ICHS 2023 (CA student)

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Hi! I'm an LVn (LPN) in CA wanting to do a bridge program to RN this year! Any California students or recently licensed in CA? I know the CA board has become strict with operation nightingale in Florida right now. I heard all FL to CA RN endorsement licenses are on hold?

Anyone have insight?

Specializes in LVN.

I will be starting in Feb .. can anyone that attends give me tips on air bnbs, hostels, hotels nearby for Clinicals 

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To anyone who will start the program on Feb, did you guys take take the advance placement exam in fundamentals and pharmacology? Any tips on what to review or what resources I can get? Im testing out next week. TIA. 

 

 

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Hi everyone! I'm starting this Feb 2024. Has anyone started like a facebook group or anything for us to get in contact??

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S.mas said:

I'm from northern CA and planning to join Feb 2024.

Me too. Did you already apply? 

Vonn D LVN said:

Hi Norma, I am also an LVN from CA and I will be starting the program in 2/2024. Have you heard when you will be heading to FL? 

I'm also starting Feb 2024.

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I am a recent graduate of the program and I wanted to share a listing that I used for my Capstone clinicals. I wish I had found this placw sooner! But oh well...now anyone searching/planning their clinical trips can benefit from my A++++ experience :)  This airbnb was superb. I traveled solo and this place was incredibly safe and accommodating. If you have any questions feel free to PM me. I highly recommend!! 

https://air.tl/oU7Rlzh6

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Specializes in LVN.

Thanks so very much. How far is it from the school?… one thing I'm worried about is I was told I won't know specific dates until 4-6 wks beforehand... I like to plan way ahead of time and that soon if a notice runs the risk of places being booked and flights being more $$$. Is that your experience with the school is not knowing clinical dates until a month in advance ?… im starting next month and will be skipping the first clinical for fundamentals so they gave me a range of Clinicals prob being somewhere between July and sept . 

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dgonzales said:

Thanks so very much. How far is it from the school?… one thing I'm worried about is I was told I won't know specific dates until 4-6 wks beforehand... I like to plan way ahead of time and that soon if a notice runs the risk of places being booked and flights being more $$$. Is that your experience with the school is not knowing clinical dates until a month in advance ?… im starting next month and will be skipping the first clinical for fundamentals so they gave me a range of Clinicals prob being somewhere between July and sept . 

You won't schedule clinicals for each semester until that semester starts. So you will give availability during that semester for the required days and if available they will schedule you and send confirmation.  So you have the first day of the semester to the end of the semester to get scheduled to do clinicals before the semester ends. You can't schedule ahead of the semester or after for that semester.

If you don't complete your clinicals due for that semester, they will hold your next semester until it is done. When you complete the required clinicals, they will allow you to move forward.

dgonzales said:

Thanks so very much. How far is it from the school?… one thing I'm worried about is I was told I won't know specific dates until 4-6 wks beforehand... I like to plan way ahead of time and that soon if a notice runs the risk of places being booked and flights being more $$$. Is that your experience with the school is not knowing clinical dates until a month in advance ?… im starting next month and will be skipping the first clinical for fundamentals so they gave me a range of Clinicals prob being somewhere between July and sept . 

Each semester is 15 weeks so you have thag time to schedule and complete that semesters clinicals.

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nursebetty7777 said:

I am a recent graduate of the program and I wanted to share a listing that I used for my Capstone clinicals. I wish I had found this placw sooner! But oh well...now anyone searching/planning their clinical trips can benefit from my A++++ experience ? This airbnb was superb. I traveled solo and this place was incredibly safe and accommodating. If you have any questions feel free to PM me. I highly recommend!! 

https://air.tl/oU7Rlzh6

Thank you! I was wondering. Is it hard to get the days you want for clinicals? Or do they schedule you which ever days they want? I'm starting next month and was told clinicals would be end of March- End of May. 

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Danixd93 said:

Thank you! I was wondering. Is it hard to get the days you want for clinicals? Or do they schedule you which ever days they want? I'm starting next month and was told clinicals would be end of March- End of May. 

If you are starting Feb 5th you have until May before the last day to complete your clinicals. You should start requesting your days when the semester starts. You give them your days and they schedule you. They will tell you how many days you will need to schedule.  You will email the Clinical Coordinator for your semester.

Your professors are not involved with clinicals so they won't be able to help you. You will have a student navigator who will supply your class with contacts on who to email your availability too.

Semester ends the middle of May so you have to have your clinicals completed prior to the last day or you will not move on to your next semester.

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ICHS is extremely hard. It's not a typical nursing classes in Ca. Passed funds and pharm but failed twice for medsurg. They make their own exams. Those exams were extremely extremely hard to pass. 140 students in medsurg class and only 10% passed. The rest will repeat for Feb 5th. We all made a written complaint to the higher ups and they didn't listen to us. There is no remediation for each exams compared to any traditional classes. Just be ready because the exams are set up for students to retake the class.
 

don't worry too much about the clinicals. Worry about the class on how you will pass the 3 exams per class. Majority of my class will repeat med surg again this Feb 5. So far I know 65 students who will repeat 

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want2blvn said:

ICHS is extremely hard. It's not a typical nursing classes in Ca. Passed funds and pharm but failed twice for medsurg. They make their own exams. Those exams were extremely extremely hard to pass. 140 students in medsurg class and only 10% passed. The rest will repeat for Feb 5th. We all made a written complaint to the higher ups and they didn't listen to us. There is no remediation for each exams compared to any traditional classes. Just be ready because the exams are set up for students to retake the class.
 

don't worry too much about the clinicals. Worry about the class on how you will pass the 3 exams per class. Majority of my class will repeat med surg again this Feb 5. So far I know 65 students who will repeat 

Why do you feel it is that you guys didn't pass the exams? Due to the way the questions were asked? Or the material was different than was given? I passed the APA exam so I will be starting in medsurg as well so I'm curious. 

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Its the way they formulate their own set of questions. 1st exam usually formulated by the school, 2nd exam is usually HESI and the 3rd exam is from school again. HESI was more easy than the school exam. Since the school has alot of bad reviews, they should atleast do something about their exams. It was really hard. I studied back to back,day and night but the way they give out the type of questions are different. I passed the HESI exam but the 2 from the school was hard. APA exam is nothing compared to the real exams in med surg. You will see it for yourself. Best of luck to you?

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