MedPage Today July 3, 2023
— Promise of a flexible nursing degree is sometimes too good to be true
For-profit nursing schools often market their programs to people working in low-level jobs, people looking to improve their life circumstances. Most promise a flexible, expedited education and a supportive environment, in which anyone who works hard can succeed.
But too often the schools fail to deliver on those promises. When that happens, students stand to lose tens of thousands of dollars in federal loans, the chance to sit for their nursing licensure exam, and a career many say they felt called to since childhood.
This is the first story in our series on for-profit nursing programs. As part of our investigation, MedPage Today spoke with more...
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