Quality of Nursing Program at Montgomery County Comm. College

[WheatGerm]

Hi All -

Now I don't want this post to be taken by anyone offensively, but I do have to ask in order to make my decision regarding my future nursing plans. I am wondering about the quality of education in the MC nursing program. I got a BS from a university in another state, and then moved to MD. I am currently taking a few classes at MC due to not having completed the prereqs for nursing with my BS degree.

So far, I am not impressed with the education I am getting. The classes are ridiculously easy for college level; most of the things they are teaching I learned in high school, and yet students are having a very hard time grasping them. I am frustrated due to the fact that I would like to learn something new with these classes, and am not.

With that being said, my question is whether or not the nursing department is the same as the other science departments. I can't imagine how people would be able to take the prereqs at MC and be able to be adequately prepared for a rigorous nursing program. Anyone have any insight into how the program is run? Thank you!

[BeccaD9]

Hi,

I am in the exact same boat as you. I would love to hear some opinions of people who are in or have finished the program. Thank you for posting this!

[xtina334]

Hi there, I also have a degree from another state and you're right, MC does seem pretty easy, but you have to understand it is a community college. Not to knock community colleges, but many people that go there did not do well enough in high school to attend college elsewhere so yeah, I think the classes are supposed to be a little easier. I imagine the nursing classes would be a little harder as once you're admitted to the nursing program, you are past all the basic English and math classes

[Ebbi]

I am in my second semester in the nursing program at MC. I have a BS from University of maryland and while I was at UMD I took some science classes at MC because they were easier than the science classes at UMD. But nursing school is very different. It is by no means easy and honestly if you are an A student around the board that means nothing in nursing school. This is kind of the consensus for all nursing programs. A 75% is needed to pass a course and we get excited about passing! Passing with a B is commendable. It is much different than taking prereqs. In nursing school you will need to memorize and be able to apply what you've learned. The tests are not easy and it is a lot of information to absorb in a short period of time. Honestly, if you feel the classes are easy at MC good for you, however, you can not compare these to the courses in a nursing program. Since you already have a degree let me suggest a second degree BSN program. A lot of hospitals in the area are requiring new grads have a BSN, Suburban is one of them. If you are like me and don't want to spend more loan money on an undergrad program you could get your RN at Montgomery and do an RN to MSN program later. When looking into nursing schools look up the nclex pass rate. All the programs are different none I think are easier than the others but it is important to know how well a school trains and teaches it's students by looking at the pass rates. I live in PG county but chose MC because it has higher first time nclex pass rates. You can find this info on the Maryland board of nursing. Good luck getting into a program!