I live in the northeast and have many friends that work in hospitals. There is still a shortage in the Boston area as there are so many hospitals. We also have lots of schools that are not that difficult to get into with direct nursing programs. Ones like St Anslems, Endicott, Regis, Curry, Simmons, Emmanuel, Westfield State, etc. St Anselm has a 99% NCLEX pass rate and I have a family member that got into nursing there with a HS GPA under 3.0. My daughter has a couple friends that she graduated HS with that are now nurses. They all went to smaller, lesser known schools and are working the same exact jobs as kids who went to places like BC and BU. One went to Regis and had 4 job offers before graduation, all at major Boston hospitals. I really think nursing is one of those majors where the name of the school really doesn’t matter, esp if you are in a high demand area.
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