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Monday, August 23, 2010
Miami-Jacobs nursing students claim they were booted over 1 test
DAYTON - More than half the last class of practical nursing students at Miami-Jacobs Career College claim they were kicked out of the program Monday after missing a dozen questions on an exam last week.
The students said they believe problems the school is having with the Ohio Board of Nursing, which has moved twice this year to pull the program’s conditional approval, has led the school to find ways to dismiss students from the program. To take state licensing exams, nursing students must graduate from an approved program.
“I think that is exactly what it is,” said Brandy Booth, a student from Xenia, who believes the college is trying to purposely shrink the class of nursing students. “I think they are in trouble and are trying to find a way to get rid of us.”
About 10 students out of a class of 18 were told Monday they were out of the program after missing roughly a dozen questions about nutrition on an exam the students’ claim instructors told them not to worry about preparing for that part of the test. They said they were told they couldn’t retake the exam, an opportunity past students had received, because the school was no longer enrolling nursing students.
Darlene Waite, school president, said in a statement that the students had two chances to take the test, did not take advantage of tutoring and other support and fell below a 2.0 grade-point average. When they make “unsatisfactory progress,” she said, they are subject to dismissal. “If students fail despite all the help we provide, we cannot and will not bend the rules and ignore Ohio Board of Nursing guidelines to help them pass. Despite claims this situation has nothing to do with accreditation,” Waite said.
Students were adamant the move was sudden and unexpected. “We failed one test and we were kicked out completely,” said Melodi Moore, a student from Xenia. “Now we are just screwed because they didn’t accept other students. We want our money back, but yeah right.”
Miami-Jacobs voluntarily stopped accepting new nursing students after the Ohio Nursing Board claimed the school lied about the qualifications of a nutrition instructor, had an unqualified person leading the program and wasn’t meeting other state standards. College officials have requested a hearing to defend their actions that is set for September.
Waite has said the school will continue to work to fix problems and win full accreditation of the nursing program. She denies the college ever provided the board with false information and said the school was improving the curriculum to meet state standards.
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