What School to Choose?!?!?!!

Davi · Dec 14, 2008

Hi, I graduated and became a LPN this past summer. My advice would be to go straight for your RN if you want to get a hospital job. If you are interested in long term care, home health, or a doctor's office/clinic, LPN would probably work out for you. Look in the help ads and see what kind of jobs are in your area. I like the search indeed.com, it pulls from different sources.

I'm in the Columbus area and there doesn't seem to be a lot of options for new grad LPN's or RN's...

Good luck!

Alyssa9 · Jan 15, 2009

Have you looked at Chamberlain's online program(ohio only). You would have to travel to Columbus 1 day per week (usually 1st shift) for clinical rotation, so I am not sure if you could do that. Other than the 1 full day in Columbus every week, everything else is online. I have 2 small children also, and getting a sitter for 1 day a week is a lot easier than 5 days per week to attend a traditional classroom program. I know Chamberlain has had some issues with their MO ADN program, but the Ohio program seems fine.

RNFELICITY · Jan 16, 2009

RN all the way. LPNs unfortunately have a limited practice and are being phased out in many areas. If you want to be marketable and able to do the most...go RN

Carrie_MTC · Mar 11, 2009

I would strongly suggest looking online at the schools you are interested in and seeing what their pass rates look like for the NCLEX. Some schools have up to 100% of their students passing the NCLEX and I've seen others as low as around 40%. I don't know a lot about LPN programs, but some of the higher scoring programs for RN are Marion Technical College, Hocking College, and Huron School of Nursing.

barleany78 · Mar 11, 2009

Alyssa9, so you did the online ADN degree at Chamberlain? How far away were you from Columbus? I'm in Akron, not sure if it would be doable or not, though the website does say you can make arrangements to do clinicals in your area, so it might work.

Tara722 · Aug 16, 2009

I dont advise B&S I have been lied to and Bs'd throughout my time there and recently found out that there is an advocacy group against B&S because of their unfair practices, falculty as well as students are participating.I am currently looking into kent,marymount,huron,tri-c and a few others

GracefulHippo · Aug 22, 2009

I have had Chamberlain students tell me that they are being phased out of Riverside here in Columbus. Many of them were supposed to have a postpartum clinical there this summer but were told right before classes started that they would no longer be welcome there. The school scrambled to find alternate clinical sites and some students this summer have to drive to Cleveland for their clinical. That definitely sent up some red flags for me.

foreverLaur · Aug 25, 2009

I have a friend at Chamberlain and she is very unhappy with the program. Tri-C is your best bet in the state for ADN from what I have seen/heard.

actioncat · Aug 28, 2009

I think the best thing to do is consider the cost. I know a lot of people choose the school based on how soon they can start, and I can sympathize with this attitude-- who wants to wait around forever?, but I just don't see that it is a good idea to take on a lot of debt in this job climate. I think it is better to stick with a public school.

I know individuals with good paying hospital jobs that are still struggling with debt.