San Antonio Tx for LVN/RN/BSN??

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Hello all! I would really appreciate if you took the time to help me! I'm very frustrated. I will return the favor and answer some of your questions to the best of my ability!:yes:

I have been skeptical about pursuing nursing over the past year or so because I dont know which school to go for! I've checked out Alamo Colleges but they have so many pre-reqs and only 2 application periods a year! With so many students and so little space its vary hard to get in. I've heard people have felt that they wasted their time and money getting everything together, to then only be told that they have not been accepted into the nursing program for Alamo Colleges and have to wait another year to be CONSIDERED again. :madface:

I've checked out Galen which sounds really good other than the price, but I've heard so many cons about it!

I've also checked out Bapstist health systems but they have the same rep as Alamo colleges. ( Few get accepted only twice a year)

I've checked out Hallmark but cant seem to find any real information on it.

So my question is where did you complete your LVN, RN or BSN and where you able to get a job quick? Also this is in San Antonio Tx by the way. Thank you so much for helping me!:up:

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Well, I got my LVN many years ago in 1988 through the SAISD adult education which became the Baptist LVN program. I went to SAC in their LVN to RN bridge program and finished that in 2013. That program was much less competitive to get into than the generic track. I got a job offer the day of my last clinical with Baptist Health System on night shift, and 6 months later I went to Methodist Health on dayshift. No problems getting a job at all. I am currently working on my BSN through Texas Tech online.

I was very happy with my program at SAC, although that program has its frustrations (like all other programs). I have known Galen nurses, Hallmark nurses, those programs are fine but they have their frustrations as well, and you are going to finish with a $30K debt that may or may not be supported by your new grad RN pay, and prerequisite courses which may or may not be accepted anywhere else should you decide to get your BSN down the line (most hospitals are insistent on this nowadays at least here in SA)

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