Rasmussen College?

klone, MSN, RN · Oct 8, 2015

I've not attended, but I would never spend $30,000-50,000 for a for-profit associate's degree RN program.

Is there a particular reason why you aren't looking at local community colleges or state universities?

jbee123 · Oct 8, 2015

I tried community college in the past and I feel it just didn't work out for me, but I recently finished esthetics school and, I know esthetics and nursing a two completely different things! but I just loved how fast paced everything was! totally different than community! Maybe I just need to suck it up.

Mom2boysRN · Oct 9, 2015

Last time I checked they were not accredited with any nursing organizations, buyer beware!

SleeepyRN · Oct 9, 2015

I tried community college in the past and I feel it just didn't work out for me, but I recently finished esthetics school and, I know esthetics and nursing a two completely different things! but I just loved how fast paced everything was! totally different than community! Maybe I just need to suck it up.

LOL. Community college nursing school not "fast paced." Where in this entire world did you get that silly idea? Nursing school is very fast paced in community colleges. If you're not studying for an exam, you're at clinical. If you're not at clinical, you are studying preparing for clinical AND writing papers for your classes. I could go on and on.

Or do you perhaps mean that community colleges are not accelerated? Meaning, it takes longer. If you want to be a prudent new grad RN, you want 2 full years of hard core learning in a community college, AFTER roughly 2 years of prerequisite science classes. Or straight to a BSN that is not for profit.

Sounds like you want the degree fast, good education be damned. Those schools don't usually churn out well prepared new grads. It takes time. It takes work. Period.

klone, MSN, RN · Oct 9, 2015

I tried community college in the past and I feel it just didn't work out for me, but I recently finished esthetics school and, I know esthetics and nursing a two completely different things! but I just loved how fast paced everything was! totally different than community! Maybe I just need to suck it up.

What about community college was not for you, and why do you think nursing school would be different?

SleeepyRN · Oct 9, 2015

Taking regular classes at a community college and actually being in a vigorous nursing program in a cc are 2 completely different experiences. It's like it's a program that just happens to be held on a cc campus. Much of time, the classes where the program is are in a separate section of the building/campus.

One simply cannot attend a cc, even get a basic associates degree, then suddenly know that the nursing program at that same campus wouldn't be a good fit.

It's two different worlds on one campus.

NurseSpeedy, ADN, LPN, RN · Oct 10, 2015

I spent a long time looking for a school that would accept my old pre-requisite courses AND also be an accredited college. I checked into this college and they are NOT accredited. You can go there and get your degree and take your boards (checked with my states BON), but some employers may not hire you. Also, if they are not accredited there are very few colleges that you can go to to further your education past what they offer at their institution. You would have to start at square one.

Beware of telemarketer colleges. I called them for basic information and it's been over a year since I found a different school. They keep calling, texting, and emailing me trying to see if they can offer me more information about their program. I have found a new appreciation for automatic junk email filing and iPhone's call block feature. Good schools should not be this hungry for students. That's why they have wait lists.

This school is not worth the cost of their tuition. There are much better schools out there that will charge only a fraction of the price and their credits will transfer if you choose to go further with your education in the future. No nursing school is going to be easy and they are all fast paced. I would not recommend an accelerated nursing program for someone who isn't already an LPN, EMT, etc. There's just too much information to learn at a very fast pace in a traditional program. Someone without that background would likely have trouble keeping up and more importantly, retaining that information for the most important test, your boards. You can check out local schools pass rates on your state's BON website.