Choosing a nursing program is the single most important step in becoming a nurse. The school you choose, as well as how hard you work at learning, determines how well prepared you are when it come time to take the NCLEX.

 There are many factors that you need to consider when choosing a nursing school. These factors will be prioritized differently depending on your current career goals, lifestyle, and financial status. It also depends on whether you are looking for a program to become a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or a Registered Nurse (RN). Either way, rest assure you have come to the right place.

Here are few things to consider:

Specialties - What specific nursing specialty have you chosen?
Is it available in your area?

Class Schedules – Does the school you have chosen
have classes scheduled that are convenient for you?

Tests required for admission – What pre-admission
tests or exams are necessary for attending the school that you are
interested in?

Nailing down the final few nursing schools you’d seriously consider can be a daunting task at first glance.

Once you start requesting information from nursing schools, batten down the hatches because the mail is gonna roll in like a tidal wave. You’re now marked as a prospective student. The glossy brochures all look SO appealing– how in the world will you ever make a final decision?

Get beyond the glossy advertising: remember that most colleges, including schools of nursing, are in business to sell their degree programs and that involves careful marketing, therefore the slick brochures with the great (and staged) photos of happy smiling nursing students. You’ll need to dig much deeper than that.

This site is designed to give you all the information you need on choosing a school – that suits you, applying for that school, and getting all of your books and supplies once you are approved.