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.
Were you able to complete your deficiency? If so, Which school did you go? I have the same problem, cannot find school in my area that accepts concurrency issues
they start accepting applications sept and oct. then the program is evey summer from june to sept. i waited 8months but it is all worth it. theres also shepherd university in LA.
I am from san diego so probably the closest 1 for me is the one from san bernardino. So they accept applicants still? Can i ask you what requirements they asked you? Thank u
graciellebuiser
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Were you able to complete your deficiency? If so, Which school did you go? I have the same problem, cannot find school in my area that accepts concurrency issues