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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.

[color=#333333]i am currently having the same problem, i failed the nclex rn 3x in california, when i re-applied for the exam i got a strange letter asking for my clinical cases, when i complied with all the reqs they asked me for after 2 weeks i got another letter stating "i do not meet the minimum requirments. and they asked me to enroll in a california accredited nursing program. now im confused what to do next, i have been trying to call the boards but they keep telling me to comply since this has been a new issue and change of rules in the cali brn. its been a tough year for me working full time as a care giver here at the same time reviewing for my nclex rn, im supporting myself and dont have enough time and money to re-enroll in some nursing programs again. i really want to consider taking the lpn exam in cali. is this still possible? my cousin did the same thing 2 years ago. gven the stuation i am a bsn graduate of 4 years in the philippines swu. cebu city. and i am a permanent resident for 10 years now and i have a ssn. i did not take the nle back in the philippines because i was going back to l.a right after grad. i tried calling the bvn if ican take the lpn exam but their phone lines are too busy. any advice? i dont mind becoming an lvn at all. its about being practical these days, if i can make 22 an hour im happy with that.

southwestern university graduate here class of 2009 cebu philippines

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PM me guys if you like im always updated been doing research about this issue all night [email protected]

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sent you an email..i fell you :-(

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*feel

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im looking at the lvn application form for cali, and i am confused on which ones do we fill out, we fall under method 3, but it has so many forms

question is the records of nursing experience form and the employment verification of nursing experience when filling that out is that our clinical rotations during college? im so confused

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@jeffBSN - i answered that in my email.you dont need to fill up that form because you are applyiing through equivalent education,not through clinical experience.all you need to submit is your school credentials.there's a form for that.:

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You guys can wait or you can start working with what you have. I am already in the process of applying in Nevada. It's less strict but it is something. We all finished a 4 year course and read those thick nursing books and made nursing care plans and woke up early or stayed up all night for out clinical duties, why would you want to insist yourself who keeps on pushing you away?

Pray and think of what is right for you, I prayed for it, my whole family is in California. But I've had so many problems along the way, its been a year now, and I just felt like something's telling me that I should try for another state. You can face all the rejections which can affect your mojo, your studies and your ego or you can choose one of the many states in America. That's what I'm doing.

If anyone ever gets an ATT, well, that's great but from the looks of it, noone is getting it and there is a very slim chance that someone will get it.

My email is [email protected] if you guys want to ask anything

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@daffodilove Did you try to apply for lvn?Can u please help me.Tnx.

@jeffBSN - i answered that in my email.you dont need to fill up that form because you are applyiing through equivalent education,not through clinical experience.all you need to submit is your school credentials.there's a form for that.:
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this is sooooo stressful!!!!!!!

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is anybody here planning to study in order to make up the deficiencies?? i cannot find schools that allow us to take only the subjects that we are deficient in. because I would rather want to enroll in the list of accredited schools that they gave us and complete the deficiencies and then be eligible to take the NCLEX-RN. i guess if it is only the deficiencies that we need to complete, it would not take us that long to finish it.

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How bout applying in other states? Jgiovann...

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it's so hard to relocate. and even if you transfer to another state and get a license there, you still won't be able to return to California to work because when you apply for endorsement the California BRN would still check your education. they still won't accept the endorsement of your license from another state.

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