CA Schools offering programs for MS/OB deficiencies

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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.

Hey steppby uhm really? Geez good thing I didn't put a downpayment yet. I've been trying to call BON and I can't get hold of them..;( so ill just forget it.. She charge 6000 then you can do a loan to her 500 monthly after dp the. The school 4400 downpayment and idk how are we gonna pay for the rest...so your friend took her class?

Hey steppby uhm really? Geez good thing I didn't put a downpayment yet. I've been trying to call BON and I can't get hold of them..;( so ill just forget it.. She charge 6000 then you can do a loan to her 500 monthly after dp the. The school 4400 downpayment and idk how are we gonna pay for the rest...so your friend took her class?

Nope. Even if it was free or $1,000 or whatever, it's not an approved CA BON school, so it's a total waste of money and time. I'm sure there are plenty of foreign students who have taken the class, but maybe too embarrassed if the CA BON still denied their application after spending all that money.

By this school, getting the bulk of the money up-front and if the student later cannot pay the balance, it really doesn't matter to her, she's got the most out at the beginning. It's really up to the individual to make sure they know what they are getting into.

I heard that there are some "schools" trying to start up in the Los Angeles area, but again, unless they are approved and on the CA BON list it's not worth doing it.

Maybe by now, this school (***) is approved by the CA BON, I don't know, try writing to the BON instead.

Any progress regarding the schools?

Here's a recent posting from a Filipina about her close friends who got into some So CAL nursing school and got their ATT in CA: CLICK here: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/raised-america-nursing-831332.html

So the school that were going to is Dominican university of CA and its the list of BON schools. So I'm really confused;(

So the school that were going to is Dominican university of CA and its the list of BON schools. So I'm really confused;(

Yes, it's a great school in the Bay Area (from what my CA nursing friends tells me), but does the final paperwork have the businesses name on it OR Dominican's? If it's the company's name, I'm not sure it's approved by the CA BON evaluators, as I think the company does the clinical or theory part?

It's the schools name cause ******an instructor there in the school...

It's the schools name cause ***is an instructor there in the school...

Then, it's all good if so. I would still check to see if you can speak or contact any recent successful students especially from those from the Phils to see if they were able to get their ATT.

I'm sure the main problem is the $$$, as even the highest tuition cost I've seen is about $7,700, add in books and supplies, closer to $10,000 (MSMC as an example). Someone did mention another Nor CAL school with about $10K plus.

Yup it costs 14000... It's really lots of money. But I'll let my friend finish it first and will go next year..;/

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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.

Did you ever hear back from Pierce?

I believe only 30 students will make the cut. I really hope I'm one of them ;)

Did you ever hear back from Pierce?

I contact them yesterday they told me they don't have an application status yet. Bummer

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