MORENO VALLEY: Nursing college students complain

A nursing student said she was deceived by a local private college and promised benefits that do not exist. When she complained, she said, she was forced out of school two months before she was to graduate.

Kimberly Leonard, 40, of Lake Elsinore, said Career Care Institute of Directors in Moreno Valley told the school had the highest accreditation possible, when in fact it was due to lose its accreditation.They also amended its request for financial assistance unwittingly falsified clinical hours in the program of professional nursing approved and returned to a promise of employment for certain, she said.

Leonard filed a complaint against the school for profit.

Other former students have filed similar complaints, echoing allegations against other colleges, for-profit. Last year, the Government Accountability Office investigated and found that among the 15 schools where officers pose as prospective students, all schools "have made misleading statements or otherwise questionable."

Leonard said she was left with units useless, non-transferable from the classes she completed and $ 30,000 in student loans. His lawsuit seeks $ 170 000 in damages.

A school spokesman said Leonard claims are unfounded.

Mark Hodges, associate director of campus the campus of Moreno Valley, said Leonard was a disgruntled student who took his complaints to the agency overseeing the school, rather than school officials.

"She was combative and would not follow the policies of the institution," said Hodges.

Founded in 1998, Career Care Institute has a main campus in Lancaster and satellites in Moreno Valley and Ventura, with a total of about 400. Moreno Valley Campus opened in 2008 and offers only one program of registered nursing professional with about 55 students are enrolled.

In 2008, the Accreditation Board of Education School of Health moved to revoke the accreditation Career Care Institute. The school has continued the U.S. District Court in Virginia, in an attempt to stop this process.The revocation was delayed and the two sides reached a settlement in early 2009.

In court documents, the Office said that the college had "a number of areas of non-exceptional." One of them was that "the ICC had incorrectly announced and also shown the place of Moreno Valley ABHES accredited." The Bureau considered this violation "of advertising and ethical practices.

Become A Nurse With Four-D College « Inland Empire – Southern ...

COLTON, Calif. – A high opportunity career with the added benefit of helping people is that of a licensed vocational nurse. In the Inland Empire, you can receive the necessary training in as little as one year.

Four-D College, a private Christian college, offers a vocational nursing program at its campuses in Colton and Victorville. Students who are enrolled full-time complete the program in 12 months.

For students who need more flexibility, Four-D College also offers a part-time program. These students complete their vocational nursing program in 18 months.

“The Vocational Nursing Program is designed to give students the training they need to obtain a vocational nursing license, and be hired in positions requiring this license,” said Jean Stevenson, director of the Vocational Nursing program at the Colton campus. “Upon completion of our program, graduates are eligible to take the National Council Licensure Examination. If they pass this exam, they receive a license as a vocational nurse, and are eligible to serve in that capacity anywhere in the state of California as well as any other state.”

To practice in another state, the Vocational Nurse must request reciprocity from that state’s Board of Nursing.

Licensed vocational nurses work in hospitals, doctor’s offices, convalescent hospitals, and with community healthcare agencies.

Students learn in both the classroom and in health care settings at Four-D College. Vocational nursing programs begin four times a year for full-time students and three times a year for part-time students.

The Vocational Nursing program is divided into four terms.

“Each term is 13 weeks for full-time students, and 18-22 weeks for part-time students,” Stevenson said. “The full-time students will complete their program in 52 weeks; the part-time students in 78 weeks.”

At Four-D College, any student who starts a program at the same time will study together throughout the duration of their program. They will take classes, work in the campus skills lab, and attend “clinical” at healthcare settings off campus together, thus learning to work as a team, much as they would likely do as an entry-level employee.

The Vocational Nursing program starts with two courses in the fundamentals of nursing, where students learn the basics of caring for patients, which builds a foundation for them to later study about the body’s various systems, what can go wrong within those systems, and how those specific medical problems are treated.

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