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I have an advance degree in another industry and I'm not eligible for financial aid.

Dawrhino well said. Lots of opportunity in LTC. I am noticing the emphasis not always being on BSN requirement.

I got my CNA there. LPN program is expensive there. I am paying out of pocket.

It is good to hear that they are slowly improving. In my humble opinion the owners need to maybe hire an impartial person to serve as an administrator. I think some of the way they operate us cultural. I loved my instructor and clinical instructor. I found them to be very knowledge, caring and want u to succeed. They need to do more to get a presence in Chicago for clinicals. After all they have a location on Jackson St. It just didn't add up for me to live in Chicago but had to go to Westmont for a clinical. Insane.

I attended this school for the CNA course. Loved the instructor. However the way this school is managed is a travesty. The owners cannot keep staff and they do not own up to what they promise you in the beginning. Get everything in writing up front. Job placement is terrible. I had to fight to get basic things like my final grade in writing and a certificate of completion. The owners were trying to make me pay for that which is absurd. I kept my contract that I signed that showed what they were responsible for giving me and that was the only way I got transcript. They don't make any effort to build relationships with medical facilities in Chicago. I was told my clinical would be in Chicago but I ended up going to a facility in Westmont! I would never recommend this school to anyone. Good luck.

fgreen I too am a 40+ woman, who had a long term career in another industry. I am changing careeers and taking a couple of pre-reqs before applying to an ASN program (I cannot get the traditional BSN because I cannot go to school full-time, which most BSN programs want. I plan to bridge over to a BSN or take online). I have often worried about my age and potential ways of being weeded out. I do not look like I am 40+, so hopefully this will get me by and some major networking of course. Been trying to get entry roles in the hospital setting, but even those are hard to get and you have to know someone. Too me it doesn't add up. If you do a search on Careerbuilder there are 100s of nursing jobs listed. I too think it is a combination of some looking for traditional jobs in the hospital setting. I completed and CNA course and pass the competency exam and have not landed anything yet. I don't want to work in LTC and I know this is an entry point to many CNAs.

I agree this is very disheartening. There is so much hype about a nursing shortage. I'm starting to question the same.

Asking about your age is an illegal interview question. It can be deemed discriminatory and I'd report it to the HR Director. The person that interviewed you needs interview training immediately or pulled from interviewing all together.