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I was eligible to sit for the nclex for California.

Wow.. so I took my exam this September, went the distance all 265 questions. Unfortunately I didn't pass. Got my results and "near passing standard" all across the board so the news of failure basically tore me apart.

Now what makes it worse is after submitting the reapplication form and waiting for four weeks for a reply from the board, I get a letter today stating

:::: The Board has determined that the program you completed in the Philippines is not equivalent to the minimum requirements for licensure set forth in California Code Section 1426(d).

You may be able to view Section 1426 (d) and all other codes of the California Code of Regulations by going to our website at: www.rn.ca.gov. Once in the website there will be 'Tabs' at the top of the screen. Go to Regulations then to Nursing Practice Act and finally to California Code of Regulations.

California Code of Regulations Section 1426(d) states that theory and clinical practice shall be concurrent. The documents received state that some of the training was completed several semesters after the theory classes. ::::::

I email the evaluator in charge of my application and she explains ::::

You have options and that is to apply to the LVN Board or in another RN Board in a different state or go for your master's degree in nursing but in California you are not qualified as a RN without the Master's degree.

According to the RLE and the school's curriculum you should have completed the scrubs in NCM 101 and 102 but they were completed in NCM 104, 105 and 103. I am enclosing a copy of the letter that was sent to you yesterday.

I'm angry and sad at the same time. How is it possible that I was eligible to take the nclex the first time I applied and not eligible to retake now? I went from meeting the requirements of an RN to now meeting the requirements of an LVN. How is this possible?

They are saying I'm ineligible based on the dates of completion of my cases. The school requires 5 major, 5 minor, 5 assisted delivery, 5 actual delivery, and 5 cord dressing clinical cases which I completed or else I wouldn't have been able to graduate. All of a sudden Ca board is being technical about the completion dates of these cases. The school is well aware of the fact that completion of these cases is impossible to be concurrent with the theoretical classes. It is not always guaranteed that students will complete the needed cases in concurrent with the theoretical because there are times when there aren't any patients in the hospitals that we are rotated in. It is for this reason that the school allows completion of the needed cases through out the following semesters. We took the theoretical classes before we were allowed to go on our clinicals but the lack of patients made it difficult to complete those 5 cases during that semester. That's why some of my cases were completed one or two semesters after the theory classes.

Am I understanding this correctly? I thought all that matters was that my cases were complete regardless if it was completed in concurrent/along with theoretical or after theoretical. I learned what I was suppose to learn it just so happen that exposure to the actual thing came a semester later.

So now they are saying I can't sit for the nclex in California and I need to complete a masters degree to be qualified as an Rn in California. Is this possible? I went to school graduated with a BSN and in the end I'm told that I only qualify to be a LVN after submitting a reapplication for nclex. .

Clarification would be nice and I would appreciate any advice. This just makes me question if nursing is even the right fit for me cause it's been obstacles after obstacles.

im still waiting for the CABON reply kabayan,just submitted them my copy of clinical cases..but whatever the outcome will be its not the end for us Filipino nurses..::)

RIGHT! It's not, we can do this, we are already very lucky to be here. :)))

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I hope JuJu's findings are going to have some positive results! I'm so excited that I'm holding back to tell my PH friend until it's truly confirmed! Fingers crossed.

I hope so too! I'll update this thread tomorrow of my findings...mweheheh.

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Right, I saw on their website they are only accepting 40 students..I hope that is 40 regular students..and me will be an 'irregular' bec I only need 2 subjects. :))

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DAFFODILOVE, if you see this, please delete some messages on your inbox, I can't send a new message to you.

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I hope so too! I'll update this thread tomorrow of my findings...mweheheh.

Please please be good news.

Maybe my plans with my PH friend is that we can really do Disneyland together! We have talked for over a year about this. We could really go to the "happiest place on Earth".

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DAFFODILOVE, if you see this, please delete some messages on your inbox, I can't send a new message to you.

sorry abt that =)

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i emailed ventura college about foreign grads getting just 2 courses, this the reply:

hi jewel,

i am sorry but we do not offer medsurg remediation. you would have to apply and complete our entire program.

dr. ******

******** phd, aprn, bc, cne

director, school of nursing & allied health

ventura college

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hi elvinze.. i graduated 2006. yes, i did re-apply 4th week of january 2012, and got the letter 2 weeks later. and just like the others, they want me to give them a copy of clinical cases. same story.. but i'm not giving them a copy yet. instead i will send them a letter to reevaluate/re-check my application. asking them that maybe they overlooked at my application knowing that i am not a new graduate, i have a working experience and i have ss#. just taking a shot maybe they would give me another chance! let's see what happens..

hello,.

" [color=#454545]we have received new info regarding the philippines and we are reviewing all files who graduated 2005 to present. the problem is we are finding that california code was not meant in training for concurrency. which means the theory and clinical need to be completed in same semester. so if you can not provide the cases then we can not go further with your file. "

question: is there anyone who has the same situation as i am?

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went to pierce college for my application they say their ability to accept foreign nurse graduates is based on space availability and varies depending on the semester.

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When did they write the letter Ma'am /Sir? I wanna ask for re-evaluation too. And emphasize that I had hospital duties concurrent with lectures like on OB wards and MS wards.. Why did they just based their evaluation on completion cases that they don't even require for US students here...

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" [color=#454545]we have received new info regarding the philippines and we are reviewing all files who graduated 2005 to present. the problem is we are finding that california code was not meant in training for concurrency. which means the theory and clinical need to be completed in same semester. so if you can not provide the cases then we can not go further with your file. "

question: is there anyone who has the same situation as i am?

kabayan many of us are having the same problem with cabon regarding concurrency issue..but one of us was just approved..read posts from ​firm1234..

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