Prism Career Institute — Attraction in Philadelphia

Prism Career Institute Philadelphia Campus LPN program PN 38 Started in Nov 2018 Graduate in March 2020 Day Pilot Program

I went to Aria RN program but left when I had my son. The Prism program reminds me of Aria's RN program in it's quality. I think it's even better because of how much the teachers care and come from an understanding perspective. From the DON to the teachers, us students are regarded as unique individuals with the potential of becoming quality nurses. We're treated with the utmost respect and taken seriously. How kind and helpful the teachers are encourages us to study harder. The program is accredited and will be for couple more years (confirm before you join any program).

The clinical instructors are very helpful. A few may need to brush up on the exact protocol but other than that a lot of the instructors are very knowledgeable, relaxed, caring and welcome questions to enhance our learning. They do not look for reasons to fail students.

The simulation lab helps you to further learn nursing skills and is done in a way where privacy is upheld (other students and teachers are not privy to what you have done in the sim lab). The practice dummy has simulated breath sounds, vital signs etc. to help create life like events seen on clinical floors.

The guidance counselors help you tremendously in finding jobs and guiding you to a RN program.

Some negatives include the bathrooms being messy time to time. Students can come off rowdy, unprofessional and immature. But sitting in the front can avoid any issues with students who talk during lecture time. Some days I do find classes starting really late due to teacher's unpreparedness. Selection of where we do clinicals need to be improved. Few of the clinical sites were a little gut wrenching but at least the clinical instructors made it tolerable.

If you are trying to decide between the LPN and RN program let the TEAS exam decide for you. If you scored just enough for the LPN program definitely pick the Prism program especially if it's close to you and affordable. This can be the stepping stone in the health field for you ...

I have experienced observing and hearing students in the community also read some of the reviews which are subjective, To obtain true thorough reviews The Main Question is what is the passing percentage of the students who complete and graduate along with what is the percentage for passing the State Boards. If the percentage is low then the focus is the teachers and course format, itinerary. Students that I had observed, and overheard their frustrations appear to be with the faculty. Labeled as poor teaching methods, and knowledge is limited, they just read from "book" along with having a personality of a friend, street affect when speaking, or answering a question, and is probably because the teacher wants to be friendly, liked , but that is not a professional way. So additional questions for a true review, Is the State monitoring close not only the format of course, but is what is written and accredited being implemented through thorough teaching, mentoring, etc. . Remember any course, program, etc. is considered a Great, Successful, Recommendable, etc. is those who excel with high student success , achievements...…not low passing percentages and low drop out rates. Also, If the school has low success outcomes I would assume the State would place more attention to ensure full correct accreditation, which is another question, how many times does the State do an on site check and if there are trends, is the Plan of Correction not only submitted by school, but is is implemented by school to ensure success and increase of achieved outcomes of goals . So reviews are superficial, and for a career choice ensure you obtain the facts for the program, of career course. Good Luck and hopefully this program is not under any State...

This School is very unprofessional. Very unethical and unorganized. They teachers pick and choose when to show up to class & when they do all they do is play us a few videos & dismiss us.we had 2 different teachers quit already & we just started 3 weeks ago. We start class at 5PM (supposedly) but yet the teacher doesn't come until 6:30 everyday. They make us do all our class work at home , ON TOP of our homework. The day of our first exam they lost the test . Like how? Then said "we'll just make one up for you guys" like how can u just make a test up out of thin air ?... not to mention they barely give lectures, your literally going there just to get enough hours to be able to take the NCLEX. We don't learn anything from the staff at all , you're basically teaching yourself . This is just my experience so far , hopefully it's different next term. They give you the books play a video and send you on your way lol I've been to another school for LPN and they ran that school a lot better than this school. I just started & that's why my name is anonymous I don't want to be penalized for speaking my truth but something has to give. When you speak to the staff they don't fix anything. They truly have a lot of things to nip in the bud & fix. I wish I could go somewhere else because this school isn't it. The staff is very friendly and nice but I came to be taught nursing , not for my money to be taken & my education to be played with or not taken serious. Iykyk but yeah , I don't...