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No, clinical hours are not included in the evening classes. From what I understand clinicals come at the very end of classes. Brown Mackie offers clinicals on Friday nights, Saturdays and Sundays. I'm in Tulsa, OK and this is the first year that Brown Makcie has offered the nursing program.
A school like Brown Mackie can be okay if you only want to get an RN and don't plan to get an advanced degree. But in the future if you decide to go for a BSN or higher, your Brown Mackie credits won't transfer to a university.
That means you'll have to start from scratch, taking all the prereq classes at the university or a community college whose credits transfer. Not only will it take more time, but it eats up your federal financial aid and can prevent you from finishing a bachelors degree. That could really limit your career options.
Beware of attending a "start up" school. If they run into problems achieving accreditation, you may really be stuck in a terrible place & no way to get a refund for the very large amounts of tuition you have paid out.
Typical problems for a new school include inexperienced faculty, lack of adequate clinical rotations, poor coordination between theory & clinical instructors. . .etc.
Boomersooner9
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Has anyone attended Brown Mackie for Nursing School? I'm thinking about going to nursing school and this school is the most flexible for me. I've checked many other schools and none of them offer nursing classes in the evening. I work a full time job, married and have two kids. Brown Mackie offers classes three nights a week from 6-10. I've also heard they are very expensive compared to community or state colleges. Does anyone have any thoughts?