Any CA LVNs attending an RN program in a different state?

callinshotz, LVN, RN · May 17, 2020

Do it! Do whatever you need to do. I am moving for nursing school.

HapaNurse610, LVN · May 19, 2020

On 3/15/2020 at 2:08 PM, Elleveein said:
I'm considering an hybrid bridge program in a different state and fly in for the clinical part. Anyone else go that route? CA is so competitive and time consuming. Ugh.
Never mind, wrong place.

Hi,

My friend told about this school in Florida (I live in Cali, too). They do all online theory classes and you would fly out to Florida for their clinicals. Name of the school is called: International College of Health Science. Since they're 3 hours ahead of us, I would suggest to call them early in the morning (our time) and you should be able to speak to someone. They really break it down of their schedule, classes, prerequisites, etc. I'm highly considering them, BUT in the meantime, I am also researching for other schools much closer than Florida =). Good luck!

Elleveein, LVN · May 19, 2020

Yeah, I’m getting pretty desperate. I love Cali but our nursing schools are waayyyy too impacted.

HapaNurse610, LVN · May 19, 2020

2 minutes ago, Elleveein said:
Yeah, I’m getting pretty desperate. I love Cali but our nursing schools are waayyyy too impacted.

I totally agree!! It's insane! I live in the bay area; which part in Cali are you from?

Elleveein, LVN · May 19, 2020

LA

HapaNurse610, LVN · May 19, 2020

Just now, Elleveein said:
LA

Another person also told me about Hutchinson College Kansas and I was told they accept us Cali LVN's. I am looking into them as well. Check them out!

Elleveein, LVN · May 19, 2020

I’m looking at that one too. It’ll come down to price.

HapaNurse610, LVN · May 19, 2020

Got it! If you come across any others, could you let me know, too? Thanks!!

Elleveein, LVN · May 19, 2020

Definitely!❤️

prinkiaaa · Jun 1, 2020

Hey guys!

Cali LVN here. I'm starting my ADN with ICHS next week (June 2020) and im so excited but nervous. The program will be 15-18months depending on how many classes they'll let me cram into one semester. The total cost of the program is around $46k, that's including all pre-reqs, I.e. A&P, micro, math, eng, etc.

If you've done all those classes already, you can transfer them and knock off ~$1100 per class from the final tuition amount. You travel to FL for the clinical hours, once a quarter for 4 quarters. They give you the clinical schedule ahead of time and you get to choose which days work best for you. They've also teamed up with hotels around the area to offer a discount to students from out of town/state.

if you don't have your pre-reqs, you can do them through StraighterLine.com, its a self-paced program offering like a gazillion classes for transfer and it's super cheap. My plan is to finish my ADN with ICHS in FL then go for my RN-BSN with WGU. All of the StraighterLine classes are accepted there and the school is also nationally accredited and inexpensive.

My coworker told me about the program, she's getting ready to graduate and her friend also finished her RN there and is an RN at Kaiser. It's nationally accredited so once you take your FL NCLEX you can endorse your license in CA.

HapaNurse610, LVN · Jun 2, 2020

1 hour ago, prinkiaaa said:
Hey guys!
Cali LVN here. I'm starting my ADN with ICHS next week (June 2020) and im so excited but nervous. The program will be 15-18months depending on how many classes they'll let me cram into one semester. The total cost of the program is around $46k, that's including all pre-reqs, I.e. A&P, micro, math, eng, etc.
If you've done all those classes already, you can transfer them and knock off ~$1100 per class from the final tuition amount. You travel to FL for the clinical hours, once a quarter for 4 quarters. They give you the clinical schedule ahead of time and you get to choose which days work best for you. They've also teamed up with hotels around the area to offer a discount to students from out of town/state.
if you don't have your pre-reqs, you can do them through StraighterLine.com, its a self-paced program offering like a gazillion classes for transfer and it's super cheap. My plan is to finish my ADN with ICHS in FL then go for my RN-BSN with WGU. All of the StraighterLine classes are accepted there and the school is also nationally accredited and inexpensive.
My coworker told me about the program, she's getting ready to graduate and her friend also finished her RN there and is an RN at Kaiser. It's nationally accredited so once you take your FL NCLEX you can endorse your license in CA.

Hi! That is my goal, too-take my BSN at WGU. Where in Cali are you from? For the clinicals, do they give you a set amount of dates to choose from ahead of time?