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LOL….I just had a Zoom meeting with three head people from the school yesterday. They couldn’t promise anything about clinicals and did tell me they were only working on people who finished in February and that they were not uncertain if clinicals would close again due to this new variant. They said they weren’t sure if they could take 2 or 12 people per shift offered and could not guarantee a time frame for anything. They told me they were trying to cover minimum requirements for all states but cannot guarantee anything due to covid. This came directly from the school. I also have had bad experiences on other facets with this school. I have no reason to lie. Just FYI. I am glad to hear your experience is different.

How many days of in person clinicals did they have to do? And I’m how many trips to Florida?

I confirmed with the school. They are just now starting clinicals for students who finished online courses in February 2021 and they aren’t available for all of those students yet and aren’t sure of future availability either. 405 hours of actual in-person clinicals are required. I’m not sure where these other people are coming from when they’re mentioning ten days of clinicals and finishing in a month after their online courses are done. You’re looking at over two years -minimum- to even begin clinicals (that are not promised) and only two shots at the HESI exit exam to score an A. This school has not graduated people in quite some time and has complaints on the BBB website as well. They’re NCLEX pass rate will put them on warning for probation once the COVID protection for schools are lifted. I’m withdrawing along with other coworkers of mine. I don’t trust that this school will continue to meet CA BRN requirements. Not for the newer cohorts at least.

Btw-what do you mean by your ATT? Don’t you need the CA BRN to authorize and approve the education from ICHS? also, we’re your ten days of clinicals done all in one trip? Thank you again.

Many students aren’t LVNs and they said they won’t accept other licenses/experience from CA for clinical time. Do you know how many days of clinicals are required for those types of students? The school is not clear on any of this. Also, did you have to use Typhon? It looks like they’re requiring a certain amount of certain skills to be recorded. What happens if there aren’t enough opportunities for each student? When did you finish your online courses? Also, what type of facility were your clinicals at? Was it a hospital or assisted living/SNF? Or a respiratory rehab? I completely appreciate your time, but please give details if you can. There are so many details that the school evades elaborating on. When did you finish your online courses compared to when you finished clinicals? How many days of clinicals did you have to do and was it all done in one trip?

When did you finish your online courses compared to when you finished your clinicals? Several students have said they waited a year for clinicals and still they do not have enough for all students who finished a while ago. How many times did you have to fly to Florida for clinicals? How many days of clinicals were you able to do in one trip? I also was told they have raised their required pass rate for the exit exam. Please let us know if the CA BRN endorses you to take the NCLEX. Or are you taking it in Florida? Honestly not sure if CA will be accepting this program for the younger cohorts. I have heard from several students that they finished courses a year ago and still have zero clinical options.

What is going on with the last two cohorts that have finished courses but have not yet gotten clinicals? What is the school telling you? Now the next session has been put off another month after finals we’re pushed back a month. There’s only supposed to be two weeks between each session. What is this Typhon!? Another tool to use against students to tell them they don’t have enough clinicals to proceed? Something tells me this school is in trouble.

Are they currently not taking any new CA students? Did the school tell you that?

Anybody know if they’ll allow a student to transfer into term 4/10? I have pre reqs done, am becoming IV certified as required according to the web site, and have a semester into another nursing program which included pharm, med surg, etc....the website only references transferring pre reqs and transferring as an LVN. I’m signed up for next Friday’s online info. session but was hoping somebody else on here would have some input. Thanks.

Thanks for the reply. Well, only ten days for in person clinicals seems like a very low amount of hours. Is your friend in California? I am interested to see if the California BRN is going to approve the current breakdown of online/in person clinicals that ICHS is doing now that COVID shut down their clinicals for a year. CA has different standards and I’m hoping ICHS pulls through. I’m supposed to be done in a year from June, but they keep sending emails out saying they’re a year behind in clinicals. Which means their program is over two years long, not 16 months. I’m hoping they figure out how to catch up and still meet CA BRN standards or they’re going to have some very angry students.

I also have been concerned that the way they are handling things now due to covid will not align with the CA BRN, especially since their NCLEX pass rate is very low and probation worthy. They are over a year behind in clinicals as well. I think if they fall below CA BRN standards they will lose the majority of their students immediately. thoughts anyone?

What is this?

Have they said anything about when students will be cleared with American DataBank? I placed my order a long time ago and it still shows the school has not paid for it. Any word on clinicals for your session? Even the online simulations? I am in session #1 and have received zero information. Every time I have asked about any of this I have gotten the brush off. As you mentioned in another post, I also was sold just on this school being online and meeting CA BRN standards (hopefully still does) so I've just been trying to go with the flow, but I am very concerned about their clinical being suspended. What did they do for students who were in the last session(s) during COVID and their clinical locations were suspended? Nobody has posted about that. I also read this school was suspended from the Florida BRN mid-session a couple years ago and did not refund anybody; they made them wait until they were re-approved with the Florida BRN to continue. Whew.

Where did you see your course posted? As of today or yesterday? You were able to access the content and get started? Are you enrolled in just one or two classes? I don't see anything on my end.

Anybody see their courses?