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I have read a lot of negative comments about IUON but they were a while ago when the college first started. Please someone who is currently attending IUON give me some feedback that I might be able to handle. I was super excited to go to this school and was ready to hit the books and really learn....now Im kinda upset about all the feedback. I know that you cant take peoples opinions that seriously because it is their own, but I still want to know if it has improved. Thanks!!!!!!! :idea:

No matter what, get it in writing!!!

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Wow, calculating the drip rates by hand. What else would you say is different. How do you guys do your charting there? I've always been in hospitals where we've used the computer. In the SNF we used paper charting, but it was always kept in the nurses station, nothing left in the rooms as you've seen in old movies.

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Wow, calculating the drip rates by hand. What else would you say is different. How do you guys do your charting there? I've always been in hospitals where we've used the computer. In the SNF we used paper charting, but it was always kept in the nurses station, nothing left in the rooms as you've seen in old movies.

ha, yes drip rates by hand, they still use mercury thermometers, but we bring in our own thermometers and GMR materials, all sterilization materials are done by autoclave, we still have to wear nursing caps ha. If the pt has any signs of necrosis even if it's just one toe they amputate the entire foot, all the beds are crank beds, the charting though is done at the nurses station and it's all paper although they do have one computer at the nurses station I have never seen any of the nurses use it or even know if the computer works.

To carriest: the schools available now for transfer are Purdue University, Louisiana college (study abroad, cool thing about LC is that you are a student at LC and can get government funding, downside is that as of now the only semester that they allow students to transfer in is in January), Pueblo, Colorado, coquitlam college in vancover, canada, Morehead state university in Kentucky (also have a study abroad program, transfer as of now only in January), there is also a couple of schools that have visited the campus that are possible schools in the future. I think it's a good idea, as nursecubanita wrote make sure you get everything in writing. I really wish I had someone to talk to before I decided to come down, I was as skeptical as they come. I wish I had numbers you could contact from Cali, the numbers I have are back at home. I don't know if California changed it's requirements, but 1/3 of our class is from California and are planning to work in California when they are finished, I would suggest talking to someone in person from the board of nursing, that's what I did.

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Wow, mercury thermometers, we only used those during our skills test for the CNA program. Crank beds I haven't seen those in years. We only wore a nursing cap for graduation. How are the suringes? Are they glass or plastic? I heard from a friend who graduated from the Philippines in the 1970's and she said something about using glass suringes and IV bottles that were glass. That was the first I heard about the glass. Interesting.

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i found the following article dated 5/2009 saying iuon is now accredited in ca

http://www.laspositascollege.edu/counselors/nursing.php

5/09 iuon courses. students who graduate from any international university of nursing (iuon) in st. kitts partner school who want to be licensed in california can now apply directly to california or can apply for licensure by endorsement after being licensed in another state. in speaking "officially" with bobbi pierce, licensing analyst, california board of nursing, she has informed us that the "official position of the board" is the iuon courses are comparable to those in programs in california.

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look on the website below... shows ca acceptance of iuon students

http://www.laspositascollege.edu/counselors/nursing.php

5/09 iuon courses. students who graduate from any international university of nursing (iuon) in st. kitts partner school who want to be licensed in california can now apply directly to california or can apply for licensure by endorsement after being licensed in another state. in speaking “officially” with bobbi pierce, licensing analyst, california board of nursing, she has informed us that the “official position of the board” is the iuon courses are comparable to those in programs in california.

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Oh wow, Las Positas College website. Did you get direct confirmation from the CA BRN? I'm asking because when I asked regarding another issue that's not the person I spoke to from the CA BRN with regards to licensing. You may want to make sure that it's current. I would contact licensing and ask just so that you know you've contacted the BRN and not rely on a website that's not the CA BRN. Just have all your ducks in a row. Thanks for the information and good luck!

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Hello,

I am a current IUON student about to transition back to the US. I have been here on the island for a year. I love it here and am sad to leave. The island, while lacking a lot of American conveniences, is amazing. The school has had problems with organization at times, but every problem I have ever experienced or heard about has been remedied pretty quickly. The campus is a dream, the sim lab has every possible technology you can image. The sim people can mimick any disease or condition imaginable, they even talk and cry. I know they have these at US schools, but the sim labs I've been in there were nothing like ours, in size or in quality. Plus, you can sit in class and watch the sailboats go by out the window!

I am also from California. I have personally spoken with people from the state board, and have an email from them that states that they are officially recognizing IUON as being a nursing program which meets the standards required to be licensed in California.

Food, cars, ect are expensive here, it all has to be shipped in and there is duty to import things onto the island. There are somethings I won't buy because they are just too expensive (like strawberries at $10us for a little basket), but for the most part its not that bad. I know California is expensive for housing compared to other states, but I pay the same here as I did in California and live in a much much nicer apartment with an amazing view of the Caribbean!!!

JNF, the hospital here, is definitly as previously described, not a US hospital, although I do not know that I would go as far as to say 3rd world. It is lacking in technology, to say the least, the computer in the Medical Ward does work, but as far as I know it has no medical applications on it (the nurses use it to check their fb) and we do calculate drip rates manually. Cutting off the entire foot for an toe infection is a bit of an exaggeration. Truthfully, many people with toe infections do end up with a foot amputation or a BKA, but that is because they don't care for themselves properly and get reinfected, you will see and care for tons of amputees here. Some people on the outside seem to look at our clinicals negatively, but in reality, with the lack of technology we are learning more than people in US schools. We learn the basics and how things actually work, my friends who stayed in the US learn how to push a button on a machine. We are also allowed to do so much more here then US students. I delivered a baby, just me and nurse and another student. The nurse cut the cord and handed me the baby to take care of. In the US you get to stand in the corner and watch here we actually get hands on experience doing!!!!

Overall, I would and do recommend coming here. I worked for years in health care before coming here and believe that I recieved a high quality education at a state of the art school with highly qualified professors that has more then prepared me for returning to and working in the states.

Finally, I know this is really long, but I'm almost done, this is my opinion of school, there are some who disagree with it. Most, again in my opinion, are the type of people who would be miserable no matter where they are. Life is what you make. I have had bad days here where I wanted to cry and go home, we all have, some people just can't deal with that. Other people come down here expecting a year long beach vacation and then are upset that they actually have to go to school and do work. A couple students who "hated it here" that left last semester frequently post on their fb about how much the hate where they are now and wish they were back on island. If you come down here with an open mind and are willing learn you will have a great experience.

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I don't think IUON have made any improvement, I have heard from students here in California that they are the worst school to attend. They really need to work on their faculties and administration. Most students that are graduated from there are incompetent. It is not worth going there to study I heard so I wouldn't waste my money is I were you. It's better spending your money here then paying the large sum to a bunch of incompetent instructor.

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Alright, so IUON is a bad joke. They are actually paying students money to say good things about the school on this site and on facebook. Don't believe any of this. If you really want to mess up your life by going to a non-accredited school they may or may not have a transfer school for you and accrue a lot of debt in the meantime maybe this would be a good decision for you.

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This place is bad news. It has the highest per capita murder rate in the northern hemisphere. About one in four students are robbed or stuck up at knife of gun point while attending school here. You cannot live along if you are a single female. This place is a huge liability and only recommended it if you are running from the law and need a place to lay low.....not go to school, and I use the term school liberally. The administration and teaching staff is awful. It's no wonder they are shutting the school down. Oh, and it has no accreditation, I think that is the definition of what makes a school, a school.

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IUON is definitely getting worse. There are now 3 teachers with a real US nursing license. The rest of the teachers are St. Kitts natives. Much like the healthcare system in which they used to work, they are inept, racist and sexist. In the states the gov. would have shut IUON down.

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