4 or 5 years for basic RN?????

If you have a bachelors degree already you could apply to the Columbus state online RN degree. You would only have to travel down here for labs and clinicals and the lecture is online. If you don't have a degree then you could do the traditional program. It does not take 2 years to get in. I started my pre-reqs last spring quarter and I am starting in September of this year. I heard Bohecker credits will not transfer if you want to get your BSN and it is very expensive.

Bohecker - BAD!!!!

Across the street from Bohecker is Hondros. There's no waiting list. They admit a new nursing class each term (so 4 per year). You start in the LPN program unless you're already an LPN, obviously, then you start in the RN program. It's 2.5 years to do both programs.

Bohecker is a RETS program and I am 8 weeks from graduating from RETS and I must tell you, don't do it. Its a bad program. There is no organization and they really don't care about you. Its just bad!

Thanks I had a meeting today with Bohecker and Im not going to wast my time. I have tried calling the Columbus school but they have been closed. Im going to talk with Marion Tech today to see what they have to say. Thanks for all the info and help!!!

I've seen Marion Tech students do clinicals on my floor and they seemed a little behind from the other students that have done clinicals on my floor (I'm a patient care tech). They were doing their 2nd med/surg rotation and this was their 5th clinical and I'm pretty sure I knew more pharmacology than they did and they were still not allowed to do anything with IVs - they couldn't even press "silent" on the alarm and then go find the RN. Maybe that is normal - but I know the CSCC students on the floor did a lot more a lot earlier.

I'm currently a Marion Tech student...soon to graduate, and I'm very happy I waited to go there. I was on the waitlist for two years. It is a very difficult program, but something like 99% of graduates pass NCLEX first try. The second year you can pretty much do all nursing skills (including IVs). The previous poster might be referring to a student who hadn't passed check offs and been approved to do IVs. Most of the nursing schools in central ohio have a waitlist, and if they don't I would be trying to find out why.

I forgot to mention, you might want to look into Tri Rivers in Marion. I've heard they are starting an RN program. Good Luck!

If you're in Marion look at Tri Rivers, but honestly, your best bet may be to drive down to Westerville.

DONT go to Bohecker. They lost their accreditation for a short time last year and also recently changed their name. I went to Hondros for my LPN, and barely a week went by I didn't see Bohecker uniformed students talking with our admittance officer.

Hondros has it's kinks, and its very intensive, but its quick and fairly inexpensive. There's no BS and they don't try to sell you anything (Bohecker tried to force me into their medical assisting program.....I've been an EMT for years, but somehow they thought I should be an MA first??????). You take the entrance exams, if your scores are good enough you're placed into the program. LPN takes about 11 months, RN another 18 months after that. You're done in less than 3 years.

I'm currently a Marion Tech student...soon to graduate, and I'm very happy I waited to go there. I was on the waitlist for two years. It is a very difficult program, but something like 99% of graduates pass NCLEX first try. The second year you can pretty much do all nursing skills (including IVs). The previous poster might be referring to a student who hadn't passed check offs and been approved to do IVs. Most of the nursing schools in central ohio have a waitlist, and if they don't I would be trying to find out why.

I'm also an MTC grad, although in a totally different discipline (Engineering). I'm very sorry to inform you of this, but MTC does not have anywhere near a 99% passing rate on the NCLEX. In 2010, they managed to get as high as 92% passing. Overall, they averaged roughly 88% for 2010. However, they did better than CSCC (84.3%) and much much better than COTC (65.4%). In 2006, MTC had a 98% passing rate! That might be where you got that statistic from. They've been averaging in the low 90's for the last couple of years. When it comes to BSN, OSU appears to be consistently superior to all other programs. This doesn't surprise me, when the average accepted GPA for OSU is approximately a 3.7.

First time NCLEX pass rates - January 2010 through September 2010

CSCC: 80.56%

COTC: 62.56%

OSU: 94.71%

Chamberlain: 91.03% (ADN) & 86.96% (BSN)

Capital: 83.33%

Otterbein: 80%

MTC: 92.31%

Mt Carmel: 88.27%

I'm a former student of the Marion Tech nursing program. Students do not do anything with IV's until 5th quarter and do not start IV's until 6th quarter. I felt the program is somewhat unbalanced, meaning that much of the first year is spent doing nursing assistant skills and in the second year you are expected to jump in and do RN skills like you'd been doing them all along, including IV therapy. Kind of like being thrown into the water to learn to swim. There is also alot of grade manipulation on exams. I had no problems with exams but alot of students struggled even though they knew the material very well. So many would fail an exam they would end up giving free points just to keep their accreditation. My advice - check out other schools and talk to former students, including those who didn't finish the program, before making a decision.