Denver School of Nursing
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68 Student Reviews of Denver School of Nursing
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There isn’t anything to take away from my horrific experience at this school. From the very beginning, our teachers repeatedly put us down, some of which were such pathetic excuses for teachers that I wouldn’t wish my middle school self to have to sit through their lectures. The claims of them bring scam artists are so true. They stole $30,000 from my family with no care that they were putting my life in such disarray regardless of me being a commuter and hardworking student for 10 months at their horrible institution.
For anyone considering this school, it is THE WRONG CHOICE! They put fear in you to not voice any concerns you have as well as putting on the fakest facade of wanting to help you through you nursing student career. They couldn’t care less, they just want to make you pay outrageous amounts of money for an incredibly mediocre education.
They also hide their reviews on Facebook because instead of fixing the problems people come forth with, they choose to hide them. One of their Deans, Sean Elliot, was dismissed from her last gig at a nursing school because the student body petitioned for her to be fired because of how badly she treated the students and how poorly she ran the school. And DCN gladly took her in to run their school. That should tell you enough.
This is easily the worst school I have ever had the misfortune to attend. Insult to injury, is the outrageous cost of attendance. I graduated and passed the NCLEX because I taught myself. I graduated just over 2 years ago and there isn’t a single teacher that I had still employed there. They were bearable….not good but bearable (up until about the 3rd quarter when clinical’s start. They have terrible clinical sites claiming that they can’t make everyone happy “because there’s just too many of you”. Little tip: if you don’t have appropriate clinical sites for ALL students attending….then accept fewer into the program. Of course, if they did that they’d lose out on all that money. They are a typical for profit institution.
It took me a year after graduation to find a job and I had to leave the Denver/Metro area because I truly believe that the school’s reputation is so tarnished, no Denver area hospitals will hire it’s students (the only exception to this being students with previous employment as a tech/CNA etc.). If you want a considerably better education for substantially less I’d suggest CU-Denver, Metro State, or UNC. I’m shocked that this school is still around and that the state hasn’t shut them down. The recent change of name seems to be an attempt at a re-branding or possibly the terrifying possibility that they are finally making good on the creation a Master’s program.
Overall, a terrible school that I could go on and on about. Avoid this place!
Poor level of education and to think they kicked a student out for giving the school a one star???? Zero stars would have been more appropriate! Glad I’m finished, but I would never recommend this so called school to anyone! I’m finished and they can’t kick me out! Bye DSN…. you wasted my money and time!
https://www.google.com/amp/denver.cbslocal.com/2017/06/02/denver-school-nursing-facebook/amp/
This link speaks for itself. This school is nasty and extremely unprofessional. They block anyone who leaves a negative review or comment on their page.
I was an instructor at this school. Undoubtedly the worst disorganized chaotic nursing school I have ever taught at. Complete circus for the students making them run all over for clinicals that serves no value such as Easter Seal respite care and Skilled Nursings. No direction to teach from upper level administration. Students constantly complained about how unhappy they were. Run from this school it is a complete joke and huge waste of money
As a Parent, this place sucks. My kid has to go all over for clinicals and expected to drive long distances 2 days a week. Is this school so bad that they can’t get hospital support locally?
The cost is outrageous, especially for the poor reputation. I am considering cutting the funding off because its appears fraudulent, which isn’t making my child pleased, but i dont want to spend all this money only to have a worthless degree.
Hi everyone,
I recently graduated from DSN this past June. My graduating class went through some crazy obstacles the past 21 months. Between a high rate of teacher/staff leaving mid-quarter, disorganization in the clinical office, threats from Meghan McClintock and lateral violence happening between classmates in the classroom….I can say that this experience was hell. However, I have seen a huge change happen when the education affiliates came in, took over and finally listened to the students’ concerns. This is my second bachelor’s degree and for the longest time, I was not happy. But the new administration and positive changes taking place right now, will help overturn this school’s reputation for the better. I feel as though the level of professionalism in the school has drastically changed to what I have experienced in my previous degree at a university. Nursing school is going to be hard no matter what. The program takes a lot of dedication and you have to be all in, in order to succeed. At my time in that program, I did feel as though there were a lot of unnecessary stressors because professionalism was lacking. The school was being run more like a business than a school who was concerned about the students’ well-being. I feel as though right now, I would actually recommend it to anyone because of the changes that have been made. I was doubting myself that I would pass the nclex, but I did! I did a lot of self-teaching, but all of my hours living in coffee houses and libraries finally paid off. In the end, I feel as though this experience has turned me into a stronger person because nursing is not a glamorous field. You will come across challenges with other coworkers, patients, management etc. and you have to learn how to be strong. Keep telling yourself to keep going no matter how difficult it may be, because in the end….it is all worth it!
I am a 2016 DSN graduate, and don’t have many complaints. Staff turnover was concerning, but overall I still feel that my education has prepared me to be a successful nurse. With the exception of med/surg one, I was in a hospital setting for every clinical. I graduated at the top of my class, only had one B+ thoroughout school, and felt that the people failing classes were doing so because of their own lack of understanding and preparation. Nursing school shouldn’t be easy, and those who fail probably shouldn’t be nurses. I passed my NCLEX in 75 questions, and received multiple job offers from great Denver area hospitals. Bottom line, this school has some issues, but I feel that is the case no matter where you go. If you put in the work, I feel that DSN provides an adequate nursing education. It’s what you make of it, and I have no regrets about my decision to attend DSN.
This is the worst school I have ever attended
I was a student at DSN and I highly recommend you go somewhere else for your nursing education. It is the most HORRIBLE experience I have ever had..and I have had other eduction at two universities. DO NOT GO TO THIS SCHOOL!!!!
Sure, at orientation they will treat you super nice and put on the show. The environment is threatening, militant, and not conducive to learning. There are many turnovers in staff. I feel they set you up to fail so they can charge you more money to re-take a class. PLEASE talk to others before you agree to attend at DSN. This school is all about the money and treating you horribly!!!
DO NOT GO HERE!!!
I can tell you this much…. My experience was terrible, but once they fired the President, the Dean, and Meghan McClintock…. The new admin are making big changes and they came in to clean house! I will be graduating, but I do know this much… If you have any concerns whatsoever…. Go see the new acting president! She’s amazing and listens to your concerns! I truly believe there is hope and although I wish the changes were made sooner… These admin are once class act!
What a let down. I’d assumed with the name Denver School of Nursing that we would have access to the amazing hospital resources of Denver – not so! Some in my cohort have rotated at PSL and Denver Health – but they are in a great minority. Most MedSurg 1 and 2 rotations happen at nursing homes, rehabs, and LTACs. My Mental Health rotation was at an assisted living facility! Very few acute spots for Peds – the vast majority of students rotate in schools or day camps. For OB they’re shipping us to Colorado Springs, Wyoming or Salt Lake City!!!! And then back to nursing homes/rehab for Community Health!
Some can go through an entire BSN degree with almost no hospital acute care clinical experience. What happened, DSN??? Did you lose placements in Denver hospitals, or were you never able to get them in the first place? They DO teach nursing students in hospitals, right? Could you have warned us about this at ‘interview’ (aka sales pitch) instead of promising ‘oh, we have so many at Children’s, University, PSL, etc etc. Yes, some popular spots are limited….’ The likelihood of non-acute placements is much higher than advertised, and for a school smack dab downtown in Denver we shouldn’t have been stupid to assume we’d get hospital access.
This is just one complaint about the school, but it’s the biggest. How are we to prepare to be the future of healthcare delivery if we can’t learn anywhere outside SNFs and elementary schools?
My wife attended this school, and thank the lord, she has passed and moved on with a career. That is about the only positive thing I can say.
She spent tons of money (we will be paying this off for the next 15 years!) and gained little from her experience. There was incredible fear mongering that took place at this school. Students were not free to speak to any of the administration about concerns without fear of repercussions.
During her clinicals, it seemed they put no concern on making her travel hours away at facilities that did her no good with her education. They did put her up in a hotel if the travel was far, but with no concern what type of hotel it was. She stayed a few times at different motels, the kind people will “rent” monthly and were even told they should be grateful they put them (her and her fellow students)in a place even though the room above sprung a leak and no other rooms were available. She ended up sleeping in shifts in one of her friends cars. No apology or concern for her well being.
I see some people say things on here like, “Grades were altered.” and stuff of this liking. This seems like it can’t be true…but oh how wrong you’d be!
Fellow students were put on probate and even removed from the school for speaking to the Dean or President about concerns. What kind of tyrant is running that place? Why should a student be worried to speak to the staff about concerns?
I had to endure my wife slowly being worn down over her time there and listen to her horror stories. Whenever I tried to tell her she needed to speak up and bring her concerns to someone’s attention, she would say she couldn’t. How terrible.
She was bumped from one cohort to another for no reason. That’s tough when you start to build a bond with your fellow students.
Please take these things into consideration when deciding on a school. I have no immediate personal investment in this school, but I would be quick to tell you to spend your money elsewhere. There are so many other things I could talk about with this school to warn you, but the short of it… STAY AWAY AND SPEND YOUR MONEY SOMEWHERE YOU ARE VALUED! AS THE STUDENT, YOU ARE PAYING THE SALARY OF THE FACULTY AND SHOULD NOT OPERATE IN FEAR OF THEM!
This school has been a major disappointment! No support whatsoever and an administration that makes students feel like they don’t deserve to be nurses! Admin could care less about any of you! Stay clear of this place! I’m glad I’m finished, but embarrassed that I have my degree from here! Don’t listen to any of the admin that post online! There are enough students that know the truth and will speak the truth!
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Very unorganized! Students not treated with respect by anyone, but receptionist! Terrible education!
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If there were zero stars, this is what this institution would have!
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I finally did some research and found out that DSN is under review for not being in compliance. They did 100% SIMS lab for OBGYN. In April, the board will decide to move forward, or put them on probation. If that happens, no one can take the NCLEX! This is why the admin are all leaving the same week! Nice job, Meghan Turner McClintock, the Dean , and Presidebt!
DSN IS A DISGRACE TO NURSING PERIOD…. they only care about getting money, I hope Kathryn Collin is next, she is a horrible teacher, you can come to her and ask for help and she would tell us to look it up on the internet or look at your book, she is races, she gave one part of the class instructions that was completly worng and different from the other half of class, and refused to change peoples grades. The WHOLE class gave a horrible review on this lady, we even went up the chain of command, and nothing was done about it, in fact once we did that it made it worse, Kathryn Collins made most of us pay for it by giving us horrible grades for our reports. She marked questions on my test that was wrong that was really correct, and i approached her on the final day and requested to review my test, i found three different test where the questions where marked wrong when they where really right. She stated that she isnt sure that she is going to be able to change it and she would email me and let me know. I never got a email but i looked on my grades later that night and she changed it back to where it was suppose to be. DSN couldnt even find us a capstone, they asked us what field we wanted to work in and they couldnt find nothing we wanted. I requested Labor and delivery and the put me at a high school, I didnt learn anything! other then stuff i all ready know how to do like, putting bandaids on kids that took a fall, eye exams, and hearing exams. When I brought this to their attention they was rude, unprofessional, and unethical. they told me call once a week to see if they could get me in some where different; long story short, three months passed and i was done with my capstone and the school. I would not recommend this school to anyone, they need to be shut down!
Worst experience of my life! Most unprofessional staff and they pushed out the best teachers mid quarter! One was a Yale graduate with her PH.D. And the other was Cheryl Thurman , who everyone loved! She is the reason why I know my calculations! We miss you Cheryl Thurman!
Needless to say, this organization was just sued for 13 million dollars! It’s all on ,” Whistle Blower,@ and the Feds sued them! This says it all! Look online! Stay clear away from this institution!
DSN has 50 schools total with different names throughout the US. In June 2015, they were sued with the other institutions for 13 million dollar settlement for fraudulent acts. It is all online! Today we found out that the Dean, Meghan McClintock, and the President are resigning! We received a letter stating that they are in good standing with accreditation. Is this a joke? This is the worse institution in the world and all of those people are resigning by February 15, 2016, exactly 8 months after the lawsuit was finalized! Look it up online! If the current students do not graduate with full accreditation , there will be multiple lawsuits in addition to this one! The president wrote us telling us that she had a new grand any that turned her world upside down, so she’s leaving! WTH???
Best news ever!!! Meghan Hitler McClintock is leaving Feb 5th!!! PARTY! Most unprofessional person I have ever met! Meghan… Stop bullying people and staff members! The teachers who work under you, can’t wait for you to exit out of this school! Don’t let the door hit you where the good lord split you! Good bye evil person! These reviews will follow you! The staff and students at DSN are all looking forward to you leaving! To be a department chair and threaten students and staff ….. You are a disgrace to the Nursing profession! A true sociopath!
As a parent and payee of this institution, I feel that I should be given information on why the teachers are quoting mid quarter. I called the Dean’s office and did not receive a call back. I did speak to Meghan McClintock, who is the most unprofessional staff member that I have ever come across! She talked over top of me, lied to me, when I clearly had evidence of educational le standards, and clearly showed disrespect , when I was trying to explain my concern for the over kill of teacher turnover and teachers who are not prepared to educate in the class they are assigned to!
If you choose this school, you will be stuck! Your classes will not transfer and you’ll be sorry you wasted your money!
Worst experience for my child ever, from admin bullying students and Meghan threatening students that they will not pass and she will hold the whole class back!
The school is being audited at this moment and it is important that you go to the state education office and do your homework, prior to wasting your money here! They will let you know about the multiple auditing this school has endured!
Hi everyone,
Please don’t go to this school. The new administration and the high level of disorganization makes this school by far the worst. You get treated with disrespect whenever you go to Megan McClintock with a concern, they overcharge you and you’re doing more self study than learning what is taught in class. I have had teachers quit and leave mid quarter, the clinical office has overlapped my rotations more than once and it’s terrible how the faculty and administration treat the students “who are the payers” of the institution. So hold on to your money, go to CU Denver or any other school besides this one.
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Let’s start off, I graduated from UC Berkeley at 22 and I decided to go to DSN to become a nurse……all the positive reviews on here are written by the DSN staff. I’m throwing my middle finger up to Megan McClintock, the president, the dean and the rest of the staff that has made my education terrible. 2 more quarters left and I will be reporting the highest level of unprofessionalism that I have ever seen. Everything is documented
I graduated DSN with my BSN in 2007. I did not have a terrific experience but I feel the need to let prospective students in on my insight. Nursing scool is hard! I came into DSN with a 4.0 and Fought to pass some of the classes. Also, it is important to really understand one thing: Nursing School DOES NOT prepare you to be a nurse, it prepares you to pass the NCLEX. CU, UNC, and Regis are NO different. You will learn how to be a Nurse in the school of hard knocks, AFTER you pass the NCLEX. Although I’m not knocking down doors to tell anyone that DSN is Awesome!, I don’t believe it’s terrible either. I passed the NCLEX with the minimum amount of questions but I attribute the majority of that to My Kaplan review. However, since then I have been able to attain an excellent nursing career paying near six figures. It is what you make of it. I didn’t even walk in graduation because I didn’t care for the school or many of my classmates but I did establish a very successful nursing career! Go into this eyes wide open! Nursing school is Hard! Nusing is Hard! Nurses can and will be Mean to You! On the job training is where you will learn EVERYTHING! School is just a means to an end! I believe DSN does what it says it will, prepare you to pass the NCLEX, the rest is up to you (but add a Kaplan Review and Study it until you can’t see anymore)!
I received an associates degree a couple years ago form DSN. There were some good teachers but there were some horrible teachers that literally hated the students. These teachers would receive bad reviews from course reviews and then the teacher would come back to the classes with a vengeance. One teacher was a pain killer addict another was removed from school several times due to being highly intoxicated. This is just the tip of the iceberg. The president receives all kinds of academic awards but does nothing at the school. While I was attending school the vise president was fired or asked to leave because he was doing illegal things with grades and who knows what else. Most of the teachers are more interested in getting their degrees then insuring the students get their degrees. The school encourages the teachers to get Doctoral degrees because it makes the school look better on paper. This means that the teachers are doing their own school work on company/student time. One last thing, men are not liked at this school. There are a large portion of men who get expelled because several teachers do not think men should be in nursing. Good luck on finding a nursing school.
I don’t see why an instructor has to come on here and lie. First of, the problem is not all about the students not studying. This school provides a substandard education for all the money student’s pay! That is something that should be looked into. Of course nursing school is very challenging but this nursing school is one of the worst educational program I have ever been to trust me. I hope prospective students do their research and speak to former students something I didn’t and regret it and now stuck with $42,000 in student loans and no degree. The administration/ faculty will not tell you the truth so, do your own research!
Obviously the staff has been writing reviews. They lie like administration. The state board did pull aced oration in July meeting. They appeal. They r to notify students. This means u cannot take nclex. How stupid can people be? 20 faculty have left in pass year. Why? Funny that has never been addressed. The community is aware why not students. This school is a joke. CU and Regis have 90s pass rate. You think a stable educated faculty has anything to do with it? Dah of course one can’t beat another diploma mill Phoenix. Go to this school be a loser why does the state board so hard? To protect the public
Most of these recent negative reviews seem to be written by the same group of people. When you go to nursing school, you are expected to give it your all. Denver School of Nursing is an institution who looks at the total quality of their candidates, not just grades and where you have worked in the medical field. DSN is expensive but it is not out of bounds considering the cost of nursing school. As for quality of instruction, a teacher can “teach” but it takes a student to “learn”. If I was getting some of this attitude I am reading in these posts, I would consider not working there either. I am thinking truthfully (for #TRUTH) not all people are really ready to go to nursing school. It takes discipline, commitment and maturity. When you get a D, it means the teacher cares enough to know you can do better and is telling you to step it up. This school is fully accredited. Passing the licensing exams is up to you, not to them. Having feelings of entitlement is not going to make you a successful nurse. Instead of being on this website, put some effort into your studies and your career.
I attended this school in Spring 2015 and this was the worst experience. Nina the health assessment teacher was horrible and told me I was a terrible medical person (I have many years) because I didn’t know a term that is not used anymore. Then in nursing topics i was given a D on a paper that I wrote and the instructor told me to use, the format on the DSN website. I went into debt for this and lost sleep never worth it again. THIS SCHOOL SUCKS!!!!!
I have been at this school for 4 quarters. I am grateful for the opportunity to be in nursing school, however, the parameters for school weren’t addressed well on my first day. We had a professor on his way out and left mid quarter, so I was unaware of the 78% on tests necessary to pass. Although it is listed in the syllabus and the handbook, I didn’t really read up. Having a teacher leave mid term was obnoxious but they handled it as best they could. I do not have complaints for any of my other professors.
It is hard to stay engaged, no matter how the teacher does his or her teaching, most of them read power point presentations directly but I don’t really see any other way to talk about somewhat dry material of nursing, once you’re in the field, seeing it and doing it, is when it gets interesting.
When people write that professors “fail you,” I can honestly say that is impossible. Test scores are the only thing influencing the grade percentage until the end of the quarter, and ONLY if you get a 78% average or better on the tests. Things like papers, projects etc are added after you’ve received a 78% or higher, and it usually raises the grade.
I feel that I have had a valuable education here, the class ratios are fine, the idea of actual campus amenities are lacking, however. I do like that there is a receptionist working on a daily basis. There is not a parking lot, a light rail pass isn’t provided, and the overall quality of the building is sub par. It’s small, but I never feel like there’s no space for all of us. It’s old and needs renovating. It’s no university, so if you’re looking for top of the line facilities, here isn’t it. However, the rooftop lunch area is lovely.
For a while the internet was impossible to connect to via computer but they’ve fixed that for us per several angry suggestion box notes. Schedules come out late, and clinical trials are changed and are often all over the state, sometimes they’ll provide you with a hotel. Clinical groups and facilities are chosen on a random basis and sometimes they have difficulty finding locations until the middle or late part of the quarter. Simulation labs are done as half of the clinical, as a supplementation for more acute problems not necessarily seen in off-site, real life clinical. A lot of the time is spent learning the charting system, which doesn’t prepare me for patient care, if they want us to chart electronically, I believe a separate training should be held so simulation lab can be used for patient care.
DSN notifies you before you start the program that you either may not work, or you must have a flexible schedule because this is it, this is the last chapter before you become a nurse, and it crams 3 years of education into 21 months, it’s tough, it’s frustrating, but it’s not forever.
It is expensive, and if you fail two courses, they terminate you from the program. Thankfully I had my parents sign on a parent plus loan and I don’t have previous student loan debt.
I do think they should raise their standards for acceptance because I think from the start of my BSN program we’ve lost 10 people.
As a student, I have received several emails from the president stating that our school has not lost accreditation, and if it had, I think they would notify the actual students.
As far as NCLEX, the state of Colorado lists all of their nursing schools and yearly NCLEX pass rates, I read an 81.31% pass rate.
If I can become a licensed registered nurse, I will do whatever it takes, even if it means dealing with Saturday clinical and crammed classrooms.
Here’s the link: http://cdn.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheadername1=Content-Disposition&blobheadername2=Content-Type&blobheadervalue1=inline%3B+filename%3D%22RNPassRates2014+Associate+Degree+Programs.pdf%22&blobheadervalue2=application%2Fpdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1252053010335&ssbinary=true
This school lost state board of nursing accreditation. Go figure. Clinical a joke, community knows it is a joke, instructor turnover greater than normal people shower! Beware lots of $$ but a joke! Check out nclex pass rate lower than a snake. Lie about all with applicants. Suppose to tell about state board to all applicants. Why tell the. Truth now. 95 percent pass rate!! Wrong 68!!!
This is the most unprofessional institution I have ever come in contact. The BSN program is roughly $40,000 for a fast track program and they can’t even keep instructors around. Schedules are supposed to come out 2 weeks before the next quarter and that hardly ever happens. They are clearly more concerned about money than the students which is sure a shame.
This school is NOT worth the tuition. Speaking of which, after busting my butt for the first quarter, I have to withdrawl not because I didn’t do well, but because I can’t afford the remaining $22,000 that they are asking for.
This school ONLY uses ONE shabby loan company whom denies a majority of the students that apply for a loan (I am not exaggerating when I say this). I was denied by this loan company because I already have a previous bachelor’s degree and was not allowed to reapply even with a cosigner. Since DSN does not have a relationship with any other loan company, you are forced to go on an outrageous payment plan (between $3500-$4600 every TWO MONTHS!!!) that has to be paid out of pocket if you don’t get a loan from this shady company. The financial advisors are not advisors, but completely useless. My advisor basically told me “Well if you can’t get this loan and you can’t pay out of pocket, you should withdrawl.”
When looking into transferring my credits to another nursing school, I was notified that their credits DON’T TRANSFER and that they don’t do transcripts. WHAT!?
We had instructors leave in the middle of the quarter, only to be replaced by other instructors who had never taught the class before and didn’t know the format.
Very unprofessional, and they definitely do not care about their students. One would think that if they made upwards of $50,000 per student and they accept roughly 70 students for each quarter, they would work at making sure their students could afford to stay in the program.
Complete waste of 11 weeks of my life.
This program is a joke. The administration is only concerned with the money, and not AT ALL concerned about the students in any regard. Their clinical office is a hot mess, and so are the “instructors” (most of them). I’ve had instructors quit mid-quarter, and I have had more than one instructor who reads straight off the powerpoint slides and doesn’t add anything to lecture on top of that. I’m very disappointed in my decision to attend Denver School of Nursing, but now after 3 quarters I don’t really have a choice but to stay in and graduate. I’m just warning those who are thinking about attending……don’t do it. It is without a doubt one of the worst decisions I’ve made in regards to my education.
If you are considering attending this school please RETHINK your decision! I was attracted to DSN for the small class sizes and accelerated BSN-RN program, so I felt the high price I paid was justifiable. I wish someone would have warned me before. In one year of attending their 2 year program I have had 2 good, competent teachers. Aside from those 2, my teachers have taught outdated information, given test that they were not able to correctly answer the questions to (and could not provide rationale for the answers other than”that is what the test bank rationale said”), and gave us information that did not even coincide with the NCLEX test answers. Not only that, but when we felt we were finally learning how to pass the teachers test they would quit and we would have to go through it all over again. The staff turn over rate is very high. In 5 quarters I have had at least one teacher quit half way through the class each quarter. The students are given a 7 minute grace period before being counted absent from class (after a couple absences they fail you) but the teacher is allowed to show up 30min to an hour late for class with no repercussions. One teacher failed almost 50% of the class and is still teaching because it was determined that the students were to blame for answering test questions based off the information in the text book she assigned and not her notes. They fail students so they can charge them ridiculous amounts of money to retake the course; yet, when they alter their program eliminating 17 credit hours worth of classes you do not receive any money back for the time you are not being taught. All they care about is money and they will look for any reason to squeeze each student for every penny they have. Please be smarter than I was and pick a different school. For the amount of money spent you do not get an education that is worth it.
DSN is the worst program ever and is not professional. They failed me in a class where we were told to use the format to write papers that is uploaded on their website and my instructor failed me for “improper format, references.” The instructors for health assessment teach you what you are to know for the “final” but then fail you when you “apparently didn’t do it right.” This school was a waste of my time, money, and horrible instructors.
Buyer beware! This is a very expensive school and you will not get your moneys worth! I will be taking some of my classes over once out of school. Do I have good grades…yes. Do I have the knowledge…no. I am in it to win it now, but would advise others to go elsewhere for a good education.
Sadly, not a good program at all! Beware of Meghan McClintock! She is not interested in making the program better, but feels the need to make everyone think they will fail. She’s unprofessional, talks over you, inconsistent, and many teachers left because of her! They stated that to the class! Terrible turn around and we had three teachers leave in mid quarter!
Stay away from this school! It’s not a school is a money machine, that us unprofessional and cunning. The teachers in this school are not teachers but old nurses with clinical experience who doesn’t know anything about how to teach a student to pass. The whole administration is unprofessional and don’t care about the students. If you fail a class twice they will kick you out! It doesn’t matter if ur in u last quarter or ur 4th quarter all your money will go to waste. Please think before going to this school. Their tuition now is 65k! Students are placed at Long term facilities for their clinical rotations. Not at hospitals! The teacher turn over is incredible. One teacher left in the middle of the semester. They can’t have teachers for more than 2years. This not worth ur time nor your money. This is the worst school ever! I complained to one of the deans that a teacher had a habit of been late for class everyday, the dean goes around and tells the teacher the student who did it. The teacher failed me
Unfortunately, I am currently enrolled in this nursing school. We have had numerous instructors leave mid-quarter, trouble with the clinical office, and poor scheduling. They have not business sense or organizational skills. They need to put some of the VERY costly tuition back into hiring knowledgeable staff. This is not a very worthy program – especially for the cost!
The school has five full time faculty listed that have resigned! I guess it is so ACEN and state board don’t find out all adjuncts. You would think all the faculty that have left EA might look into management practices or lack there of, laugh. Former students don’t recommend the school much less current students. Prestigious staff or bottom of barrel avoid this diploma mill and be a good nurse
Read the reviews below: these people are right. I know we are each different individuals, therefore the way we experiences things should differ too, right? So the fact that all these reviews are pretty much saying the same thing should tell you something. I’m a current student there and this school is HORRIBLE. I sometimes wonder if some of the things they do are legal/legit. Community colleges I’ve been to are more organized and professional than DSN. For the BSN program, they charged about $55k per person, and as of now (7/8/15) they raised tuition and “revamped” the BSN program and upped tuition…from what I heard it’s closer to $65K now (not sure what the cost’s are for the associates or master’s programs). The clinical office is a disaster; they do no communicate with you and ignore your calls or emails (I know because I’ve experienced this).You find things out through your classmates. The student chair at the moment is pro administration (not pro students as she claims, she’s a joke too) and ignores your calls and emails as well and is extremely dissmissive towards students (again, I’ve experienced this and so have my other peers). This school has a bed reputation to say the least! So basically you’re screwed: if something goes wrong, like they messed up on a clinical (again, been there!) they expect you suck it up and be “flexible”, no apologies from them, and if you try to talk to a higher up…well your just wasting your time. They changed our teachers in the middle of the quarter a few times (high turn over rate!). which obviously affects how you’re being taught and you’re learning experience overall. Some teachers have told us that they were unhappy and are seeking employment elsewhere but wouldn’t give details. If it’s bad for the students, I can only imagine who bad it is for the teachers too. The teachers dislike this school too…that should also say something! Some teachers don’t know how to teach and it seems that DSN just hires people that are desperate enough for a job (until they can find a better job elsewhere). They accept too many students and there’s not enough clinical sites anymore. Hmmm, how about accepting only enough students so that you can provide them with the best educational experience? Nope. They’re all about money. You’d think with all the money the students are paying the school they’d get their stuff together and act more professional and provide a better student learning experience. I came here because I’m originally from another state where there are tons of waitlists, some extended up to 3 years! So I was way to desperate to begin my nursing career/education so I applied to DSN and got accepted. They seem to accept just about everyone because they’re more concerned about getting all that money than actually being able to teach the students they have. Most of us are concerned if we’re actually being taught right and if we’ll actually be competent enough to pass the NCLEX and not look like idiots when we get a job. Btw, they have one of the worst NCLEX passing rates, another red flag. I don’t speak for myself when I say it’s been a crappy education and experience thus far while attending DSN. Too late to turn back now (I’m halfway through the nursing program and invested way too much money). Please think before applying here because in retrospect and knowing what I know now, I probably would’ve weighted my options differently. I wish I could’ve gone elsewhere.
The stats above for this school are completely wrong. I paid just over $50,000 for 21 months of nursing school in the BSN program. There are other expenses besides this youll have to pay too… any close parking lots are $8+ a DAY to park in, the quarter you graduate you have to pay a $200 fee to register for the NCLEX and a $88 fee (if you’re testing in Colorado, mind you) for CO state NCLEX fee, have to pay for a ‘hot spot’ on your phone to use for your laptop because the school wifi takes over an hour to load one powerpoint for class, you now have to pay for printing and copies, etc. It is an expensive school, so be prepared for it! You better have a spouse who makes good money or parents that have the money to support you, pay your tuition, AND pay for all expenses above because you cannot work while attending DSN.
The acceptance rate is now lower than it used to be (which is fine – they need to weed out the students who aren’t all that motivated enough for nursing school) and I’m not sure about the graduation rate. Again – it should go up when they start to be pickier with who they accept.
With clinicals, I am unsure how so many people are unhappy with placements. I was in acute care for most of my clinicals and was able to do and see a LOT in nursing school! The clinical office, however, is extremely difficult to work with. They treat you like you’re a nuisance (when they really should treat you with respect and kindness – my money is paying THEIR bills, after all).
The professors are fine – I’ve never had a problem with one. The career services employee is wonderful. The area around campus isn’t the best but it is just a few short blocks from the 16th street mall, which has many food options and little coffee shops to study in. There are some extracurricular opportunities for students to join if they’re interested.
Overall… nursing school here is what you make it! Your hand will not be held throughout the program – it is long and tough but you will get through it! There are downsides to DSN, as with any other nursing school, but there are also some nice perks. I truly believe the school is trying to improve and I have been able to see it when I spent 21 months there not too long ago. I am excited to see where DSN will go in the future. (Hopefully it involves new and improved clinical office staff, internet, and a new building/location with that 50 grand per student they’re getting!)
If you can’t get in any where you can here. Bad reputation in community, hospitals don’t welcome students, graduate without seeing a surgical patient, instructors from poor schools, turnover high, the worst NCLEX result in state, administration president, Dean program manager all about money. How can all students graduate with honors and have lowest NCLEX results. School is a diploma mill try grad school at a real school. Good luck to the poor students who don’t know better
This school is terrible! Do not waste your time and money here. The clinical office is a mess. I showed up at a school to shadow a school nurse. DSN never told the school or the nurse they were sending me. DSN struggles to find placements for students. Almost all clinicals have been at long term care. The clinical office will not work with you at all, you need to have a 100% flexible schedule or you will be paying 25$ an hour to make up missed lab/clinicals. The teachers have a high turn over rate… It seems like any of them that speak up about administrative problems or stand up for students get fired. I wish I would have listened to others and not gone here.
awful school. Admits too many students and can’t find appropriate placements for them. Outrageously expensive. Teacher turnover is ridiculous. Two teachers I’ve had in seven quarters are still there, but no longer in a teaching capacity. Just an awful school that wants your money. Clinical placements and the clinical office is a joke.
Additional Note:
The post by “IG:)” on May 29th, 2012 is absolutely misleading. The info in that post is either from a completely delirious student that may very well have received “incentive” from DSN, or it is from some faculty member at DSN…Please look at the other posts, the number of disapproving posts to positive responses makes it clear that this one post is one that should be highly suspicious.
STAY AWAY FROM THIS PROGRAM I BEG YOU.
Please read below. All of what you will read about this miserable place is correct.
This isnt a school, it is a for profit program owned and run by Education Affiliates. The program is an utter disaster to say the least. There is in incredible turnover rate in faculty, the administration is miserably unorganized, and the students are strapped with huge loan costs, poor educations, and no way to gain any help to solve any issues.
Students and instructors are threatened frequently with dismissal/termination from the program if they speak out against what is going on at DSN. The program charges a premium price for education and delivers a bottom of the barrel experience.
For example: We are charged large fees for “simulation labs” of which the mannequins are frequently broken and the nursing supplies are always recycled and useless (IV tubing, needles, syringes, etc.). The labs are typically 4 hours of mainly wasted time sitting in a crowded little room doing crossword puzzles or reading outdated materials regarding a scenario. Usually the lab scenario only runs for 45min of the 4 hours and with equipment malfunctions happening every single day it’s nearly impossible to get anything accomplished.
Clinical rotations are an even bigger disaster. Now, Denver has an issue of having too few clinical spots in general, but there are a fair number of my classmates that will finish this program and have NEVER set foot in a hospital. All of their rotations have been at LTC facilities (it’s an old folks home), Daycare organizations for pediatrics rotations, or in an all day “on-site clinical” which is nothing more than a 9 hour day of simulation lab with all the same issues as previously stated. The clinical office is a mess. The rotations are constantly being changed at the last minute, clinical instructors are given little to no information about what the requirements are, and if any conflicts arise due to clinical office mishaps they essentially tell students that it is up to them to figure it out and adapt. Often clinicals are scheduled on the same days that students have class, this of course seems like a silly issue to have considering the school is responsible for scheduling both classes and clinical rotations, yet every quarter this happens. This in turn leads to an onslaught of students needing to have clinical sites and dates changed, which constantly leads to many students having to spend countless hours contacting an office that never manages to properly place students and often causes a student to travel to numerous sites in order to fill clinical hours.
The NCLEX pass rates are the third worst in the state. 2014 pass rates were at 80%, this is down from 94% just two years ago. This comes as no surprise as many of the instructors are not teachers rather former nurses with a limited area of experience and are asked to teach about subjects they themselves have likely never worked in or when they did it was 30 years ago. Class time is often spent racing through PowerPoint slides that frequently present wrong or misleading information. The exams are all from test banks and are poorly written at best. Ive never understood how it is acceptable to use questions that have obvious spelling and grammar mistakes, are contradictory, and correct answers that do not actually answer the questions. Another issue that I briefly mentioned is the turnover in instructors. Both didactic and clinical staff are coming and going at an alarming rate. In the past 4 months alone there has been 6 classroom instructors and 3 admin faculty that have left, that should say something. Not to mention the alarming number of clinical instructors that refuse to continue to work with DSN.
Currently the program costs in the range of $54,000 for the BSN. That is only the tuition, books, and some lab fees. This doesn’t include travel, vaccinations, CPR recert costs, any number of “administrative fees” ranging from test rescheduling fees to clinical/simulation lab rescheduling fees…again most of which are due to mistakes made by the school yet passed onto the students almost as a punishment for deciding to enroll at this program.
I could go on for so much longer, but in the interest of saving myself from having my blood pressure spike to dangerous levels I’m going to summarize with this: DO NOT GO HERE! It will be the worst academic mistake a person could ever make. I fear for my career prospects based on such a horrible and insufficient experience. Not only that but there is a strong possibility that I will end up forfeiting on my loans because they are all through private loan companies and charge higher interest rates and have significantly shorter repayment periods. PLEASE, STAY AWAY FROM THIS PROGRAM.
This school is completely unprofessional. The school can not keep teachers for longer than a few quarters. They fire great professors because they do not have masters/doctorate degrees without having a replacement. This pressures them to hire new staff with little teaching experience. This quarter the staff of the entire school has changed by about 50%. The quick turnover rate leads to poor teachers and hurts the students. No staff at the school actually cares about education, they care about the business side and making money. Their NCLEX pass rates have plummeted in the past few years. When I started the pass rate was 96%, and now it is around 80%. I am in my last quarter and graduating with 3.7 GPA, but if I had to do over, I would have never gone to this school. Don’t waste your time or money going here.
I am in my last quarter of school here and would never have chosen this facility if I was able to go back in time and do it again. I absolutely despise this nursing school and deeply regret attending here. Wait the extra year or so list for a quality nursing school. My biggest piece of advice to any future DSN student is to NOT even think about this school. When I signed up in 2013 I was concerned about all the negative reviews but was assured by the admitting staff it was one student who had a bad taste in their mouth writing multiple reviews. I now know fully that ISN’T the case… how can they still function with so many unhappy students…
Bonnie has to get fired first, and this school will improve its quality and professionalism after firing her.
Happy to quit after one quarter. Waste of money, please double think and look around. I go to Regis now, and much happier with education and outcome.
One of the biggest mistakes of my life was to go to Dsn for a year spent $30,000 only to find myself having to leave and go to another school now. The unprofessionalism I witness this quater from instructor’s and some students, I have never seen anything in my life like that. Very few good teachers and I asked myself even if I stayed for the nine remaining months would it hurt me when I go to nclex? So much inconsistency in a particular class, an instructor tells you forget about what you learned in previous class and do exactly as she says else she will fail you, instructor talking down to students infront of their peers I was like I have to leave because I can’t learn in that type of enviroment.
The company that owns this school Education Affiliates llc, also owns st. paul’s school of nursing in NY. I saw the same things going one in our school. I caught them not crediting my account and overcharging, then implementing unwritten policies, would not show us our test or go over them etc. I complained and the next thing you know they dismissed me with no due process and made up lies to cover it up. I have a lawsuit against them now. Check out my facebook page nick papaspiridakos and read all about it. They are scamming the people and the governemnt. [email protected]
I would highly discourage students from attending this “degree mill.” Both instructors and students alike were highly negative of their experience when I went in to look at the school and speak with some instructors and students.
Feedback I received from instructors is that there is no support nor orientation for new instructors, and because this is a for-profit school, instructors informed me the deans take the side the of the student over the instructor–which may sound good for the student but cultivates an environment where the instructor feels neither supported nor appreciated.
Likewise, students had many negative things to say, not the least of which was the incredible disorganization of the school and the shoddy way in which business is conducted. The school certainly has the feel of a business enterprise rather than a nursing school.
I opted to attend another school, and I am very happy with my decision.
No nursing school is perfect.
Accelerated nursing schools will demand A LOT of studying.
DSN is TOUGH.
OVERALL:
I LOVE DSN! I’m in the BSN program. I’m getting ready to go to Sky Ridge Medical Center and Denver Health for clinicals. The hospital I used to work at loves to hire DSN grads. I have friends who went to DSN who are now working at Parker Adventist, Swedish Medical Center, Rose Medical Center, and the Children’s Hospital in California. They are all in ICU settings. YOUR SUCCESS IN NURSING SCHOOL IS A COMBINATION OF THE EDUCATION PROVIDED AND THE EFFORT YOU PUT IN. You have to work hard at DSN, and from my experience, the staff works hard to help you.
QUALITY OF EDUCATION:
I am going into med-surg 2 soon, and so far I believe I am very prepared and well educated in terms of quality nursing care, basic fundamental nursing, skills and competencies, and critical thinking. I am currently working in the ICU at University Hospital as a CNA, but they let me help and observe along with the nursing externs. The nurses like to ask us A LOT of questions (What does this machine do, why would you put the patient in these precautions, what is your priority with this patient, how do you do this procedure) and I answer all of them correctly and confidently and the staff is impressed. I am confident and proud of the education I have gotten so far from DSN and it shows at my work and with my patients.
– Last month, a few DSN med-surg 2 students were eating lunch during their clinicals at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s and saw a man fall off 3 stories while washing a window. They thought critically and eventually saved his life.
– 3 DSN students did their capstone at St. Joseph’s Hospital. They impressed the staff so much that once they pass their NCLEX this summer, they have jobs waiting for them at that hospital.
DSN AND THE COMMUNITY:
The school has done a lot of international contributions to Haiti and visited Haiti twice. Last month, a few DSN students traveled to Africa for two weeks to do their Community Health rotation. Next March, ten of us are doing our Community Health and Leadership rotation in Asia.
STAFF:
Quarter One is the one complaint I had with staffing. The assessment teacher was bad, and the school definitely heard about it from the students through the end-of-the-quarter staff evaluations. The school responded appropriately by replacing her after the quarter was finished. Most people who hate DSN dropped after Quarter One, and I completely understand. It was NOT a pleasant quarter in terms of the teachers. However, the BSN coordinator CARES a lot about the quality of education, and works hard to find a suitable teacher. After quarter one, I have had no complaints with the educators. I love my med-surg professor. I loved my pharmacology professor. I ABSOLUTELY loved the training and education I had from the foundations lab. There will always be some rotten apples in any school, but the majority of the educators want you to become a proficient, hard-working nurse that utilizes evidence-based-practice.
SCHEDULES:
Scheduling is also a weakness at DSN. There are a lot of students and not enough clinical instructors. The problem is NOT that DSN cannot get enough clinical sites – it is the lack of instructors to precept that site. As a result, scheduling takes forever and some clinical rotations get pushed back or changed entirely. I admit, that is unprofessional and could easily be avoided. However, I talked with the clinical office in charge of assigning and scheduling, and they really try hard to accommodate everyone – that is another reason why it takes forever. Before the upcoming quarters, the clinical office gets bombarded with scheduling requests from ALL students anticipating clinical sites/dates, so naturally this will prolong the process if the staff tries to accommodate them all.
*My suggestion was to utilize a scheduling program to lighten the load for the scheduling staff and make the process go by faster*
**SOME RUMORS ABOUT BAD DSN STUDENTS**
One bad egg can ruin the reputation of the school. A few quarters ago, one student kept on consistently being 2 hours late for clinical days or not showing up at all, and sometimes sleeping during the shift! The hospital staff was so displeased that they did not want DSN students for clinical rotations anymore. They still hire DSN grads though, which I think is kind of weird, but fortunate.
SOME RUMORS MAY BE TRUE, BUT PLEASE DO NOT LET A FEW UNPROFESSIONAL STUDENTS TAINT YOUR VIEWS ON ALL THE STUDENTS OR THE SCHOOL AS A WHOLE.
ACADEMIC SUCCESS:
I study a lot. I take a lot of notes and ask a lot of questions. When you don’t understand, DON’T HESITATE TO ASK. I had to quit my previous job because working full time was impossible, so I got a job PRN at the U. I also moved with my parents so I don’t have to worry about work and I have one play day out of the week – the rest of the days are focused on work and school.
1. I ALWAYS visit my teachers during their office hours. Even when I understand the material, I go there just to run through the material just to make sure I know the concept.
2. All my teachers who I’ve emailed have always responded within that day.
3. There has NEVER been a teacher who was not available for tutoring or was not able to schedule a time to meet. I read the lecture material, I read the books, I practice online questions, and I ask my teachers for help when I need it, and they have always been available. I have a 3.85 gpa.
CONCLUSION:
There are some extremely negative things you can hear about DSN, and some extremely positive. We often hear a lot of negative things about the school, but what happened to all the DSN grads who are successful and happy, working at Hospitals, working for the community, working as travel nurses, are in nursing management, and getting their Nurse Practitioner Licenses? Every school has their weaknesses, but obviously DSN is doing something right if we have some really great Grads doing really wonderful things for patients and the healthcare community.
People write about the bad, but please do ask successful DSN grads for information about DSN because there’s a lot of good out there that is not being heard or not so highly advertised – but it should be! DSN is great!
I must say that I’m not surprised that so many students are having or had a tough time with DSN. I had to leave DSN because my husband finished boot camp and got stationed in Virginia. I was so depressed because I really liked the school and didn’t want to leave. After a completed quarter my Med Surg, Patho, and Health Assessment would not transfer b/c DSN wasn’t accredited. I was blessed enough to keep plugging away and not give up. I attend Virginia State, started from scratch and graduated with my BSN. The NCLEX was so difficult but I passed the first go round. I kept in touch with my old classmates from DSN, and the sentiments are the same…they’re glad they made it but if they had it to do again, they’d go to an accredited school. at the time I was heartbroken that I had to leave DSN but I am actually glad that I did. All prospective students just do your research and make an informed, educated decision.
WOW!!! As a graduate from the first graduating class of the BSN program at DSON I was curious to see if they had been accredited yet…something I was promised from Jeff Johnson back in 2004 when I signed on the dotted line. Not only have they not been accredited, no surprise, but they are still having the same problems as they did back then. High turn over rate with teachers/administration, no clinical sites available and a lot of sunshine blown up skirts. I have never recommended this school to anyone and have often been embarrassed when asked what school I graduated from. Yes, I have a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing… yes, I passed the NCLEX on my first try and have my nursing license but I do not feel prepared to work in a high paced acute care setting. I do not feel as if DSON prepared me adequately enough to feel confident enough to face the challenges of everyday nursing. I regret signing on the dotted line that summer day back in 2004 and I am still paying for it with a huge student loan!!! I am not able to get a job at the hospital of my choice because of the lack of their accreditation, 8 years after they promised me that they would have it by the time I graduated in 2006. My guess is that they will never get it….but will continue to promise that someday they will have it. Make sure that you do your homework and research this school before signing on the dotted line and wasting your money and time!!!
Okay, like so many have said above, wish I would have seen these postings prior to enrolling. I am so angry that I have wasted time and money on this ridiculous school! I am in my 3rd quarter and will be promptly dropping out in the next couple of days. DSN is SO unprofessional that I am almost sick to my stomach as I try to explain it. I thought I was being weak or not up to par but after reading all the comments above I know that I am not alone in my feelings. I will be writing the [email protected] ASAP. All potential DSN stidents please do your research before attending this school. I truly believe it is a scam!
Avoid this program at all costs. I transferred because I was told by a hospital that DSN students lack a lot of training compared to other graduates from other schools. The four year students are no better than a LPN. I learned very little due poor teachers, very poor clinical and just all around poorly run school. I do plan on writing the accreditation board as one of the posters suggested.
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DNS program is so unprofessional and so out of touch with the students that pay the bills. They have succeeded in running the school into the ground. I do plan on writing a letter to the Board of Accreditation as one of the reviews stated we should do. They will not get it if I have anything to do with it. I will air my concerns and disgust with this program.
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Let’s all call the accreditation board and let them know why this school sucks. This school is a scam, rip off, and run light circus. Clinical are worthless, teachers suck, they need to fail some to meet expectation, and they have fired so many staff if is a mess. Let’s call all the board members and complain about the truth. We should sue them. Email the board of accreditation. [email protected]
These posts are very interesting and not surprising. I was an ADN student that previously attended DSN about 2 years ago and withdrew the start of the second quarter. I was curious to see if DSN was finally accredited on their site but apparently not. I saw all these postings online and looks like things have not changed. I agree with all the postings. All these things have happened to me and that is why I left. I’m now in an NLNAC accredited BSN program and I have no regrets leaving. I’m very happy that I jumped the gun to wait a few more years for a real school. I still owe about 6,000 from my first quarter but its okay considering where I’m at now. There is for legal action going down really soon. It just takes one person to persue with some proof and they are finished. It is sad but not right for what some grads and current students are going through with the amount of money they are paying. Good luck to everyone and hang in there.
This DSN is a joke, the president was fired, then the dean, then so called clinical teachers. They have no real clinical sites to train their students at. They do have labs, wow. I do promise one thing is that denver school of nursing accreditation status will be prolonged due to my connections that I have. I do understand that the school has been run down into the ground, but why do the students have continue paying, because DNS does not have accreditation status, so they cannot transfer. If you feel that your contract with DNS was broken and not upheld then contact me at this email address. I have a attorney that I hope to start a class action suit against the school for breach of the contract that was signed by students.
Thank god I had been working as a CNA for a hospital through school and was able to get a job there. I’m learning a Loy through orientation @ the hospital, but I feel like they are things that should have been taught in school.
I read all the reviews and yes I can say my daughter is having the same problems.
She is top of her class, made all A’s on her tests, received compliments on her clinical experience and now she is at the end and cannot get any help for her clinical experience-Nursing Home or Psychiatric Hospital???? This is unacceptable
and Unconscienable on the part of the leaders of this school. I am a retired RN and I have another daughter who has a Master’s degree in Nursing and we both are shocked at how this is being handled. It would seem as of today that a new person is assigned to help and hopefully she will do better than the previous or current administration. When I see how much expense my daughter has had, I cannot help but be tempted to inquire into the legal aspects of this institution.There promises are not met…..
Oh boy, where do I begin? I am in the BSN program. I wish I would have seen these postings prior to enrolling in this school. I think I was overly excited and “geeked” about actually being accepted to the program after graduating with a BS in Biology from CSU that I didn’t bother to research this school thoroughly. I am hugely let down and I am leaving this school by the end of this quarter. This is a very unprofessional school and has yet to receive its accedidation. The school lacks every resource that most of my cohorts and I need to achieve success. This school costs an arm and a leg and it feels as if I am experiencing a substandard education. Lesson learned in one quarter and it only cost me $8,000…I say with tears in my eyes. I am hoping to attend Metro State, especially since the current class just earned a 100% NCLEX pass rate. If I could echo the sentiments above…avoid this school if you can.
Good luck to everyone on the nursing profession journey
AVOID THIS SCHOOL IF AT ALL POSSIBLE! I’m a 1st quarter ADN student – second career. The admissions staff is awesome, but once you are actually enrolled you are on your own. There is a high turnover rate with staff, and half the staff are not teachers, but only RNs with bachelor degrees. This is an accelerated program, and yet no tutoring is available. There’s more “adult learning” than I’ve had in any previous college experience, including online courses, and I’m afraid that finding employment anywhere other than a nursing home will be impossible. The tuition is ridiculously expensive considering the lack of resources and underprepared “professors”. I’m looking in to other options, even though I’m still on the hook for the cost of the first quarter without being able to transfer the units I’ve completed. Poor, poor choice. I don’t recommend this to anyone. Spend the time to get your 60 units at a community college and transfer to a 4-year university for the BSN program. You will find yourself in a load of debt and without job opportunities if you attend DSN. Unless, of course, you are an experienced CNA with a foot already in the door to a hospital. Otherwise, you will be stuck in long term care facilities, and hospitals do not consider long term care facilities “experience”. So not only will you have student loans to pay off, and be working for $23/hr at a nursing home, you will also be without opportunity to advance your education because at this point, 4-year colleges will not accept transfer credits from DSN. This will change if the accreditation comes through, but it’s been delayed, and if the accrediting bodies do their homework and DSN continues the status quo, the accreditation is not likely going to happen. Also, if you want to be exceptional, this is not the school for you. Yes, you will be eligible to take the NCLEX and become a RN, but you will not learn the skills you need to be great, nor will you be considered for employment at any teaching hospitals. The opportunities for BSN students may be different, but the ADN program is a dead end for anyone wanting to work in a hospital environment.
Kicking myself for not doing more research before enrolling. . .
I am in the ADN program, first quarter, and I don’t think DSN is that great of a school. I think like many others in the ADN, LPN-ADN, and BSN programs, we are all here because we have to be. If other schools weren’t so back logged and competitive we would ALL have gone to those schools. The tuition is too high for what the school gives you. There are educated professors and staff but that is the only positive that I can give the school. There aren’t any REAL resources for success, i.e. tutors, mentors, or study sessions. I’ve spoken to students from every quarter and every program-the sentiment is the same, if they had it to do all over again, they would have chosen a different school. I think that’s what DSN fails to notice that word of mouth and a lack of accredidation will kill this schools reputation. I agree with Tanya, Ashlee, and I actually know SB personally. This school needs to take more pride in what they do and make our education TRULY their number one priority instead of being so concerened with our tuition payments. Jeff Johnson is such a good salesman for this school. He wraps it up in shiny wrapping paper with a big red bow…then you get there and you open the package to find a broken toy that you would never have opened if you knew that it was so broken. I unfortunately will stick it out here because I know that getting into a better school will take a long time and I’m already 3 months into and 18 month program. I don’t know how the BSN’s will last 21 months. That would be torture for me. If I can warn other potential students, do not come to this school if you can help it. Stick it out, get your CNA, get lots of experience, take lots of pre-req’s, volunteer, and apply ANYWHERE but here. Try Front Range, Arapahoe CC, Metro, UCD, or Regis (at least for the 60 grand at Regis you WILL get a great education and they have their accredidation). I know that this is a long post but I wish I would have had this information prior to making my decision. One last thought, we had the president of the college come into our Health Assesment Class to tell us about the accredidation committee that was on campus this past week, and “asked” us in a very prompting manner to say good things about the school. I know that it would behoove me to say great things on the survey because if the school has its accredidation, I can get my BSN, MSN, & hopefully PhD anywhere…but then I wouldn’t be true, honest and upright person. I believe those are some of my better qualities that will make me a wonderful nurse. If I surpress those qualities, what kind of person would a be?
I agree with Tanya, Ashlee, and Monique. This school is not that great. I hope it improves SOON because I am not really seeing the professionalism in or with this school. I don’t know anyone personally from the first quarter with any high opinions of this school. I am currently earning mid to high B’s, so before anyone thinks I am bitter, I am not. I wished there were people in the school to help those who need it when they need it. If I hear one more time that a professor wants you to have “adult learning” one more time I think I will scream :). If I am essentially teaching myself then give me back some of my money.
I am a current first quarter student and am not enjoying this experience. If I could have attended Metro, UCD, or any other well known school, I would have. Unfortunately, their “wait lists” are horrendous. DSN is a 3rd or 4th choice school for many of us in our 1st quarter. I find that the staff and teachers like to tout themselves as being helpful and wanting you to succeed, but when you try to access this help to succeed, there is no help to be found. There are no mentor programs, no tutoring opportunities–other than 1 tutor for 70-100 students at 1 hour per week! I am 30 years old, so I don’t have the time to sit out and wait for a slot to open up in another school, but to all you younger people wait it out and go to a reputable school. I can see why this school doesn’t have it’s accreditation. I agree with Tanya, the school is VERY unprofessional. We had our teacher come in one morning and say that she’d be leaving the school that day. She waited until we were almost half way through the program to leave. What a joke! I pray that my 45 hours a week study time for ONE course pays off, not to mention the $50,0000 I am paying OUT OF POCKET (because I already have my BS and don’t qualify for federal aid) to become a qualified nursing professional.
I would never attend this college. The schedule is delayed you dont get hospitals as clinical sites. They prepare you to be a CNA.
I would not advise anyone to go to this school. One positive thing I can say is that the admission staff is friendly and helpful. The school is very unprofessional. I attended the school in the ADN program in December and all I had was nursing home sites. They prefer to give all hospital sites to BSN students. The school schedule is never ready. They will change it even on first day of quater and expect you to make other arrangements. They have a high turnover rate for staff. There were some people in the last quater even a month out still with no capstone. They had to stay and finish after graduation. They are not flexible and care nothing about the students after you sign the contract. They belittle you and degrade you. They don’t have updated technology and you are cramped in a SIM lab. Don’t go here!!! Stay away!!!