PurplePenguin

Thank you to everyone who posted with advice. After taking in all of your advice, talking to another one of my friends who is going through nursing school, and talking to my mother I have decided to call CFC tomorrow to see if there would be any way I could start my pre-reqs in the fall semester. If not I guess I am getting my CNA lol. I was just so excited about starting school that I didn't even think about the other stuff. I read that CFC's pass rate on the NCLEX-RN comes pretty close to 100% if its not 100% so at least I will have a rock awesome chance of passing! Again, thank you all for the advice! Have a great week everyone!

I can sit for the NCLEX-RN if I go to Rasmussen, my friend has already sat for hers.

ok, so i just chatted with someone that works at rasmussen and this is exactly what they said [color=#3f3f3f] [color=#3f3f3f]rasmussen college is regionally accredited by the higher learning commission (hlc) and a member of the north central association of colleges and schools (nca).[color=#3f3f3f] ​is that good enough or should i still look more towards cfc?

I live in Ocala, Fl. and all the research I have done says I have two choices for school - Rasmussen College of Central Florida College. I thought it was a no brainer, my friend just graduated from Rasmussen. I want to take the nursing program which is what she took. Easy peasy, right? Nope. I just found out that Rasmussen is not accredited, they are approved but not accredited. I have no clue what that really means. I know that if I go to Rasmussen I will be able to start school relatively soon which is good. If I go to Central Florida College I won't be starting school until January at the earliest. Rasmussen doesn't require prerequisites. CFC does, 21 credits worth of prerequisites. So that would mean I would have to take the prerequisites for a year then I would have to apply to the nursing program and see if I get wait listed or not. CFC is accredited though. CFC also has a 90+% pass rate for the NCLEX-RN. Both are only Associates degrees so I would have to go to school again later to get my BSN (which is what I really want). Cost doesn't matter too much as I am a veteran and the VA will be helping me pay for college (but only 4 years worth of college). All I need to know is do I go to the school that would take me 2 years and I could start roughly soon but isn't accredited or do I go to the school that is accredited but I will be doing 3 years and will have to wait a good 6 months or more to start doing the prerequisites. I'm pretty much job skill-less so the best I could do for work while I am not in school is flip burgers.

If at all possible look into a book titled Math for Nurses (A pocket skill-builder and reference guide for dosage calculations) by Kaplan. I had a really hard time with fractions and percentages until I read the first half of the book. It truly is a life saver if you are a bit rusty on your math. I got it from Barnes and Nobles for less than $15 but if you have a e-reader it would probably be cheaper. Good Luck!