Porter and Chester Institute Rankings by Salary Score

Thank you Porter Chester Rocky Hill!!! Perfect name for this road We’ve been on Especially during this covid Pandemic.. Definitely rocky indeed, but I passed my NCLEX PN on July 6, 2021 on my first try. This could not have been possible without the vision, support and encouragement of great leadership. The new LPN management team empowered and fostered progressive change within the past few months and resulted in the success of our cohort. Nursing school is an overwhelming and challenging journey, which cultivates... Read More and transforms ones awareness to the value of providing care to a diverse population. The team instilled a positive mind set for the students to achieve milestones beyond what we believed was possible and aspired us to go out and do great things. The past few months were the most challenging; without the hard work of our LPN mentors; their presence, teaching philosophy, inspirational words, and encouragement I would not be writing this. Mrs. Pinto Thank you for coming to Porter Chester-Rocky Hill and Thank you for believing in us, we are forever grateful. *Even the follow up after graduation has been on point! Felisa Mestre, the career service advisor has been very pleasant, prompt and efficient in ensuring my current career need/desires are being addressed and met. I have multiple employers and recruiters calling me to conduct interviews, to my surprise and totally unexpected! -Ps. They didn’t pay me to say this lol and i’m not the AType /kiss up to the teacher, you know the extra one. There’s always that one in the class. SMH I’m just very happy in my decision to choose this school and location and I think that prospective students should give them a try. They won’t regret it. I’m a review girl, I literally read the reviews on everything! I got commitment issues lol. If your anything like me I thought to give the tea:) All the best on your search. (Choose Porter Chester tho!) =)

I am writing this review as a student who completed their Medical Assisting program and then returned a few years later to completed the LPN program. I want to preface this by saying that I completed both of the programs at the top of my class and am successfully working in the medical field. I would like to acknowledge that the only reason that I am even giving this school/program 2 stars is because of the absolutely phenomenal Nursing instructors that did everything they could for us as students to succeed... Read More when they were dealt a terrible hand to work with from the organization. I completed both programs at the Rocky Hill campus and while there were some difficulties through my time there with the medical assisting program, those difficulties pale in comparison to the ones my classmates and I faced through the LPN program. To start we never had a consistent program head and never knew who we could go to with our concerns if our instructors were unable to assist them with them. This also caused our class to lose out on opportunities such as having a class representative and being about to apply for induction into the National Technical Honor Society. As Covid worsened and our clinical facilities closed down the lack of communication from the Administration and acting program head (who changed every other week it seemed) worsened to the point that not only was communication nonexistent to us as students but severely lacking to our clinical instructors our selves. We as students felt bad for our clinical instructors because they were working their absolute hardest to support and education us with no answers to any questions about remaining clinical hours and estimated date of completion to our program we were already six months behind on completing. To be honest the issues worsened once I had actually completed the program. At this point I had figured we would not be having any form of a graduation or pinning ceremony to acknowledge our achievements, but emails regarding diplomas, transcripts, and Pins were repeatedly ignored. I even went the campus in person 2 different times requesting these things and was told they were unavailable for me at that time even though I had rightfully earned them. One of the other big issues I have with this program that dates back to my MA program is that the school has taken credit for Job placements that I have ben able to get on my own merit with no aide from the school's career services department. While I am so incredibly greatful to my fantastic instructors who helped mold me into the nurse I am today, a lot of them have since left the school, I would not recommend this program to individuals looking to further their careers into nursing. Until the organization makes some major changes to how things are run I feel as though the education and experience of the students will continue to suffer greatly.