I am a recent graduate of AUHS and now a Registered Nurse. This school is small and allows a lot of one on one interaction with instructors and administration as well. It's a quarterly schedule and classes are addressed as Cohorts. I began the program in 2008 and the school has changed a lot. With that I mean it is expanding, it had a visit from CCNE to be accredited and I believe they will get it (if they haven't). They also provided my class with a FREE Kaplan review at the end of our last quarter (and I think they have a contract with Kaplan till 2015). The new Dean (Dr. Bralock) is much better than the last one, she is more personable and has a ""let’s make it happen"" attitude. The school is pricey but hey its a private nursing school, the staff was very inconsistent while I attended and the once that were there did not interact with the students much as most of them read straight out of a power point, But like I said many things are changing and hopefully better instructors. The school of nursing is pretty new and that is probably why there where new rules being implemented all the time. I really enjoyed the clinical sites because I did most of my rotations at Kaiser Permanente South Bay and got a lot of experience. I am applying for my Public Health Nurse Certificate now since we qualify with the classes taken at AUHS. I know that the school is aiming in becoming a better school and as they become more experienced they will fix all the negatives I had about this school.
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