Nursing Program Cause For Concern?

[injured1]

Hi,

SO I battled between going into OT( occupational Therapy ) and getting an A.D.N and then Nurse practitioner. I decided Nursing. I didn't have the chance to shadow an N.P. However, I got to shadow an OT. That being said, I got accepted into nursing school. I got A's in PathoPhysiology, Micro, Ap1 and Ap2, Algebra, Physics, and Genetics Nutrition.

The problem? When I was taking patho at another university, I told their scool adviser I planned to go to the program....that I now got accepted in. Their immediate reaction was this, " Why would you go to that Nursing program." I was caught off guard. I replied because it fit around my schedule a little better. He then replies, " Why would you want to go there, it's a rough program and cost a lot of money. " He then retorted, " Just go to the school you are at now."........What I dislike about this convo is he never told me " Why" not to go besides the school being costly and rough. However, everyone's definition of " Rough " is different. I mean my AP might have been considered, " Rough " by some. I wish he would have told me why. ....However, I wish maybe I would have listened.

I texted a student in the program....they had 90 people in the day option and 18 at night. They lost 40 people in the first two semesters. 5 by dropping, 35 to failing! Furthermore, a class in 2010 had 50 in the day and ended with 18 only. It seems they only have about a 40-50% retention( pass/fail...drop out ) rate. This year's class has 130 people. So they do good on the NCLEX pass rate. 98% one year and 100% previous. However, what they are not stating is that there is a very very low chance of getting the chance to take it because of failure. I contacted other schools, B.S.N and A.D.N...their drop out/fail rate was only 10-15%. They also took it personally if someone failed( the other schools ).

To couple this, tuition if you add on all these additional fees, equals $625 per credit hour for an A.D.N. Luckily, I only need to take 1 nursing class per semester because all the sciences I have knocked out with 103 semester credit hours I have. So all I have is the nursing classes to take. However, I feel as if, this school just accepts a lot of people, see the numbers, and they don't care if you fail. Basically the $$$ matters. I could be wrong, but....I have to say, the numbers don't look good. Their currciulum, you have 13 tests. 4 Exams, a comprehensive final( exam 5 ), 4 math dosages quizzes and 4 medical term quizzes, if you miss spell a letter it is wrong )

Did I make a mistake? Also anything below a 80%, no rounding up...you fail. If you can't check off a skill and miss it more than twice, you fail. A 85% is a C. If you fail a care plan more than once...you fail. Should I have listened to the advisor at the other school??? A lot of people take their pre-reqs at that school. I am really nervous. Also to lecture, you can't wear jeans, hoodies, etc. Not clinical, I get that, I mean a lecture. So I wore a suit to orientation lol. Again, my goal is to become an N.P in psych and SNF/Rehab setting.

Thanks.

[ItsThatJenGirl, CNA]

Is it a for profit school? Is it regionally/nationally accredited? What's their NCLEX pass rate?

That's a fairly low retention rate with a high credit cost. Those are red flags for me.

[injured1]

Is it a for profit school? Is it regionally/nationally accredited? What's their NCLEX pass rate?

That's a fairly low retention rate with a high credit cost. Those are red flags for me.

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. They are a somewhat religious catholic school( don't know if they slam it down into someone, but religious ) tied into a hospital. They are accredited. Their NCLEX pass rate one year was 98% and last year was 100%. All the above, in the post, made me nervous.

[Wuzzie]

A million years ago when I went to school we started with 175 and graduated 27!!! A "C" was a fail. We had 100% pass rate for boards (no NCLEX at that time).