13 states with same CA BON concurrency issues

[steppybay]

i knew of the recent vt denials and just as of yesterday my friend's letter of rejection from az, same as ca bon's reason.

let's all thank our ched, prc and pna for doing a "great" job of not meeting the states minimum educational requirements.

i'm sure that this will also affect other countries not just those from phil.

as posted by nrskarenrn on july 18, 2012 in post #447 in this thread https://allnurses.com/nurse-registrat...35-page45.html

"ony those states that have explicit education requirements of concurrent theory and practicum will philippine nurses have licensure issues.

excellsior college new york nursing graduates have had same issue recently. see state board licensure requirements here

these are states having concerns over concurrent therory and practicum, so i would look at other 37 states to obtain license:

alabama

arizona

california

georgia

illinois

kansas

louisiana

maryland

north dakota

oklahoma

vermont

virginia

washington "

[GodmademeRN]

thank you :))

[steppybay]

@troi, whats are the requiremenst for applying licensure in texas? thank you

Do you plan to work and practice in TX as your first nursing job upon passing the NCLEX-RN? If so, then, go for it.

But if you plan to endorse or transfer in another different state, then you will still to meet that real desired state's requirements. This will increase your cost (in terms of paying for the necessary for any English exam and pass plus fees if your courses needs to be evaluated) AND not to mention extra time wasted waiting and waiting waiting extra months for the positive results.

Endorsing into a concurrency enforcement State will be even more waste of time and money and any fees submitted to any BON is non-refundable, even if rejected or denied.

You can read of all the disappointments and frustrations so many PH nurses and grads are having trying to do this "state hopping" around, it doesn't work and it's caused two States so far to change their minimum requirements due to possible and numerous movements they are seeing in recent months.

As an example: NV recently required any international applicant to submit a copy of their local and country's RN license early this year. NM now requires some kind of form statement that if you obtain a RN in their state you will keep it there for 5 years and you sign a statement to that effect. It will ask what your plans are, how long to you plan to stay, what country are you from, etc.

[steppybay]

hi, one of my friends called new york and new jersey Board of Nursing just last week for inquiries about their requirements then unfortunately, they started to add the requirements that the california and the other 12 states have... (just sharing) so that means there are 15 states that have the same concurrency issues...

Is this true or just rumors? I think both States are still passing the ATT without any problems as of this present time, but it wouldn't surprise me if either BON decided to start the enforcement some time this year.

[butterflykisses0612]

Hi Troi, just want to confirm so the TX BON did'nt require you to take english test? I am thinking of applying to TX too and move there if given a chance:) i read that you already received your ATT so meaning there is concurrency issue with them? thanks for your post! and to this site:) Will definitely start the process now.. and hopefully i will get a good news too!

[butterflykisses0612]

*there's no concurrency issue:)

[troikaenerio]

hi butterfly kisses, yes no english exam..u better hurry as more and more states are trying to apply ca's concurrency requirements..good luck and God bless you!

[butterflykisses0612]

thank you troi!another question:) just want to know the time frame of the entire process. Thanks again and God bless you too!

[troikaenerio]

5-6 months..my school was taking too long

[butterflykisses0612]

thank you!!:)

[IvoryRN]

thanks for this info

[bernie_elevado]

hi. i just submitted by application to VT just last week.. and i dont know why this is the only time i have read about the concurrency issue for that state.. i thought only california has that.. is there any chance that my application will get approved?

[perioddrama]

hi. i just submitted by application to VT just last week.. and i dont know why this is the only time i have read about the concurrency issue for that state.. i thought only california has that.. is there any chance that my application will get approved?

Only VT BON can tell you that. A lot of states have had concurrency rules in their books for years... the rules were just not enforced rigorously. This is the unofficial thread, meaning, this is the thread where people have posted their encounters.

Good luck.