[suzanne4]

Originally Posted by NewtoNursing

The CBRN website suggests submitting the application for NCLEX eligibility 4 months prior to the date you wish to take the exam. So, I will go ahead and send the finger print card, application with attached photo, and a check for the fees. I'm a second degree/transfer student, so I sent for transcripts from my other schools. The last piece will be getting my nursing school transcript sent out right away after I graduate. I will also be applying for an Interim Permit. I'm just crossing my fingers that it goes smoothly and I can sit for the exam in July.

CA will permit a student that graduated from a CA program to be able to take the exam before their file is complete. For all others, they will require a completed file before permitting the ATT to be issued to you.

Highly recommend that you proceed directly with taking the NCLEX exam before you even move there. You will find many facilties are not even offering a job until you have proof that you passed the exam. There has been much posted on this very topic. Always much easier to get everything done before moving when you are still in your comfort zone. And always much better to take the exam before you begin your training. There will be too much for you to learn from the job and having to worry about the exam will be a strain.

Take the time to read about this same thing.

[joy31]

HI, The federal Bureau of prisons in San Pedro needs about 6 nurses. If you want more information, respond and I will tell more.
Frances, graduate nurse

[heywazzupdude]

Hi all,

I'm planning to move from NY to CA after I graduate on May 20. I will be starting a new grad training in a hospital in CA on July 23. But I'm a little worried that CA BON takes longer to process the licensure application although you have provided all the credentials needed to process the Interim Permit. The IP is needed at least to be able to start the training. But I'm planning to take the NCLEX before the program starts if I get the IP earlier (like last week of June). Does anyone been through this? I need some input about what the approx. timeline of CA-BON's IP/ATT processing.

[Daytonite]

Most of the information that you are all looking for can be easily found and answered on the California Board of Nursing sites. California has two boards of nursing: one for RNs and one for LVNs (Licensed Vocational Nurses). Here are some weblinks that should be helpful for most of you:

http://www.rn.ca.gov/ - the home page of the California Board of Registered Nursing

http://www.rn.ca.gov/lic/lic.htm - links to information on the California Board of Registered Nursing regarding RN licensure by examination (if you graduated from nursing school in the U.S. or you are an international graduate) or endorsement (already hold an RN license in another U.S. state)

http://www.rn.ca.gov/lic/lic-faqs.htm - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about RN licensing and examination in California

http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/ - home page of the California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (LVNs)

http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/lic.htm - how to get an LVN license in California

http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/osfacts.htm - if you are an LPN/LVN outside of California looking to endorse to California you need to read this page!

http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/forms.htm - links to the application to take the NCLEX-PN exam in California. If you are a military corpsman and looking to take the LVN exam by educational equivalence challenge you need to follow Method #4 and instructions that apply to the military.

[suzanne4]

Originally Posted by heywazzupdude

Hi all,

I'm planning to move from NY to CA after I graduate on May 20. I will be starting a new grad training in a hospital in CA on July 23. But I'm a little worried that CA BON takes longer to process the licensure application although you have provided all the credentials needed to process the Interim Permit. The IP is needed at least to be able to start the training. But I'm planning to take the NCLEX before the program starts if I get the IP earlier (like last week of June). Does anyone been through this? I need some input about what the approx. timeline of CA-BON's IP/ATT processing.

You will not get the IP until they have approved you to take the NCLEX-RN exam. In order to get the IP, it means that you have met all requirements for licensure, except for taking and passing the exam.

Always recommend that you try and take the NCLEX exam before moving. Too many things to do and worry about once you move.

[diamondqueen]

Hello all!! I have a question. I am preparing to send my application to the CA BON. I graduated in May and I will be applying for an interim permit. My issue is this:

I attended three school before coming to my current school. With two, my major was practical nursing ( community colleges in Georgia) and the other was registered nursing (community college) and then I transferred to my current school (university). The classes that were transferred from these institutions are on my transcript for my current degree that I completed May 5th. My question is this:

Should I send the BON transcripts from all of the schools I have attended or would the one from my current school be enough?

Please help!! I feel so lost right now. Thanks in advance for your help.

PICU RN 2b

[Daytonite]

Originally Posted by diamondqueen

Should I send the BON transcripts from all of the schools I have attended or would the one from my current school be enough?

Please help!! I feel so lost right now. Thanks in advance for your help.

PICU RN 2b

I'm not trying to be mean to you, but you are asking your question in the wrong place. You need to contact the California Board of Nursing and ask them. I think it's safe to say that no one that posts on allnurses is an official representative of the California BON! For something like this you want to get the absolutely correct information from the source. Here's their website where you can get a contact telephone number or an address where you can write them. http://www.rn.ca.gov/index.html

[NewtoNursing]

Hi diamondqueen,
I have had no luck contacting CBON by email or phone when I've had questions, so in regards to your question...I sent transcripts from ALL my schools (even one community college where I took just one summer course years ago). Look at it this way, better to send too much than not enough. Good luck!

[diamondqueen]

Thanx so much Newtonursing!! I decided after I posted this that I would just send them all. Good Luck to you!!! See ya on the otherside of NCLEX.

[diamondqueen]

Oh and by the way I have had no luck getting thru to the CA BON either. I have been trying to get this question answered for a month now. Thanx again to everyone who replied!!