Nursing school

mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN · Oct 27, 2020

Not sure that you can just open a nursing school. The private ones I know of, like Miller Mott or ECPI have issues with credits transferring or being able to take NCLEX. They do a lot of CMA "degrees".

sevensonnets · Oct 27, 2020

Do you mean a program for nursing or medical assistants? Those are not nurses.

amoLucia · Oct 27, 2020

I believe there is a room here for 'nurse entrepreneurs' who may be able to help.

Also in your community, there are groups for 'Women Starting Businesses'. And your Better Business Bureau prob has resources. As well as your State Dept of Commerce or Labor or such.

My local colleges have offered programs as well, esp as new semesters start.

Now sure how much covid is impacting, but I'm sure there must be on-line video.

babdyboc · Oct 28, 2020

12 hours ago, amoLucia said:

I believe there is a room here for 'nurse entrepreneurs' who may be able to help.

Also in your community, there are groups for 'Women Starting Businesses'. And your Better Business Bureau prob has resources. As well as your State Dept of Commerce or Labor or such.

My local colleges have offered programs as well, esp as new semesters start.

Now sure how much covid is impacting, but I'm sure there must be on-line video.

Thanks, will look into it.

13 hours ago, sevensonnets said:

Do you mean a program for nursing or medical assistants? Those are not nurses.

I said nursing program, not medical assistants.

babdyboc · Oct 28, 2020

16 hours ago, mmc51264 said:

Not sure that you can just open a nursing school. The private ones I know of, like Miller Mott or ECPI have issues with credits transferring or being able to take NCLEX. They do a lot of CMA "degrees".

Of course I can !

Nunya, BSN · Oct 28, 2020

Yeah, you can open one. I just don't know how feasible it is, especially when you're on a page like this asking how to do it...

https://r.search.Yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrE19avNZlf6t0AYWVx.9w4;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzEEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1603905072/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.theclassroom.com%2fopen-own-nursing-school-4821039.html/RK=2/RS=lZcj3rEENW5k10OL4WBBZc5fDIk-

Jedrnurse, BSN, RN · Oct 28, 2020

3 hours ago, landylove said:

Of course I can !

Are you in the States? The majority of programs now are academic, not technical. (Even technical schools are often affiliated with public vocational schools.) Are you proposing opening up the equivalent of a college?

Editorial Team / Admin · Oct 28, 2020

What research have you done into doing this in the last 5 years since you first started talking about opening a school?

This is going to be a huge undertaking. Finding premises, hiring staff and faculty, getting contracts with facilities for clinicals, getting approval from the BON, getting regional accreditation so credits can transfer, and that’s just what comes off the top of my head before even doing any research. Where is the funding coming from? What leverage do you have to squeeze into facilities that are already hosting a wealth of students from other more established schools that have developed a good reputation?

mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN · Oct 28, 2020

I know that in NC, each school is allotted a certain # of student slots. Not sure how you are going to open an accredited nursing program that would be competitive in the NE.

londonflo · Oct 31, 2020

On 10/27/2020 at 1:00 AM, landylove said:

I was just wondering if anybody had any information regarding a consultant. I need help opening a nursing school.

Your first step is to review your state's Board of Nursing Practice Act to see what the procedure and requirements are in your state. (Since another post of yours mentioned MA, I looked at their requirements) To start off, here is one of many requirements:

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Programs eligible for Board approval shall be affiliated with an accredited parent institution and intended, among other outcomes, to prepare and qualify a graduate to write the NCLEX -RN or NCLEX - PN, and shall include:

(1)   Registered Nursing programs granting:
(a)   a baccalaureate degree
(b)   an associate degree
(c)   a diploma of completion from a hospital-based diploma program
(d)   a certificate of completion from a graduate degree program.

(2)   Practical Nursing programs granting a certificate of completion from a community college, vocational postsecondary school, or hospital.

You have to have state approval to allow your graduates to complete NCLEX. Here is part of the website for MA schools of nursing:

https://www.mass.gov/service-details/establishing-a-nursing-education-program-within-massachusetts

Or you can do this:

londonflo · Oct 31, 2020

On 10/28/2020 at 2:42 AM, landylove said:

Of course I can !

When a student matriculates to a school there have to be many safe guards in place. They are giving you tuition money and even more important is their time. When a students graduates from a school that does not have state approval/accreditation in place, actually all they receive is a piece of paper of little worth. Just attending a basic education program does not make you informed of all the things involved in planning, developing and running a school.

The preponderance of career schools that have poor NCLEX rates really angers many registered nurses who see the school as a scam, I do. The school can function with poor NCLEX rates for about 3 years but then a state will pull the plug. Developing a school requires the right educated adminstrative people in place, unbelieveable amounts of money, access to clinical sites and capable and educated faculty. I know because I have worked with 2 diploma schools of nursing that transisted into BSN programs.

I see several nurses have developed programs to help students prepare for boards. There is an excellent example of nursing entrepreneurship presented by: Damion Jenkins at

https://allnurses.com/profile/1053402-damion-jenkins/

I read that you were attending a nurse practitioner program.Have you since attended a program that awards (at minimum) an MSN for a specialty in nursing education?