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Check out Midwestern in Glendale Arizona. Popular nursing and pharmacist program here.
Less than 2 hours a way in Phoenix, you have Flagstaff which is snow, pine trees and much cooler weather. There is a ton to do here and besides this miserable summer, the 8 months of the rest of the year are gorgeous.
Good luck with your decision. Reach out if have other questions.
I’ve lived in Phoenix, Flagstaff and northern Idaho.
While I love Idaho, I would go with AZ for nursing school.
Far more options and not bad weather to worry about keeping you from getting to class.
When I was applying to nursing school at North Idaho College, there was a rule that if you missed so many days (excuse didn’t matter ) you were automatically out.
I had two young kids and we lived over an hour away so I didn’t do it. On top of possibly sick kids, There were going to be days that the drive was going to be tough.
Good thing I didn’t because one kid had mono that year and was really sick from it.
Serious advice: do not choose a college by the weather in the location. Pick the school with the best program and the best reputation.
After you get your degree and credentials, then is the time to pick a place where you would like to live.
This is the best advice.
If all things are about equal, I would choose Phoenix over any place in Idaho to go o nursing school.
The reasons are:
- bigger city with a more diverse population. More folks in need of medicine, and with different genetics, makes for a better school to train nurses.
- large number of retirees makes more age-specific training
- Mayo Clinic. Mayo has 2 hospitals in Phoenix, and is an advanced training hospital. There is nothing in Idaho that can compare to Mayo when it comes to treating cancer and the other serious diseases.
and secondly, a better job market for nurses after graduation.
If all things are about equal, I would choose Phoenix over any place in Idaho to go o nursing school.
The reasons are:
- bigger city with a more diverse population. More folks in need of medicine, and with different genetics, makes for a better school to train nurses.
- large number of retirees makes more age-specific training
- Mayo Clinic. Mayo has 2 hospitals in Phoenix, and is an advanced training hospital. There is nothing in Idaho that can compare to Mayo when it comes to treating cancer and the other serious diseases.
and secondly, a better job market for nurses after graduation.
And since the OP spoke specifically of north Idaho, unless something has changed NIC is the only nursing program and it’s only a two year program. If you want a BS in nursing, best off in AZ. I can’t imagine NIC has a better program than any of the nursing schools in AZ even for an associates degree.
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