JCast87

Please read above comment regarding FNC

Please DO NOT go to FNC... That is the school I was attending but I recently posted a thread entitled "should I switch nursing schools after the first semester"..... It's in this same category so I would highly recommend that you read the thread. I too went to MDC and I can tell you from experience, You will feel like you sold yourself cheap. FNC is regionally accredited, yes, however they are not accredited by the state of Florida and if you look at job postings for RNs, most say "Nursing Dregree from Accredited Nursing School Required".Please consider your options first. There is FIU, Miami Dade, Nova, Barry, Keiser.... All of which are accredited by the state of Florida when you search through the Department of Heath government website. Best of luck to you!!!

Thank you all soooooo sooo so much! I have read every reply with my husband because this is a big decision for me. He is beyond supportive of the decision I am making!! My answer is VERY clear now. I was so confused prior to posting this thread because I received so many mixed answers from friends and family but I thought to myself "who better to ask than Nurses and Nursing Students". On August 8, I have to go to the new school to take my AA transcripts from the public community college I attended. I checked online and I meet all their requirements. I also checked their allnurses thread and it turns out people have been accepted with 3.5's so I feel confident that my GPA is a 3.7. I loved all the amazing things I read about their school through the allnurses thread they have! The new school is one of the 5 accredited in Miami Dade County and has an NCLEX passing rate in the 90's. They are well respected by the hospitals as well. My current courses ( Fundamentals, Health Assesment, Pharmacology and Community) are NOT transferable but I am 100% ok with that. I dont mind taking them over because this is my future at stake. My plans include obtaining my masters degree eventually, so you guys have no idea how grateful I am that you took your time to give me advice! :') The most ironic thing of this entire situation is that Friday, they called me from the financial aid office at the current school advising me that for some reason my loan hasn't been processed yet because I am missing a document so I will be unable to start the next semester if I don't turn the document in. I took this as some type of celestial confirmation hahaha. What are the odds lol. I would be starting (if all goes well) with the January batch at the new school. So in this time off, I guess I will just review what I know and incorporate some med surg since I already have the books. Lesson learned from this experience and through all your advice: The fast route isn't always the best route and sometimes we have to take a step back in order to put the right foot forward. Once again, I appreciate every response. You just saved someone's career. I promise to keep you guys updated on what happens!!

So, I have been in tears for 2 days now with this internal conflict that I am having about leaving my current nursing school for another. I started one of those small, expensive, private nursing schools after completing all of my prerequisites with a 3.76 GPA from my local community college. This school is a 1 year ADN program that is approved by the state of Florida but not accredited. Their NCLEX passing rate is about 40% but I decided to go in order to finish nursing school quickly and start working. I figured even if the passing rate is low, I will still do well because I know the type of student I am. Needless to say, I don't feel like I am learning much. I just finished Pharmacology in 4 weeks. It's impossible to learn what we need to learn in such a small amount of time. Although I have A's in this school, I doubt myself everyday for making the decision to come here. once we were told by someone in administration that "we should be lucky to be here because we obviously couldn't get in anywhere else". I felt like saying "thats not why I came here". Granted, most of the students or teachers do NOT speak English at this school (Miami, Fl.) I recently spoke to an admissions rep at another school that is well known in Miami and has a reputation for developing grade A quality nurses, however the program is 27 months (BNS). She said I would have no problem getting in. This school is $40,000 as apposed to the $20,000 school that I am at now. One RN I know, told me to stay at the school that I am in now because what matters is me passing my NCLEX and everything else I will learn on the floor. She says she also felt that she didn't know anything when she graduated from her school and she managed to pass her boards. I am in tears as I write this because I don't know what to do. I have finals at my school this week and I need to end on a good note should I decide to transfer (but at the new school I will have t start from scratch). I just want to be a great nurse. I don't want to settle for good. I love this field and have a deep passion for nursing. Any advise is appreciated!!