CA Schools offering programs for MS/OB deficiencies

[DaftSpunk]

Hi,

This is for internationally educated nurses (IENs) who applied for the licensure examination in California and have been denied due to concurrency issues and are interested in taking additional course work to fulfill the medical-surgical nursing and obstetrics deficiencies.

I would like to make a list of schools that offer programs for those deficiencies. If you have tried contacting schools and are successful in getting information for such programs, please mention them here and any other details. Also those schools that you contacted and do not offer anything can be listed as well so others know not to try those schools anymore.

In essence, this will hopefully make it alot easier for us trying to research and contact schools instead of going back and reading post by post what others have said. I know alot of us are in the same situation right now and it's quite frustrating. But its gotten easier knowing that we are not alone. With this, I hope we can help each other out and share our knowledge.

Anyway, these are the schools that I know of so far, based on what I have seen on a few threads:

CSU Fresno - This is somewhat confirmed in that the program has yet to be approved.

San Francisco State University (SFSU), National University, and Mount Saint Mary's College (MSMC) have been mentioned in other threads. I have contacted SFSU, but they made no mention of programs for just those two courses and that you would need to be a full time student enrolled in the actual BSN program. I am not sure about National University and MSMC. To anyone who has inquired at these schools, please let us know how that went.

[bellajulianna]

You can email [email protected] for those who is interested to get ms/ob, she is in contact to the DON of victor valley college. We need atleast 10 people to enroll before they create a program for us.

[idreamtobeaNURSE]

Call Mount St. Mary in Los Angeles and ask to be in the wait list, but THE LIST IS 3 YEARS LONG! SERIOUSLY! This is the ONLY school that is accredited by CA BRN and accepts IEN with MS/OB defieciencies.

seriously? but we are only given 3 years to complete the deficiency of concurrency issue. if not our paperworks will be thrown away...

[idreamtobeaNURSE]

Not totally surprised, as the open slots at any college was limited to 1-2 openings at best. I know SFSU had over 800 foreign students last year, not confirmed but one batchmate told me, it was a student from Russia that got one spot, but not sure if it was a psych class versus MS/OB.

Until the state of CA can get more money to open up more special classes, then things might look up, but the state is broke and budget ctubacks everywhere. To add to this problem, there's not enough clinical hospitals AND a qualified perceptor nurse to assist each nursing student. They are already filled to the top with just their regular enrolled students and those times and spaces will not be given away to students not paying the regular tuition. We just have to wait in line (with a few thousand other international students from all over).

For the above reasons is why the other schools are unable to accomodate the foreign students at this present time.

Btw, MSMC is not the only school with the MS/OB, there's plenty of others (available from the CA BRN site) Here's a copy of Pierce College special form and you'll find other schools have similar forms, but if it's offered (you need to really dig in and sometimes walk-in, as it's too easy to use the phone call to say, "we're full, we don't offer", etc), my batchmate tried but was already filled early last year.....only one opening and mentioned was on a list.

Here's that link: http://www.piercecollege.edu/departments/nursing/Foreign Student Policy.pdf

You will notice in Pierce's case they just revised the form in late, 2011 about the same time the CA BRN was rejecting the PH BSN'ers.

anybody here already started ms ob class?

[Kkimmy08]

Hi again everyone,

i just applied for my deficiency subjects which are MS and OB at pierce college woodland hills last month. They took my applcation and told me i would recieve a call or emal from them at the end of May because i belive that next semester starts at August there.

[steppybay]

Hi again everyone,

i just applied for my deficiency subjects which are MS and OB at pierce college woodland hills last month. They took my applcation and told me i would recieve a call or emal from them at the end of May because i belive that next semester starts at August there.

Good luck! I know after I posted the Pierce College link (above), many have also applied. Did you ask how many open spots are there? That will be the big question along with how many applicants.

Last time, my batchfriend's friend and all got turned down (lack of space) was the reply.

[akyl55]

hi! same thing happen to me. i call Point Loma Nazarene University and they said they might loook into opening but not sure yet they keep getting calls about the same situation we all have. she said she will keep the names and number and will contact us if they will going to open MS and OB.

[steppybay]

hi! same thing happen to me. i call Point Loma Nazarene University and they said they might loook into opening but not sure yet they keep getting calls about the same situation we all have. she said she will keep the names and number and will contact us if they will going to open MS and OB.

Yep, that's the case everywhere. There's no obligations of any kind from any of the CA schools as their primary focus is to serve their own existing students who have enrolled in their programs. If it happens it happens, if not, then it wasn't meant to be.

With the already high unemployment rate of CA new grads, these schools don't want to look bad by making any outsiders get the job that all their students are competing for. We should be glad that they even consider trying to help us out.

[poala0413]

hi i found a school in bay area, dominican university of CA is the school it costs like 14000 idk if i should get it.. its too much... theres like slots open. but do you guys have any idea about the prices from some school?

[poala0413]

hi do you know if this is still available? i found a school in bay area and its asking for 14000 dollars it's a lot of money

[Jowjo]

Any progress regarding the schools?

[poala0413]

There's 5 slots open in this school I'm going to take in Bay Area, her name is ******* google her. And you'll find her contact there. The school will start on may 28-aug 2 for 14000and if you really want it contact her now. So she can explain to you how it goes.

[steppybay]

There's 5 slots open in this school I'm going to take in Bay Area, her name is ***** google her. And you'll find her contact there. The school will start on may 28-aug 2 for 14000and if you really want it contact her now. So she can explain to you how it goes.

This company has been discussed before. Wow, she used to charge from $5,000-6,000 last year (as checked with a batchmate, but was too $$ even then) and now she's taking advantage of the situation.

BUT the issue at hand is that this "school" is NOT approved by the CA BON and clearly still not on the approval list, so proceed with caution. She claims to work with a SF university and does the clinical part with them?

I would make sure with the CA BON if getting whatever proof is provided will meet the CA BON requirements or you're better off taking the money to Vegas and winning the jackpot. It's not up to this school to give you the ATT, it's the only decision by the CA BON to grant it.

Maybe you can explain it what she told you, as even my batchmate found her "reasonings" very suspect.