TAMPA, Fla. — Both current and former students at Tampa Medical College say they passed their classes but were not allowed to take the national test required to get a nursing license — prompting new complaints filed with the state against a nursing school we first investigated in 2021.
Tampa Medical College is a small, private nursing school located in the Tampa NetPark complex, but most students attend online classes.
It is owned and operated by Fadziso Jena, a former certified nursing assistant whose license expired in 2010.
The college’s website says, “Begin your journey with us and go anywhere you want,” but students tell us that after they invested time and money, their nursing careers went nowhere.
A $30,000 program with no path to the exam
Kevin Bryant enrolled at Tampa Medical College to become a registered nurse, spent almost $30,000 for the program, and completed his regular coursework…