I don’t think this is exclusive to Florida. I am a NICU nurse in Utah. I often see students from local, very-expensive, for profit schools as they do rotations on our unit. For the most part, these students’ programs are chaotic and do not prepare them at all for boards, let alone getting and keeping a nursing job. The flashy promises to a quick graduation and successful career often don’t pan out, leaving these kids saddled with ridiculous debt they can’t pay. Please please please research the program. Ask about the rate of passing boards the first time. Ask friends who are nurses if their units even hire grads from those programs. I know we avoid some of the schools’ students at all costs because of poor reputations.