Nightingale College 2021

[lvnash]

Hello everyone ! 
I’m so excited that I’ve found this program ! I live in California where all nursing schools are impacted, to find a program like this is a miracle .  I am finishing up the enrollment process now . I’ve notice that there are not many posts on the site for the school . Has anyone went to the program or planning to go ? 

[StoneColdMomAwesome]

I am from Sac, started this program, and HATED it.  Really felt like it was a teach yourself kind of thing and I wasn't looking for that. I was feeling like there was no way I was going to pass NCLEX. They made me take A&P over again and it was a straight JOKE. It was basically discussion boards and tests for A&P, and then you had to pass the HESI at the end or none of it mattered at all. I got out as fast as I could. Then, as luck would have it, I was accepted into a more local LVN-RN program here in California and the RN-BSN concurrent program at Arizona State so it all worked out. DO NOT RECOMMEND NIGHTINGALE.

[IslandNurse808]

Has anyone from California transferred a 100 level public speaking or oral communication course to Nightingale? If so, did you still have to take their programs Oral Communication 300 level class? 

On 1/2/2022 at 4:09 PM, StoneColdMomAwesome said:

I am from Sac, started this program, and HATED it.  Really felt like it was a teach yourself kind of thing and I wasn't looking for that. I was feeling like there was no way I was going to pass NCLEX. They made me take A&P over again and it was a straight JOKE. It was basically discussion boards and tests for A&P, and then you had to pass the HESI at the end or none of it mattered at all. I got out as fast as I could. Then, as luck would have it, I was accepted into a more local LVN-RN program here in California and the RN-BSN concurrent program at Arizona State so it all worked out. DO NOT RECOMMEND NIGHTINGALE.

May I ask which LVN to RN school did you apply to? I’m also in Sac

[IslandNurse808]

On 9/10/2021 at 4:29 PM, AspiringRN2B said:

Hi! How is the program going so far? Do they accept online  classes through portage or straight-line?

No they do not. 

[Sniru510]

On 3/23/2021 at 8:44 AM, mahleeyacarter said:

Hello I start in May officially! I tested out of pharmacy 1 MDC, I have majority of pre-reqs done so nervous I heard a lot of pro and cons to this school. My friend and I are going to this school together we live in southern ca when is your start date?? The estimated that we will graduate April 2023.

How was the pharmacology exam ? Was it hard ? 

[Sniru510]

On 3/25/2021 at 4:03 PM, lvnash said:

Congratulations! I need to finish my StraighterLine courses asap! I’m excited to see where we will be placed . I really wish we could have all been placed for Las Vegas since it’s so much closer. 

Do they accept straighterline ? The guy at the school was telling me they don’t accept it .. 

[AspiringRN2B, BSN, LVN, RN]

No on straighterline classes. The last I talked to them back in November, they accept portage classes. You can even Clep out of algebra if you wanted to through college board. Talk to admissions about the deadline though.

If you are an LVN you can take the HESI exams to test out of med surg and health assessment. It’s worth it, if you want to reduce costs.

[AspiringRN2B, BSN, LVN, RN]

Just an FYI. It’s a teach yourself kind of course. Make sure you can do that. Watch simple nursing and registerednursern etc in order to learn concepts. 

[IslandNurse808]

10 minutes ago, Sniru510 said:

Do they accept straighterline ? The guy at the school was telling me they don’t accept it .. 

They don’t accept straighterline 

[AspiringRN2B, BSN, LVN, RN]

There’s 3 facebook groups you can join. There’s tons of students on those pages. They are all very helpful. There’s we love nightingale. Nightingale c/o 2024 and Nightingale College California students. 

[Sniru510]

Just now, AspiringRN2B said:

There’s 3 facebook groups you can join. There’s tons of students on those pages. They are all very helpful. There’s we love nightingale. Nightingale c/o 2024 and nightingale college California students. 

Thank you , I’ll join them 

[Sniru510]

10 minutes ago, AspiringRN2B said:

No on straighterline classes. The last I talked to them back in November, they accept portage classes. You can even Clep out of algebra if you wanted to through college board. Talk to admissions about the deadline though.

If you are an LVN you can take the HESI exams to test out of med surg and health assessment. It’s worth it, if you want to reduce costs.

I will be talking to admissions this week for sure coming up. Thank you for that info appreciate it ? and yes I am currently a LVN and I heard about testing out they would be great to reduce cost I am trying to get courses to study . Was the entrance exam hard when you took it ? My main concern is I don’t want to use sallie Mae as my loan servicer so I am trying to find out if that’s the only loan servicer they offer. 

[RNLife2025, ASN, RN]

On 7/28/2021 at 12:10 PM, londonflo said:

Here are the facts. Of note is this fact about ACEN:

 

Sounds like this js a result in doing a Self Taught RN program.

The program sounded real good until I saw someone say the course are self taught. For RN I can't see going through reading and assignments without someone teaching being able to retain alot of information or getting a true teaching of the curriculum. Only time an instructor is present is during clinicals.

I can see why the NCLEX pass rate is so low.

If I am paying alot of money to travel to clinicals in addition to paying for the program, I would want to be at least in Zoom classes and actually be taught instead of teaching myself.

Good luck to those going!