CA will require foreign grads to be licensed in their country before NCLEX

Moved your thread in the Int'l forum as this news will affect all foreign nurses and not just Filipinos. Thanks.

Expect some Boards to do the same in the near future, so future applicants must keep themselves updated at all times to new requirements and other changes.

Actually quite glad to hear of this and had been expecting it to be coming for sometime.

We have many that wish to come to the US that have not passed their own local exam and now this will be a requirement, before they will be permitted to sit for the exam.

i am pleased to hear this!!!

Kindly clarify further: Do you mean licensure from country of nationality or country of nursing education? For some these are different as it is for me. Thanks.

this is good news!!

atleast CA is trying to provide the best care to the californians..

being licensed in the philippines means you are competent enough and may possess the mental fortitude of being licensed in the US.

its a small price to pay to be a US RN.

My interpretation is licensed as nurse where ever you did your nurse training

It is called a local license, can be where you trained, or where you were born. Depends on the requirements and restrictions of the countries, each has different rules on whom they will let test and not test.

Passing an exam in the home country or local country, does not mean that anyone is any better prepared for working in the US as things are done quite differently here. The issue is that the person get a license so that they can get experience before coming here.

And it will try to put a stop to those that hop on a plane the day or two after they graduate expecting to be able to remain here and work, and they have been working illegally and are now getting deported after all of the raids. Consider it a weeding out exercise, and it actually was required in the past for all, as the CGFNS exam was required and that mandated that the nurse have a local license.

If the person trained in the US, then this will not apply to them.

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How about those who are already citizens of USA and their immigrants as well who took their BSN in the philippines?? Citizens of other countries are not allowed to take the Philippine local board right?? And those immigrants waiting for their citizenship?