I am having such a terrible time. I went to a school named Ideal Professional Institute in Florida and paid $16,000 dollars for an associates degree. I did everything including the HESI online while proctored and attended clinicals in person, and I currently live in Houston.
After I graduated and applied for NCLEX, the Texas board of nursing is rejecting my application and several other students. I just found out that the school is under probation in Florida for LVN and is permanently banned for RN. I did RN.
The school officials are refusing to give me my refund. I sent my affidavit of graduation and they are not replying to TBON's demands. I feel stuck and they won't refund my money. I am so depressed.
How do I get a refund? I'm poor so I can't afford a lawyer, How do I report the school and get it shut down? They are still scamming other students currently.
But they push their certification exams... and that is just money in their pocket. What about the students who aspire to be RNs......silence from ANA. There is no money there. They found another way to make money....Magnet status!
Magnet status is conferred by the ANA? I didn't know that...
yall are rude. she made a mistake. the best advice here is get a lawyer or sit for the Florida NCLEX. you should still be able to get you RN license there. good luck
Just because one is able to get a diploma from a fake school and then get permission to sit for the Florida NCLEX doesn't mean that another state has to accept that diploma in another state. This isn't the first program that graduated students that could only practice in the state of origin. One component of a profession is self-regulation of the education of it's practitioners and our so-called nursing program "regulators" aren't accepting that responsibility. If we aren't doing that, we are no longer strictly a "profession" but merely an unregulated trade.
So, out of curiosity because I honestly know nothing about it, someone like OP could get their diploma in FL, get licensed in FL, but not be able to get a license in another state by endorsement? When someone is an RN in one state, do they even have to show the next state their diploma/transcript or is the license in the other state enough to be granted a license in the next?
So, out of curiosity because I honestly know nothing about it, someone like OP could get their diploma in FL, get licensed in FL, but not be able to get a license in another state by endorsement? When someone is an RN in one state, do they even have to show the next state their diploma/transcript or is the license in the other state enough to be granted a license in the next?
Such a trippy situation.
Exactly. I've read here on AN that California is particularly problematic for applicants that haven't met the general educational requirements of California BON. Graduating from a school with a graduation rate hovering around 14% is always problematic. That Florida even allows this to go on is a failure of the state ED. department and the BON that allows itself to be subjugated to the forces of incompetence.
Exactly. I've read here on AN that California is particularly problematic for applicants that haven't met the general educational requirements of California BON. Graduating from a school with a graduation rate hovering around 14% is always problematic. That Florida even allows this to go on is a failure of the state ED. department and the BON that allows itself to be subjugated to the forces of incompetence.
Thanks for explaining. I did check the NCLEX pass rate back when I was choosing a school, so hopefully others can at least do that to see if they are making a wise decision. 16k is a lot to throw down on a very limiting degree.
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Hi, soy Dora I was goggle the web. I am curious, did you ever get the situation with the school straight out? I have similar boat with school from Florida from July 2022.
While the Commission for Independent Education regulates non-public, postsecondary, educational institutions like practical nursing, RN diploma and private associate and bachelor degree institutions.
I'm not sure I'm reading this correctly but it sounds like the Florida BON is the entity which is granted the final seal of approval of a program that can't be visited on-site, nor can they have any control of curriculum or quality control. In that case, why are they even involved in the process of program approvals if they have no authority? Florida:(.
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You have interpreted education and nursing regs correctly. Florida is PRO BUSINESS. However, due to numerous scam schools and low NCLEX scores (less than 20% while national average is > 85%), state legislature passed law in 2014 that professional nursing education programs must obtain national accreditation ACEN or CCNE by 2019 (for nursing schools open in 2014) or within 5 years of date of enrolling first students for those approved after the 2014 date.
Therefore, education CIE monitoring NCLEX rates to ensure maintaining acceptable passage rates and disciplining schools, performing role other states board of nursing perform.
You have interpreted education and nursing regs correctly. Florida is PRO BUSINESS. However, due to numerous scam schools and low NCLEX scores (less than 20% while national average is > 85%), state legislature passed law in 2014 that professional nursing education programs must obtain national accreditation ACEN or CCNE by 2019 (for nursing schools open in 2014) or within 5 years of date of enrolling first students for those approved after the 2014 date.
Therefore, education CIE monitoring NCLEX rates to ensure maintaining acceptable passage rates and disciplining schools, performing role other states board of nursing perform.
I can't post the article that the Tampa Bay Chronicle published on December 16 about this very subject. They claim that Floriduh's most recent pass rate is less than 2/3's which would be even worst than your 20% figure. We have seen many posts here on AN about Florida students who have been scammed by these programs that open up instantly on an interstate highway. This is what happens when business is given a top priority over the welfare of Floriduh's citizens. They seem to be happy with their leader so let's just carry on with scamming and failures.
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Magnet status is conferred by the ANA? I didn't know that...