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Yikes... These students are paying a lot of money. Sadly, they're also probably borrowing through the company who has agreed to do private student loans for Victory. Overall, I see nothing to indicate that they have the students' best interests at heart.

Yeah, they don't provide a lot of evidence to gain trust. I'm currently finishing my BSN and spending a fraction of the cost of what I would've had to pay to Victory. It is going to take slightly longer, but the school I'm attending is local, it's accredited, has a good reputation & a very high pass rate, and I can talk to graduates and current students from the program. I would caution you to continue to do your research as you are. I also recall her telling me that the credits would not transfer to other universities because there are no articulation agreements in place. So of you desire to continue your education and get your masters or doctorate, that will be important to you. I wish you the very best of luck in your nursing journey. Nice chatting with you.

It was pretty recent, and only one had graduated and passed boards. I asked if I could read a testimonial from her graduates, but she wasn't able to provide that. Also, if you don't live in Florida, I would be hesitant about getting my degree there. Two of my friends did it and ended up having to work in Florida as RNs for 6 months before they could get their compact license to work in their home state.

I don't think many students have gone there. I applied and was accepted but decided to go through a more traditional bridge program to get my BSN. When I last spoke to [MODERATOR EDIT OF NAME, PER TOS], only one student had to graduated from the program.

How is the program going for you? I’m in Texas and applied. I was told there are Texas students there now doing clinical rotations.

I’m so sorry you’ve had that experience with LPNs. I just worked three 12’s back-to-back and gave bed baths on every shift on top of vital signs, helping change/reposition people, administering medications and ordered treatments (wound care, insulin, breathing tx’s, etc), and my CNAs told me they were happy to work with me and elaborated that most agency nurses did not work with them the way I do. That not only disappoints me, it disgusts me — nurses should be interested in meeting all of their patients’ needs. I love my CNAs and respect them, and they do not deserve to be exploited by lazy or arrogant nurses. Please don’t give up on us. I promise there are good ones out there.