norfolk-newport news ADN programs

sandypinktruck · Feb 22, 2004

hello - i am currently in an LPN program in the Norfolk-Newport News area -

Old Dominion University and Norfolk State also have advanced programs - a couple options can get you a BS in about the same amount of time -

Good Luck and welcome to the area !!! :)

ToBeaRN · Feb 25, 2004

hi, i'm moving to the norfolk-newport news area in july and am looking to get into an ADN RN program... i have been accepted to Thomas Nelson Community and Tidewater Community... has anyone out there gone to either of these schools? just wondering what they are like, and if there's anywhere else i should apply.... i have to get to making a decision

I went to Tidewater for a short period. It wasn't for nursing so I can't speak about that but the school was nice enough.

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llg, PhD, RN · Feb 25, 2004

I work with nursing students and nursing graduates from both programs. Both seem to produce competent graduates. I don't know what the figures are for TNCC, but TCC has an NCLEX pass rate in the 95% area, which is excellent. However, about 30% of the people who enter their program either drop out of flunk out before graduation. As I said, I don't know the figures for TNCC.

I would choose the program whose schedules, location, etc. was more convenient for you -- unless one of them just "felt" more right than the other to you.

llg

guest22304 · Feb 26, 2004

My mother went to TCC for the 1st year of nursing school, and it was a nightmare. She ended up going thru Regents (now Excelsior) to finish. This past semester an acquaintance of mine failed (she's already a care partner) and is going to reapply. I can't speak for Thomas Nelson. Good luck.