Olivet Nazarene University

This is worst ABSN Program in the whole world. They are all about stealing your money. They make you run errands and waste all your time in this program. Almost all their faculty lack real world nursing experience and are completely out of touch with real world nursing. You should not be teaching core class unless you have experience as a hospital/clinic/nursing home unit nurse for at least 10 years. This faculty here just don't have it as many have not even worked full time on a unit for 5 years.... Read More Many got their MSN while working part time for 1 to 2 years so that they get cushy nursing faculty job and then they get in constant argument with students to relieve their ego and to make them look like experts. Worst school and program ever. Do not enroll here.

I can testify to the fact that all the comments below are true about the ABSN nursing program in Oakbrook. Please read them thoroughly before taking the risk to enroll in this program. I graduated in Summer 2017 after bouncing through many hoops the school throws at students here. Someone below posted about a student in my cohort, Joee, getting arrested after a court order was filed against him by a Professor who went after him by making up an academic integrity claim. I know him personally and heard... Read More about what he had to go through over past two years.........so sad. Imagine a school making a student spend time in jail for trying to better himself and destroying his student life just for trying to become a compassionate nurse. This is ONU for you. Avoid this school at all cost!!!!!!!!!

Olivet Nursing ABSN Program is akin to the burning cross they have in their University logo. They want students to burn and die at this school and only interested in their money. Staff are faculty are unsupportive and always complaining about things rather than helping students. They will create reasons to get you out if they do not like you. A classmate in my cohort was kicked out of the ABSN program for a random reason and for complaining about a Professor here for unfair treatment. He is in ton... Read More of debt now, living with depression, anxiety, and without a nursing degree. He was the most compassionate and caring person that I have met in my life and would have become a great nurse. I recently heard the school also filed a lawsuit and had him arrested for reasons he was not involved in. Save yourself money and time and go to a different school. Please take this seriously. DO YOU WANT ALL THIS TROUBLE FOR YOURSELF?

I just want to start off saying that I have graduated this program and have gone through all 4 levels of the ABSN program. Often times on these reviews, I notice that the students who are saying that it isn't bad have not gone through the program entirely. The first two semesters are the easiest, which should be taken with a grain of salt because it is still very challenging. However, once you get to level 3 there are specialized classes along with Adult health II and 3 clinical's in one semester.... Read More Specifically for me, level 3 was challenging and because all of the professors and directors of this program always told us that this was the hardest level, I thought I had overcome the worst. But no, level 4 includes capstone, which is 180 hours and adult health III, which is the hardest class in the program. There are also two filler classes that include lots of busy work including essays due weekly. Level 4 is no joke, it is very difficult. I struggled with Adult health III, but luckily I was able to get the hang of it towards the end. This program is HARD and it is so rewarding when you finish, but there is absolutely no direction. The school will change policies in between semesters making it harder for the students who are currently in the program. Students who have terrible attitudes and make a point to constantly argue with professors never finish this program. Students who work while in this program are also more likely to fail a class or fail out of the program because there isn't enough time to study. The professors are not very helpful and it is important to read the book and really understand the material because there is no teaching in this program, there may only be some power points that are not very helpful. If you decide to come to this school (please don't), during orientation try to become friends with students who are in a higher level because they will give helpful tips on how to study/pass a class. If you fail a class in either level 1 or level 2, do not stay in the program, go somewhere else because it will be likely that you might fail another class. If you fail 2 classes, you are out if the program. Before you start any level, you will have to take a math test and if you do not pass with a 100% within 3 tries, you will have to sit out a semester while the rest of your class moves onto the next semester. I am not a student that slacks off, I was in the same boat as a prospective student thinking that the negative reviews from this program were from students who did not work hard at all, but I was wrong. This school sets people up to fail, it is not like other programs that will help students and ensure that they pass. I have seen some of the smartest people that I started off with have to retake a class because of one terrible exam that completely destroyed their exam average (77% or higher). Please consider this review when choosing an absn program, 16 months sounds amazing to get a bachelors in nursing, but out of the 50+ students that started out in my cohort, only 20 that I started out with graduated within 16 months.

I first attended Purdue in 2016 to acquire my RN-BSN degree, that was a fail due to the program lack of assistance and grading system. I transferred to Olivet and graduated in 2018. The program was easy to me, I was irritated with the lack of consistency with APA grading. I graduated with a 3.3 GPA, and that was with doing the minimum or you can say a lack of really trying. I wish schools offered the opportunity to take more than one class at a time, to accelerate the program. Yes, I do work full-time... Read More and have children as well. I am currently thinking about Olivet in pursuing my FNP; since I'm already established there with paperwork.

I graduated from ONU's ABSN program in Oak Brook, Illinois in the advertised 16 months, and I have what I think to be an honest and helpful review of the program for those who are wondering whether this program is meant for them. Cost: This program costs over $55,000 not including scrubs, books, and gas money. I put 35,000 miles on my car in the 16 months that I attended this program. Work load: The work load is INTENSE. I did school work and studied every single day of this program. I did NOT work... Read More at all during the program, but I am a single parent, and I still managed to graduate with honors. Clinicals: They are many and they are far. I drove no less than an hour for every one of my clinicals. Clinical locations are very difficult to secure (for any school), so if you live far away (particularly away from the burbs), do not expect (as I did), that your clinicals will be nearer to you than the school. Most of the clinical shifts were 12 hours, and, depending on the clinical professor, you could expect to work 8-12 hours of that shift. Clinicals ARE scheduled on weekends and days before tests. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. I had mandatory clinicals on Saturdays two out of four semesters. Some people had 7 straight weeks of mandatory Saturday AND Sunday 12-hour clinical shifts during their last semester of school. The classroom: I hope you like your desk because that's your new classroom. Lectures are not taught on the Oak Brook campus. While some professors occasionally review material in class, the Oak Brook campus is intended for learning and practicing skills. Most classes required reading all of the assigned reading without any direction. Often, tests covered over 100 pages of textbook material. If you want to pass your tests, you HAVE TO READ THE TEXTBOOK. Some teachers offer Power Points, but they are outdated and not meant to replace the textbook. No PowerPoint ever helped me with a test. The book is what you have to study. Grading policies: You must receive a 77% average on your tests to pass any class. You could have a 95% in the class, but if your test average is 77.99%, you will have to repeat the class, pay for the class again, and complete all the requirements for that class again. If you fail a class with a required clinical, you must also repeat the clinical experience. For some classes, this may mean repeating 90 hours of clinical work. Teachers: Like any school, some are better than others. You do not have a choice in who your teacher is, as there is only one professor for each required course. Some teachers create tests that are nearly impossible to pass, and there is nothing that can be done about it. WILL YOU GRADUATE IN 16 MONTHS? Statistically, there is a better chance that you will NOT graduate in 16 months. Of the 43 students I started the program with, only 20 graduated on time. Several failed out, dropped out, or had to repeat classes and will graduate eventually. Why do people fail? EVERY SINGLE PERSON who worked full time either failed out of this program or had to cut back to a part time school schedule in order to keep up with coursework. Most who graduated on time did not work at all. EVERY SINGLE PERSON who had a crappy attitude failed out. If you have ever told a professor off, quit your job in the middle of a shift, screamed "IT'S NOT FAAAAIR" in your adult life, or been told you have problems with authority, this program is NOT FOR YOU. You will be pushed out one way or another. Is this program for you? If you cannot answer yes to the following questions, I would not recommend this program. Do you have a reliable car? Can you secure the funds needed to pay for the entirety of this program? Are you good at taking tests? Are you good at working independently? Are you good at learning by reading? Do you work less than 20 hours a week? Do you get along well with others? Are you highly self-motivated? If you have children, do you have a reliable person who can watch them any time you need to study? If you can't say yes to all of those, I'd choose another college, and here's why: Olivet is VERY expensive. The only way I could justify the cost was that I could start working 6 months earlier than I could have if I had gone to my local community college. Plus, I figured, I'd make more money off the bat having a BSN, and I wouldn't have to pay for an RN-to-BSN program (which are very reasonably priced, I believe). 6 months of RN work yields about 30,000, making this program seem much more reasonable. If it had taken me two years to finish, I could have done a different program and been in much less debt.

Going to olivet Nazarene University ABSN is a nightmare and worst mistake of my lifetime. They are not supportive of student needs. Professors are barely available to help you succeed. Many professors here full of ego. They think of themselves as above everyone and highly qualified when they have barely worked as floor nurses and do not have enough experience themselves to teach kids. These Professors here are nurses who couldn't stand the rigor of the life on the nursing floor, so they decided to... Read More turn into full time educators. No sense of passion, empathy, or love that are hallmark to the field of nursing. Check the linkedin profiles of a lot of professors here. Apart from the lab coordinator and few others, very few of them have nursing unit experience. Many are straight out of school (less than 5 years of floor nursing experience and barely worked as an NP or FNP) yet them claim to know everything. This is the reality of this school. They just want your money and there lure you in through there various ads and convince you that they are faithful followers of Christanity. In reality, they give christanity a bad name. Do not attend this school.

Looking back at how far I have made it, I wish I walked out the first day. The funny part is the very first day of orientation of level 1 a level 4 student told me and several peers that this program is complete trash. Staff and teachers literally could care less about you. There is absolutely no support and guidance from instructors once you hit level 3. If all the instructors were like the level 1 and 2 instructors then the class portion of the program would be great. Clinical situation is a hot... Read More mess so there is no way the program would be tailored to you. Literally made me drive 64 miles 1 way when there was a site much closer to my home. I would not recommend this money pit to my worst enemy. Good luck surviving if you plan on going here!