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@elzabeellie Hi! I went 4pm-10pm for 12 months exactly. Started the program January and finished December . My program only cost about 8000$ but I live in Miami and my family pays the rent; look into financial aid, this will cover all costs I believe, as some students had financial aid and the you could use the 10K for living costs. A couple of people dropped off the program, meaning they failed I think it was about 3 or 4. Most of my studying was done at coffee shops. I know some students before covid hit would meet in the student locker area and study, and they also have a tiny library, but after COVID that was all stopped. So I studied at coffee shops and home. I know one graduate is making 25$/hour working with children, I know another that works in Nicklaus Children, I also know some got hired my Mercy themselves and don’t make as much, around 19$. So it varies I would say between 19-25$/hour. Good luck!

@elzabeellie Hi ! I completed the LPN program last year. The program is excellent and even though we had our clinical hours cut down a lot due to COVID, many of my classmates got jobs, others decided to go after their RN. Unfortunately they NO LONGER have the LPN to RN. Mercy was bought by HCA (Hospital Corporation of America) a couple of years ago, and although they initially said they Mercy could keep the program, the school even went so far as to get there ASN and RN to BSN board of nursing approval, at last minute, HCA bought another big school called Galen. And now they will not allow Mercy to keep their LPN to RN program. Galen is in “miami” but really its in Pembroke Pines. It seems like a good school but double the price of Mercy. It is sad this happened to Mercy. The teachers are excellent, the hospital is great, and I imagine those who completed the program when there wasn’t a pandemic got a ton of hands on experience. Another great thing was the flexibility I worked the whole time and the program was from 4pm to 10pm Mon-Fri. They are fully accredited by ACEN, and the Florida Board of Nursing as well. Regarding rent, Miami is really expensive. I lived here my whole life and I can tell you the area around Mercy is super expensive, however if you move further away like to Kendall you can find more affordability but the trade off is you need a car. You can get a roommate and then the 600$ a week might be doable. I would say yes to doing the LPN program there, they are extremely reputable. You will learn a lot without all the other busy work that most school make you have. That being said, it looks like you have a lot of question, you should call the school. I recently called just to make sure they were not doing the LPN to RN, and Elizabeth Hernandez (the dean and a wonderful person) said absolutely not. If you have any other questions Imk. Good luck!

currently in the lpn program just want to give a heads up that they are discontinuing the LPN to RN program to do HCA purchasing galen nursing . They will be opening one in pembroke and forcing mercy to stop its program ? sucks cause galen will be twice the price and longer. apparently the lpn program will stay...for now