university of phoenix RN and clinicals???

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Hey i am thinking about taking the rn program at university of phoenix right now i am only a cna i talked to the school today and they said i can take the hole rn program there and in about 4 years i can get my bachelors rn and i can do all the clinicals threw the state board has anyone done this and is it hard to get clinical times? and do they help you set up clinicals? is this lidgit? i have to have a full time job to be able to suport myself so i would perfer online classes please can any one help me figure out this

Watched the Frontline video and it made me sick for those students who have LVN degrees that are useless because the school did no clinical training on real patients. They are in 30K in debt and can't possibly pay it back.

If those students passed the NCLEX, then their degree is not useless. Do you know what they call students who graduate from third tier medical schools? DOCTOR.

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"It is a reality that many hospitals and medical centers do not recognized many online nursing courses due to the issue of accreditation and rigid requirements for the minimal requirements for practice."

You can't bash online programs for their accredidation. Many community colleges lack NLN and CCNE accredidation. Wouldn't you rather go to an online school like Excelsior that is NLN accredited than a campus program that has neither accredidation?

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If those students passed the NCLEX, then their degree is not useless. Do you know what they call students who graduate from third tier medical schools? DOCTOR.

It is useless when the facilities where they go to find a job ask them about their clinical experience and the women have to say that they got their pediatric experience at a daycare. If you have an LVN degree and the only job you can get is flipping burgers, your degree ain't worth $30k. Sorry.

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"It is a reality that many hospitals and medical centers do not recognized many online nursing courses due to the issue of accreditation and rigid requirements for the minimal requirements for practice."

You can't bash online programs for their accredidation. Many community colleges lack NLN and CCNE accredidation. Wouldn't you rather go to an online school like Excelsior that is NLN accredited than a campus program that has neither accredidation?

I believe CCNE only accredits BSN and above programs. There are PLENTY of community colleges that are NLN accredited--just search their website. And no, I would not go to an unaccredited college due to the possibility of future employers or schools I would like to further my education at not accepting my degree.

EDIT: I haven't watched the documentary but I know that employers in my area prefer new grads from certain schools over others. If a school was known for turning out unprepared students, I can see how using the degree locally would be near impossible.

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None of the community college LPN programs in my area are NLN accredited. Only the hospital based ones seem to be accredited.

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