Nybon Nursing School Under Investigation

I finished my LPN-RN program from Carleen Health Institute. I took the NCLEX under New York state board and passed the exam. I'd been waiting on the license a couple of weeks and decided to call NYbon, was told the school is under review - hence they would not be issuing any licenses till the review is done. They also wouldn't give a time frame. Does anyone have any idea how long these reviews usually take or what could be done in situations like this?

Thanks for your response. I took the NCLEX RN, and I did the lpn -RN program at the school. Got in 2020,  late last yr the students enrolled after us were suddenly switched to the BSN program. The school claimed they had stopped the RN program and ours would be the last set. Im guessing that was around the time they lost their approval for the RN program. Cause when I got in they were listed. 

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On 3/11/2022 at 10:45 AM, londonflo said:

schools are just a quagmire of greedy owners. 

FTFW. 

You can set up automatic emails to go out daily to the school and NY BON until they get an answer. Call several times a week, and be a nuisance to both ends. It at least will expedite you to the next step, even if it doesn't provide an answer.

9 hours ago, NCLEX 2022 said:

I called New York board of nursing and the guy was like if your education is under review the process varies by person. I looked online & Carleen Health Institute isn’t on the Florida BON of approved RN programs anymore only one of their branches is listed for PN. I graduated in 2020 before they lost their approval so that’s why I was able to sit for the NCLEX according to the person I spoke to from Florida Board of Nursing. I wonder if NY has to review each applicant to see when they graduated before they endorse or issue licenses? 

Wow! So you were able to sit for the NCLEX but they didn’t issue your license? If so we’re probably in the same boat. Last time I was able to get through to the board one of the agents said it might take as long as 6months. I find it ridiculous they would allow people to take the exam but not issue license. 

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2BS Nurse said:

there is a nursing shortage for goodness sake!

No, there is not a nursing shortage, there is a shortage of nurses who want to work in an acute care setting.

2BS Nurse said:

you passed the NCLEX

There are a lot of prep classes that talk you through the complexity of NCLEX questions. NCLEX is minimal competency.

2BS Nurse said:

The Goodwill in Vegas is putting medical assistants through a 90 day training program. Medical assistants are floating for clinic RNs in some states. 

Please, tell me more about this. Is this Goodwill Industries? 

Thank you for your information

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On 3/15/2022 at 4:27 PM, NCLEX 2022 said:

I graduated in 2020 before they lost their approval so that’s why I was able to sit for the NCLEX according to the person I spoke to from Florida Board of Nursing.

When did the school enable you to take boards? Is this one of those instances where the school holds you back for a certain score on an exit exam?

Londonflo: OK... there is a shortage of nurses willing to work in the inpatient setting. I agree.

Minimal competency is what is required from all new grads. According to Patricia Benner, Stage 1 Novice: "Behavior in the clinical setting is very limited and inflexible. Novices have a very limited ability to predict what might happen in a particular patient situation". Sadly, in the current health care climate many are not getting a good orientation.

You can just Google Goodwill MA program Nevada. It's through Intermountain Health Care

https://nursing-theory.org/theories-and-models/from-novice-to-expert.php

londonflo said:
2BS Nurse said:

The Goodwill in Vegas is putting medical assistants through a 90 day training program. Medical assistants are floating for clinic RNs in some states. 

Please, tell me more about this. Is this Goodwill Industries

Yes, do tell.  Particularly about these states that are floating MAs as RNs.  And please provide sources documenting this.

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Goodwill Southern Nevada MA Program Train to Hire...

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Presented in concert with NV Careers and Intermountain Healthcare, Goodwill's 90-Day MA program is an accelerated medical assistant training course developed to help alleviate the severe health care worker shortage in Southern Nevada.

The 90-Day MA program trains candidates who have a caring disposition, customer service orientation, and an interest in a professional healthcare career. Students who successfully complete the program qualify for a paid 1,440-hour apprenticeship with Intermountain Healthcare while they earn their Medical Assistant certificate....

Intermountain Healthcare seeks to hire 125 qualified medical assistants in the next two years, with a career ladder starting as a Medical Assistant I, then progressing to MA II, MA III and MA IV. The MA IV earns wages akin to a Registered Nurse with a bachelor's degree.

The OP is not just "anyone". She attended nursing school and was allowed to sit for the exam. I'm curious to know the reason for the school's lack of accreditation. 

I've come across some new grads who completed an accredited, accelerated bachelor's (BA or BS in another field) to MSN in just 19 months. They were making some major errors.

Let's be honest... nursing school did not prepare most of us for real world nursing. It led us to believe we'd have adequate resources in an environment where everyone would follow policy and procedure. 

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11 hours ago, 2BS Nurse said:

I'm curious to know the reason for the school's lack of accreditation.

I am too. Is it accreditation or approval the program is lacking? With the limited information on the internet I do not see any attempt by the school for nursing program accreditation.

With approval there is not a lot of evaluation of the program beyond what is on paper and the percent who pass NCLEX in Florida. 

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TBH I think the OP just wanted to know if anyone is experiencing this setback or has experienced Board of Nursing holding their license because the nursing school they attended was under review and what was the outcome. 

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2 hours ago, NCLEX 2022 said:

TBH I think the OP just wanted to know if anyone is experiencing this setback or has experienced Board of Nursing holding their license because the nursing school they attended was under review and what was the outcome. 

I totally agree. I posted follow up posts because there are a lot of programs in Florida similar to Carleen's that are deficient in NCLEX pass rate (really deficient) and they are not cited until they have 3 years of pass rates below 10% of the pass rate nationally. Say the national pass rates (for an example) is 80%, A Florida school will be okay with approval if it stays above 70%.

I am thrilled the OP posted on here to highlight his/her problem.

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