Public (ADN or BSN) schools in Cleveland area....

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....my DH and I are most likely moving to Cleveland a year from now for his job, and I was planning on finishing my BSN in the fall of '07, wherever his work lands us....but Cleveland it looks like. I knew the area well a decade ago bc I got my BA from JCU, but can't remember the public schools.... aside from tri-C and Cleveland State (and I'm guessing CSU has a nursing school?) I know Ursuline does, but I really don't want to go private.

So, what are the other nursing schools in the Cleveland area for me to transfer? At this point, I don't care if it's an ADN or BSN...though I'd prefer BSN. (that's what I'm in the midst of...but taking a yr off to get married and have a kid.)

Thanks!

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Huron school of nursing which is an (ADN) school, we have a lot of nursing schools lpn and rn Bryant and Stratton, Willoughby Tech, ATS,etc....

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As far as quality programs Lorain County Community College has an excellent program if you can tolerate their crap. What you learn is great...though dealing with the administration :devil: there sucks. I have been on interviews and talked to HR Reps who have said that if they have 2 new grads and one is from LCCC, they always hire from there.

Alicia

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Anyone else's input on Cleveland schools....preferably BSN, but I'd consider ADN.... definately prefer public over private... I've started at a BSN in Illinois, only have a semester left, but am pregnant, high risk, and decided to take off a year and return next fall! (I would be graduating in December, but am due in January....happy mistake, bad planning on DH's and my part!) I asked this question a month or so ago, but it is looking more and more like we will be moving this July...and probably to the east side....I think DH has a job offer on the table at UH. I know Ursuline has a program, as does Cleveland State, but know nothing of either program. I think dh and I are going to be out there in Nov. to talk to UH and CCF for him- and hopefully look at nursing schools for me!

Thanks everyone!

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University of Akron has a few different programs you may want to look at while you are here.

  • http://www.wzip.uakron.edu/ nursing/Academic/ academic_programs.htm
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    Lorain County Community College (in Elyria) has an excellent ADN program, and then you can earn your BSN through their UP (university partners) program. The only problem with LCCC is that i heard their waiting list is ridiculously long, but nowadays it seems like all colleges have long waiting lists. The University of Akron (not in the cleveland area....it's about an hour away from cleveland) has an excellent BSN program along with some other options (BSN fast track options, MSN sequence through long distance learning, CRNA programs). Akron's waiting list is also long, but that's because they pull from two separate categories of students - they have a direct admit / honors student category. you can earn direct admit status as an incoming freshman or transfer student with a 20 or above on your ACT (idk about the SAT, i never took it). direct admits and honors students get "first priority" when they apply to the college of nursing (after finishing their prereqs the first year). aside from looking at your overall cummulative GPA, Akron takes your science classes and averages them to make a seperate cummulative science GPA, and they basically admit you on that. last year the cutoff was a 3.4 science average, and it can go down but it most likely won't. you have to have a minimum of a 2.5 GPA and you have to get better than a C- in all of your science/nursing classes; below a C- is considered failing. you're allowed to repeat the course once; if you earn a C- or lower on your second attempt, then you will be placed on academic probation and basically the college of nursing won't accept you for up to five years.

    it's very stressful, but Akron has one of the best nursing programs around for a public institution - they have a 100% NCLEX passage rate (and when it isn't 100%, it's like 97-98%).

    Kent State University also has a good nursing program - i heard that their standards aren't as "strict" as Akron's but i was also told by my (nursing) academic advisers that Kent's NCLEX passage rate is significantly lower than Akron's (80% range).

    If you want to go farther than the cleveland area, OSU also has a very good program, but they are HIGHLY competitive.

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