which nursing school is better

nursinghopeful
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:59:28 +0000

I think my daughter is leaning towards Northeastern. Although I agree with Erin7649 that most new RN graduates don’t have “real” nursing experience, the Coop program at NEU does actually allow “real” experience. We were concerned that some of the more rural schools would not offer the same clinical experiences either. While visiting UConn, we were told that the nearest large hospital was in Hartford, some 50 miles away, so that many clinicals were actually done in day cares and nursing homes. My daughter is hoping for more hospital experince, and we are hoping that she’ll be able to get that in Boston. The cost of NEU is an issue, but we are OOS for UConn, so that was no bargain either. As for the 5 year program, NEU is now offering a 4 year option as well.
Nothing is final yet, these are just her latest thoughts. This is so stressful!