Sister's Nursing School may be going under/losing accredidation

[AesthesiaSeeker]

Hey y'all,

So I'm a former nursing student and now I'm working as a BSN on a neurology progressive care unit at an amazing hospital in Central, TX.

Though I'm not a nursing student anymore, my younger sister is. She enrolled at a new nursing school that opened in the DFW, TX area a few years ago. While I don't know the exact details, my parents have told me that their yearly NCLEX passing rate for this year was 66%. They told me that there were steps to this process, like the school could continue operating but would not be able to take in new students for a year which means less revenue for the school that can lead to teachers not getting paid as much and results in a massive exit of professors.

To be honest I am not totally educated on the situation that my sister is currently facing. What I would like to know is if there is any sort of protection - either legal or anything that falls under the US educational system - that would allow my sister to keep her credits/continue going to nursing school somewhere else SHOULD her school end up closing its doors.

I'd like people who either underwent/know of someone who underwent such an experience and what had happened to them. In the meantime I'm going to keep searching and see if I can find any information. Thanks.

[AesthesiaSeeker]

Just wanted to include that she is attending an accelerated BSN program, not an LVN/ADN program

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

If the school is shut down and she has federal loans they may be cancelled.

She needs to contact the board of nursing how to proceed should the program shut down

[mrsboots87]

A local school went under fire in my state and many student hopped off the sinking ship. My school allowed the students from that school to test into our program to see what semester they should be entered into. Some had to repeat up to 2 semesters because the education they received was not up to par.

So yes, there may be a slight chance that another school would accept at least some of the program credits your sister has completed, but I do know the experience with my school allowing this is the exception and not the rule. Another school in recent years (I forget where but remember reading about it) had to abruptly shut its doors without so much as a notice to the students. The most they got was a write off of the government loans and a too bad so sad on the credit completed.

Because the school has poor NCLEX pass rates and is risking losing accreditation, other schools will know this as well. It makes them less likely to want to take credits from that school because they may feel the students are properly prepared.

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

[Buyer beware, BSN]

OP and all others if you want a primer in absolute educational horror, look up the Corinthian/Everest Colleges debacle of recent history.

They were a large now defunct group of for-profit scam schools and loan mills that one day without notice tuned off the lights, shuttered their doors and windows and skulked away like thieves in the night. When the tens of thoudands of students showed up the next day nothing was waiting for them but debt collectors demanding payment.

And you know what? No one really cared or were held accountable. Not the Department of Education, the various BONs involved, the CCNE or any other accrediting body. The students were made to feel that they were at fault for being so easily duped. There was, in effect, no mercy, and the aggrieved former students have been made to prove damages that were clearly apparent to all people of good will. This mess occured in 2015 and the fall-out from it is still loudly resonating throughout the for-profit scam world of predatory education.

OP, there is more going on at this school and many others than meets the eye. And that's just the scam. Nobody has ever asked these fly-by-night purveyors of deceit the hard questions that most reputable schools have answers for up-front; but still no one asks about until left holding the bag.

This is a serious problen in the country and like most things of no-never-mind, not pertinent to them in particular until they become the victim.

[HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD]

When nursing schools lose their accreditation or opt to close voluntarily for one reason or another, they will 'teach out' the remaining students. So she won't be left high and dry. Is this WGU by any chance? I know that they stopped accepting new students in January.