, BASICALLY I WANT A 2 YEAR SCHOOL NOT 3
CAN YOU GUYS HELP TO NAME A FEW , WHICH STATE AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION POSSIBLE.??
ESPECIALLY CHICAGO, FLORIDA , DALLAS, AND GEORGIA

Welcome to AN! The largest online nursing community! This community has a ton to offer....just use the search feature in the upper right hand corner. AN is a great place to talk with other nurses....I learn something new everyday.....did you know that using upper case to type is yelling.....LOL. Duplicate thread merged as per the Terms of service.

Now to your question:

This is a tough question because the answer varies with the schools.

First, I am not sure what you mean as private. We have schools that are "private" as they receive minimal assistance from the government. These schools are expensive. You need to be that the school is NURSING accredited (approved).

Each state has a list of schools and their accreditation (approval) of the nursing programs. Each school has their own admission process and requirements to apply to the program (which varies program to program). All schools have basic non nursing courses, English, Math, Chemistry, Anatomy & physiology, to name a few that you will be required to pass with good grades.

The US has a "generalist" approach to nursing. In school you study essentially everything and you specialize after you graduate. I do not know about your VISA and going to school but someone will come along that knows way more then I do.

Contrary to popular belief there is not a "nursing shortage" and in some states/facilities they are only hiring 4year BSN graduates. There is essentially 4 ways to become a RN. The 2 year Associate degree which usually requires the to Be nurses to finish pre admission classes.

I hope this helps.

nekeishaLee · Nov 28, 2016

Thank you for the advice .. How ever when i said private i ment an institution or technical school . Rather than a college or university.

I plan on getting my BSN i just wanted to get my foot in the door :) Thank you again !!!

HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD · Nov 28, 2016

There are still some some diploma programs that may have an all-inclusive curriculum that does not require any pre-requisites, but I don't believe that they are prevalent in your desired areas. Dallas does not have any diploma programs. If you plan to continue your education at some point, it would make much more sense to choose a traditional 'college hour' ADN program that requires all the basic pre-requisites. Otherwise, you will just have to (re)take them in order to obtain a BSN. There are no shortcuts.

nekeishaLee · Nov 28, 2016

Ok i found one in fort lauderdale

Buyer beware, BSN · Dec 4, 2016

There are ways to search for schools that will help ensure you attend one that will allow you to sit for NCLEX:
1. The state's BON or other approval agency should have a list of programs in the state that are approved. If it's not on this list, proceed with caution as the state may not allow graduates from an unapproved program to sit for NCLEX.
2. ACEN and CCNE (the two bodies that accredit nursing programs in the US) allow for searches on their websites. Graduate schools and even some employers require applicants to have completed an accredited nursing program.

Go to (collegescorecard.ed.gov) and research for yourself. Here you can evaluate all schools based on metrics that have real meaning.

ACEN and CCNE accredited schools are not the first things to be considered in evaluating the totality of any individual school's reputability. Although necessary, they merely testify to a school's adhering to very minimum standards of quality.

Even some of the most sub-par, low graduation and retention rate, expensive loan mill schools have this dubious distinction of credibility.

Be careful with this.

Some of these schools even advertise on this site and they will always use CCNE and ACEN accreditation as their sleight of hand calling card to hide behind a curtain of respectability.

Case in point: The now defunct ITT tech and the Corinthian mess of for-profit schools had what were considered very well respected and established accrediting bodies overseeing those schools.

Today ITT tech's accrediting body (ACICS) is in the process of of closing shop as well as Corinthian's accrediting crony (HLC).

Both were regionally accredited. And by the way the state BONs are a big part of the nursing school quality problem in the U.S. as they have become subservient to the big money hospital corporations and their heavily lobbied state legislatures.