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I am currently attending Northcoast Medical in Kent, Ohio. I do like my instructor, but I do not feel I am getting a quality education. The school is very disorganized, the program is only in it's third year and they are still trying to get a feel for things. There is almost no technology, and our clinical sites are poor, we do not get much experience that I feel would be helpful as a nurse. For OB, our clinical consists of going to a Dr's. office for ONE day! We have NO clinicals in a hospital, all are in LTC and a Dr's office. Our instructor is very sweet, perhaps too sweet. She doesn't want anyone to fail, so she gives us the answers to every quiz before the quiz and if anyone gets an answer wrong, she gives hints to help them chose the correct answer, if that fails she often flat out tells us the answer and gives full credit. This is nice while you are in school, but the program costs $18,000 and if we aren't competent to pass the NCLEX than it was all a waste because graduating nursing school does NOT make you a nurse, you must past the state tests to become LICENCED. There are about 7 students I have spoken to in my class who are considering complaining. I want to know that when I graduate, I will be ready to become a nurse. I would NOT recommend this school to anyone!

Wow! That's for the comments everyone, Im due to start classes in a week, and reading these posts is making me nervous! Which Fortis (Bohecker) did you go to and what program did you take? I'm about to spend $22,700.00 dollars, that's a gi-normous amount of money I don't want regrets. Thanks!

Hi, I am enrolled in Fortis College, Ravenna. They include the price of books in their tuition, which is nice, but at $2,000.00 (for the first semester), I feel I'm being ripped off. For me $2.000.00 is a lot of money, I know I could find the same books for maybe a quarter of that price online. I asked my admissions rep for a list of the books but she said students are required to buy the bundle and declined to give me the list of books. I was wondering if I have the option of getting the list someplace else. I know schools are required to disclose this information due to the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008.

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