Mercy College of Ohio — Local services in Toledo

My child was enrolled there in nursing school. The ADN program. The teachers and the lab instructors were unhelpful and had little empathy for students. Most of the coursework was self taught. And even if you self teach, and get good grades academically, they can still fail you on a points system that faults you for things like not being immune to chicken pox (even if once you find out that you're not immune, you take the proper steps to correct it), or for not having a student to use as a patient in skills check off..all under a category called "professionalism" when my son said he hadn't made any friends to use as a patient, hoping one of the nurses in the lab would volunteer to be his patient, their response was "you should've talked to more people " when other students that were present in the nursing lab at the time of my child's scheduled check off , but from other classes/another semester (further in the program) offered to be his patient, he was refused because "it had to be someone in his class. " since when is making friends a prerequisite to being a nurse? We are not there to treat our classmates or colleagues. We are there to treat the patients. You do not NEED to make friends in school, or on the job to be a good and professional registered nurse. As a RN BSN myself, I recommend another school. Any otber school. I listened to my sons lectures weekly and assisted him with his homework and other assignments. There are far better programs out there. Ones that have staff members who actually care, and want to teach. Not to mention, about 1/3 of the students in my childs class were repeating their first semester because they'd failed once already. Why are so many students failing their first semester? It almost seems like they're setting them up to fail. This isn't the way GOOD nurses are made. Student nurses need compassion and empathy. The same as they should teach us to give our patients. Nursing school is hard. We dont need the "eat your young" mentality that mercy college is bringing. Go to a different school. Even if you get accepted right away at mercy, you'll be put back a semester on some nonsense that will destroy your confidence. It's worth waiting a semester or two in order to wait for another schools seat. You...

Denise, I added to this review, please read if you see this. I graduated from Mercy a few years ago. It was one of the worst experiences I've ever gone through. I did graduate and got what I went there for but students are repeatedly disrespected by teachers and the clinical instructors. The skills lab was a joke. I'd go in there to ask questions and I was told several times to find a book and look up the answer instead of doing their jobs that they are paid for and help a student with their knowledge. If I couldn't find the answer, they'd hand me another book to look at while they continued to have conversations with their co-workers. Most clinical instructors were mean and made you feel stupid, even in front of patient's. I may have a RN after my name but I regret going to this school. I'll never forget some of the cruel things several teachers have said to me and how unhelpful and unsupportive the staff was. After I graduated, several of the teachers got fired and I wasn't surprised. I don't recommend going to this school. Nursing school is hard enough and this school isn't worth the added stress. EDIT: Hi Denise, not sure if you will see this, I appreciate your response. I just want to add that the teachers, clinical instructors, and staff, need to realize people are not only students but also paying customers. I feel Mercy lacks in customer service when it comes to students. This surprises me since having good customer service skills is an important aspect in nursing for patient satisfaction. I agree with a previous review that stated, " students are treated like burdens." I never once heard words of encouragement from the staff at Mercy. A lot of negative and unkind remarks. I also got more help from the students working in the skills lab than the nurses who worked in the lab. I feel the staff at Mercy needs to be educated on the importance of customer service skills. If there are multiple student complaints about an educator, take it seriously. When I was there, one of your clinical instructors actually got me to cry in front several students and hospital staff. I felt I had no one to report this to, worried staff would...

Don't be discouraged by the 1 star posters. My daughter attended Mercy College and we couldn't be happier. The staff is great. The people that had trouble in school had several resources to help them do better. My daughter constantly scheduled tutoring sessions. Mercy prepares the student, but the student has to be prepared for the challenge of nursing school. Remember nurses have human lives they are taking care of. Does anyone want someone getting low grades to be their nurse? I don't. No school prepares their student for the NCLEX (test to become a registered nurse) better than Mercy. We were so happy with Mercy that our son is now attending Mercy this fall (BSN program). ...