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.

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

Hi! just wanna ask how's your friend who took the deficiencies? Did she finished ms and ob and got her ATT?

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

Did you make the cut?

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try to inquire at LATTC I know somebody who's done with MS and OB and passed the NCLEX just recently

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does anyone know what school offers ms and ob deficiency for nclex california?

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try to inquire at LATTC I know somebody who's done with MS and OB and passed the NCLEX just recently

Hi! can u email me at [email protected] tnx

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Hi everyone!

i just contacted two schools near my area and they accept us international grad for their MS/OB deficiency though they're not yet accepting enrollees atm. They are Cerritos college and Ventura College :)

Ventura and Cerritos don't accept anymore. You have to go thru the whole program now.

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I heard that Fresno City College has a pilot class for International Students who need to retake MS OB or Psych

The other option for those who need to repeat a nursing program is to go through the LVN to RN route, which of course requires that you need to be LVN licensed in California.

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Try Dominican University. :)

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LATTC doesnt give the subjects anymore, you have to go thru the whole program, your transcript should be good enough to enter the program. I tried going there with my transcripts from IERF but it was lacking, they only credit me certain amount. what sucks is I have a batchmate with the same program and her credits is a bit higher. You have to retake all the Prerequisite which is kinda unfair cause I know that we study more hours.

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Try Dominican University. :)

Get on that waiting list now! Last I heard about 3 months ago, it was at 180 (not only from the PH, but those from Russia, UK and India amongst the crowd).

Back then per my friend, DU was taking approx. only 25-30 students but only offered during the summer (slower) months due to the clinical portion. She was told it's a 3-4 year wait and was like #89 (after the first set went in).

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LATTC doesnt give the subjects anymore, you have to go thru the whole program, your transcript should be good enough to enter the program. I tried going there with my transcripts from IERF but it was lacking, they only credit me certain amount. what sucks is I have a batchmate with the same program and her credits is a bit higher. You have to retake all the Prerequisite which is kinda unfair cause I know that we study more hours.

Guys, consider that the CA BRN even allows the re-take of the various deficiencies and the schools even offer some sort of help.

None of them have to do this at all to correct the real deficiencies of the failing CHED, PRC and PNA. HELLO!! It's only been in existence since 1987.

Imagine if CA BRN said you need to re-do your deficiencies back in the country you were considered lacking in. Imagine if NO school in CA offered this service. CA would then be the one of the last states to even consider on your desired list of work and practicing.

Imagine getting in front of the already enrolled PH students and telling them to "go back to the end of the line, I need to complete my clinical so that I can comply with the CA concurrency rules" with the already heavily impacted issues in the PH.

How much more time and more money to re-take courses back home, find housing, airfare expenses, meals etc?

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I heard that Fresno City College has a pilot class for International Students who need to retake MS OB or Psych

The other option for those who need to repeat a nursing program is to go through the LVN to RN route, which of course requires that you need to be LVN licensed in California.

So does this means if we go take LVN, get a job and have experience..then we can go take RN exam or reciprocity without retaking MS OB or Psych?

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