Nursing schools in SoCal counties..San Bernardino, Orange and LA County!!!

U.S.A. California

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I was wondering how good the nursing schools are around here. (As far as passing rates, clinical training, professors, work/study load, class size ect) From what I heard:

- Mt. SAC in Walnut has a great RN program

- Citrus college in Glendora, LVN program is pretty good

- CalsatateLA is good, but every hard,

-CalstateFullerton, dont know much,

-Chaffey College also has a great RN program

-Rio Hondo in Whittier I heard has a great program too

-ELAC and CalstateLong Beach dont know much

-PCC, RCC and Gledale CC are also good schools

Thats all I know based on word of mouth

Please share any info that you may know about these or other colleges/universities nursing programs (LVN/ADN/BSN). Either you are planning to attend, a student nurse or a graduate. Thanks!!

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I've worked with nurses from Rio Hondo, Cal State Long Beach (Go Beach!), and Glendale College. All are fine nurses.

I attended the Statewide Nursing Program at Cal State LA, but it was an RN to BSN. LOVED it.

I know a manager who went to Cal State Dominguez Hills and is terrific. She has nothing but praise for the program.

I went the CNA- LVN - ADN route so had a variety of experiences and full time work between formal coursework.

Good luck choosing. Oh yes, I heard Azusa Pacific University has an excellent program as does Golden west in OC for a community college.

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You want pass rates? Check out this site

http://www.rn.ca.gov/passrates/passrates.htm

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Thank you for the above link. Schools I'm interested in attending have very different passrates listed than whats described in their information sessions. Interesting.

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I'm struggling between American University of Health Sciences and CSLB. The tuition is about the same but AUHS is faster. Anyone know anything about the school? It looks pretty amazing from all the reviews I have read.

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Specializes in Med-Surg/DOU/Ortho/Onc/Rehab/ER/.

All good schools, I am applying to all if not most of those.

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Specializes in Emergency Department.
I'm struggling between American University of Health Sciences and CSLB. The tuition is about the same but AUHS is faster. Anyone know anything about the school? It looks pretty amazing from all the reviews I have read.

AUHS is ACIS accredited which is not the same as WASC accreditation (WASC is better, IMHO) and it's not accredited by CCNE or NLN (the nursing school accreditation bodies). If you go there for a BSN, don't count on being able to transfer your credits to another school for an MSN unless it's another ACIS school.

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Specializes in Med-Surg/DOU/Ortho/Onc/Rehab/ER/.
AUHS is ACIS accredited which is not the same as WASC accreditation (WASC is better, IMHO) and it's not accredited by CCNE or NLN (the nursing school accreditation bodies). If you go there for a BSN, don't count on being able to transfer your credits to another school for an MSN unless it's another ACIS school.

Like west coast, its not fully accreditation

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rio hondo is approved by the california board of nursing but non nln accredited which i read on a forum that most hospitals especially government jobs wont hire non nln accredited program graduate

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