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Hey all, has anyone been enrolled in or completed a program with the above consulting company. They’re based out of Florida and seems to have the same blended online/ 1 weekend per month model as Med Life institute. I’ve yet to see anything online not reviews or comments. Please share if you’ve heard of them.

Specializes in oncology.
21 hours ago, Darp7288 said:

all of my teachers were RN and NP's at the school I attended one of my teachers taught at Broward College Fulltime and the other was a Part-time teacher that taught at Nova. I would say that both of my teachers was very good although they gave alot of info for us to learn they did teach the material to us. So for your comment about sending people to schools that are not up to standards. Like I said to you before everyone makes there own mine up to where they want to go to school all I'm saying if it was not for some of these profit schools alot of us would not have made it.

I thought you said you taught your self. 

 

21 hours ago, Darp7288 said:

Yes you can go to a community college which is much less but it may take you 4 to 6 years to finish the program depending on if you fail anything or not.

2 years with pre-reqs adding another year but our BOD of directors make sure there is a 2 year plan .And many do it in 2 years.

And  in Florida these self-taught who pass all courses they taught themselves, completed an EXIT exam  and thought they would pass NLCEX? Who is failing and why?  NO? Look at the passing percent....dismal plus.. represents a  hardworking student with the dream of being an RN.

 

 

 

 

 

Specializes in oncology.
On 10/19/2020 at 11:17 AM, Darp7288 said:

The school I attended was storefront but it was  approved  and accredited  by the Florida board of nursing

The Florida Board of Nursing does NOT accredit programs.

Specializes in NICU.

This story sounds eerily familiar from several years ago with the "for profit" schools that were shut down nationwide. These types of schools prey on people that want to become nurses, but do not have the competitive GPAs to get into community college/ university programs. Is it the instruction provided by these schools or the quality of students that they are accepting that is causing the low NCLEX pass rates (or combination)? Would these same students graduate and pass NCLEX if they went to a state-run or private university program? 

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Specializes in retired LTC.
1 hour ago, NICU Guy said:

.....   Would these same students graduate and pass NCLEX if they went to a state-run or private university program? 

Would they have even been admitted in the first place?!? And then make it through? 

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On 10/19/2020 at 10:18 AM, londonflo said:

There is nothing on the website pertaining to this and my email WAS NOT answered. Do you have a hotline to someone there who can tell me about the curriculum since you work there?

 

Accreditation requires 'quality in the product'. Teaching your self is not quality.

NCLEX is offered continually and the FBON posts school results on their website -- no mention of 'your' school?

 

Bridging HTX  works recruiting/persuading students to attend these 'fly by Night' schools. Why can't she state here what you need to know about the program -- Why won't she let you hold her accountable?

Let me get this straight, You paid money to teach yourself and it worked out well?

This is my last question for now. Since you are on AN touting many 'storefront' 'non accredited' programs with horrendous pass rates or none at all,  WHY should we believe you?

Differant strokes for differant folks! I have been to a traditional program where they stress you out so bad, you get test anxiety and so stressed out with a stupid math test every semester which was really a process of elimination to me. No they don't spoon feed you chapter after chapter, That is your job as a student. They teach you what you need to know, answer clear up any misunderstanding you may have and you go study! Your your course! Traditional program we studied to pass the test! If not for my recording of lecture I would had been studying for days in and out. Essential School of Nursing is a great school but as with any school you have to tune out the BS and stand in your purpose. Achieve the goal RN or LVN which ever program you choose. I have no complaints except for the cry babies that complaint at every turn.

On 7/15/2021 at 6:18 PM, Winners Circle 2531 said:

If you are considering going here, DO NOT!

This school is in several violations with the Florida BOE. They don’t teach you what you need in order to pass the boards. Just look at the beyond dismal passing rate for 2020 and 2021. It’s public record on the Florida DOH.

16.67 was the passage rate for 2021

20.00 for 2020.

The national average is 81-82 for first time test takers. Those scores aren’t even HALF!

Save your hard earned money and time and go to either an approved school with high passage rates or an accredited school.

Essential School of Nursing won’t be around by this time next year!

Well it's 2022 November! Guess what? Essential School of Nursing is still up and running! Stop trying to prophetize down falls. You have not attended this school and yet you are here speaking on them... make it make sense

Specializes in NICU.
On 11/23/2022 at 6:42 AM, Sunshine-Curry said:

Well it's 2022 November! Guess what? Essential School of Nursing is still up and running! Stop trying to prophetize down falls. You have not attended this school and yet you are here speaking on them... make it make sense

When I was in nursing school, our class sat in the audience of a monthly BON meeting. There was a school that had been on probation for several years for poor NCLEX scores. One of the members of the board asked "Why do we keep giving this school more and more chances?" The issue is the currently enrolled students. The BON has three choices:

  1. Take away the school's approval to teach nursing in the state-  current students would have to start over at a new school.
  2. Prevent school from accepting new students School would be getting less and less tuition each semester and would probably close down before last cohort graduates.
  3. Allow the school to continue on probation in the hopes that they get their act together. Either the school is able to increase NCLEX pass rates and get off probation or they continue to churn out students that will be unable to pass NCLEX.

I surmise that many of the members that have posted threads such as "I have failed NCLEX 10 times, help me" are graduates of these types of predatory schools.

If this is such I good school, why does it have a 20% NCLEX pass rate? Is it the students' fault or the school's fault?

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10 hours ago, NICU Guy said:

When I was in nursing school, our class sat in the audience of a monthly BON meeting. There was a school that had been on probation for several years for poor NCLEX scores. One of the members of the board asked "Why do we keep giving this school more and more chances?" The issue is the currently enrolled students. The BON has three choices:

  1. Take away the school's approval to teach nursing in the state-  current students would have to start over at a new school.
  2. Prevent school from accepting new students School would be getting less and less tuition each semester and would probably close down before last cohort graduates.
  3. Allow the school to continue on probation in the hopes that they get their act together. Either the school is able to increase NCLEX pass rates and get off probation or they continue to churn out students that will be unable to pass NCLEX.

I surmise that many of the members that have posted threads such as "I have failed NCLEX 10 times, help me" are graduates of these types of predatory schools.

If this is such I good school, why does it have a 20% NCLEX pass rate? Is it the students' fault or the school's fault?

 

Specializes in oncology.
Darp7288 said:

Yes it was a online teach myself program but for me it worked out good. When I was looking into the program that I went to which since closed.

 

Darp7288 said:

First of all  LondonFlo I don't work for any schools at all. I am a nurse who successfully completed a program  like this

You got a degree from a school that has since closed?

Specializes in oncology.
BridgingHTX said:

I don't work at the bedside or in a patient care setting and after this program I plan to attend a RN to MSN program to go into nursing education/public community health.

Frankly no nursing education is going to hire you without BEING A GRADUATE OF  an CCNE or ACEN approved program! except a questionable program in Florida.  Do you really think you can teach at a CCNE/ACEN program? What did you learn on lecture development and classroom activities, test question construction, clinical assignments designed to further growth of the student, and evaluation of the student meeting the objectives. Your transcripts will show this.   You do realize you have to submit your transcripts and the Dean checks them for completeness?  Looking for inherent professional knowledge for the position.  

What about when the accreditation for either CCNE or ACEN comes around? ALL FACULTY have to complete (writing)  the report, and the accreditors view your classroom sessions and clinical. You have to meet as a faculty to answer how you meet the accreditation criteria. And yes you have to answer their questions (and they are not easy). 

I do realize the OP is long gone but for someone else thinking they can go to a non-accredited school... to teach this is the reality...unless you want to go go to a questionable school.

Specializes in oncology.
Sunshine-Curry said:

Take away the school's approval to teach nursing in the state-  current students would have to start over at a new school.

1. Best choice for avoiding more students to tread the same some curriculum. 

Sunshine-Curry said:

Prevent school from accepting new students School would be getting less and less tuition each semester and would probably close down before last cohort graduates.

Require the school to develop a 'teach out plan'. When many of the crappy 'for profits' closed, many Community colleges and 4 year schools instituted a cross over program. And yes, we had ITT tech and a 4 year college  (with a BSN nursing program) close here. Both the community college and the 4 year Collège school picked up the students with out a lapse in their education. .

 

Sunshine-Curry said:

Allow the school to continue on probation in the hopes that they get their act together. Either the school is able to increase NCLEX pass rates and get off probation or they continue to churn out students that will be unable to pass NCLEX.

Like they never have noticed before that they were providing a crappy education???? The schools know it. They just want to fleece people on their dreams.  If you're not convinced look at the FLORIDA scores, year after year, after they have instituted an EXIT exam.  

londonflo said:

Frankly no nursing education is going to hire you without BEING A GRADUATE OF  an CCNE or ACEN approved program! except a questionable program in Florida.  Do you really think you can teach at a CCNE/ACEN program? What did you learn on lecture development and classroom activities, test question construction, clinical assignments designed to further growth of the student, and evaluation of the student meeting the objectives. Your transcripts will show this.   You do realize you have to submit your transcripts and the Dean checks them for completeness?  Looking for inherent professional knowledge for the position.  

What about when the accreditation for either CCNE or ACEN comes around? ALL FACULTY have to complete (writing)  the report, and the accreditors view your classroom sessions and clinical. You have to meet as a faculty to answer how you meet the accreditation criteria. And yes you have to answer their questions (and they are not easy). 

I do realize the OP is long gone but for someone else thinking they can go to a non-accredited school... to teach this is the reality...unless you want to go go to a questionable school.

Ma'am/ Sir, I'm amused at how confidently you speak on someone else's career path. Although I can appreciate the time it's taken you to write this summary, I encourage aspiring RNs to do their due diligence in vetting any program before committing; and to have a clear vision of your end goal. Obtaining an ADN is only the beginning. Once licensed the doors and opportunities are abundant. 
Lets spend less time debating on the internet friends. 
For aspiring educators wondering I got my start teaching CNAs, LPNs in my states community college. I've taught as a clinical educator in training/development at major metro hospitals as well. Good luck to everyone. You can do anything you put your mind to and form many relationships within healthcare & this I don't think, I know. Lastly there are so many RN to MSN programs... thanks for your input.

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