RN endorsing license to California-BSN Philippines graduate

steppybay · Jul 24, 2013

Hi fellow RN's! I just have a question. Do you guys know any case wherein the person who is endorsing her RN license to cali from another state was eligible before to take the board? My friend was eligible to take the board at cali before but wasn't able to pass it so She tried to apply to another state and she was able to pass nclex-rn, now endorsing her license to cali. Do you guys think that her eligibility before will be carried to be granted an RN license here in cali now that shes endorsing it?
If you guys know any similar case, please feel free to comment or reply. Thank you so much! Have a good day! :)

It won't matter if she was once accepted by the CA BON, she will have to apply by endorsement and subjected to the same rules as before. However, she may have a better chance for endorsement if she graduated earlier than 2004.

That's why I've been telling you guys that if you go to another state, be prepared to work and practice using your new RN license the minute that you get it. Again, we're seeing so many kabayans trying to find the easiest, fastest and cheapest State to get the license, then, try to come back into the real desired state, only to find that it's not the easiest, fastest and cheapest way to go at all.

Instead of looking for a job at the state of the newly acquired RN license, there's more wasting of time and money trying to endorse back in. With CA being the most popular state, the back door route has been closing very quickly.

Like I said, be prepared to work and practice and watch your babies grow up as teenagers or adults, to hopefully buy your first condo or house in that state, until (if they ever) change the rulings in CA or the CHED (only for future PH students) finally does a complete change-over to finally meet the CA BRN requirements.

Honestly, with the over supply of available CA and US educated nurses, the constant stream of new CA grads, I don't see CA changing their rules ever, even if there's a real nursing shortage. CA and many other states have learned their lessons from the years prior.

But back to your question for your friend, she should certainly try with the full understanding that the chances of approval are not the best and that any and all fees sent to the CA BRN is not going to be returned, if rejected.

If you read up the last few postings on this side of the forums, you'll see others already recently still being denied into CA of the more current students/nurses.

Irah0526 · Jul 29, 2013

hi janejanepons, I just want to ask if you submitted your cases to the CA brn? Im planning to endorse my license soon, although there is a 99% chance that they will let me study again. Thank you for your reply

Irah0526 · Jul 29, 2013

hi again janejanepons.. I just want to ask if these are the only requirements you have sent to the BRN? About the educational breakdown form is this the form you downloaded from the CA BRN site. THank you again

daria17 · Jul 30, 2013

hi janejanepons.. i have some questions. can i have your email add? thank you.

mikomamasig · Feb 6, 2014

hi Jane, will you be kind enough to give me more info in my mail? i too is a graduate in the Phils.in the year 2000, got my RN license in the state of MASS.I am now in the process of transferring my license to CALI, [email protected]

Silverdragon102, BSN · Feb 6, 2014

hi Jane, will you be kind enough to give me more info in my mail? i too is a graduate in the Phils.in the year 2000, got my RN license in the state of MASS.I am now in the process of transferring my license to CALI, [email protected]

If you graduated in 2000 and your theory and clinical was done together then you should be OK however if you are like the many others and clinical and theory wasn't done together then doesn't matter what you do you will still have issues like the many others affected

joquilon · Apr 1, 2014

so i just passed nclex rn vermont as my BON last mar 26,2014, the thing is I lived here in California, is it true that it take 2 yrs before CaBON grant me rn license by reciprocity through applyng license by endorsement? some other say,CaBon will eveb require me to work in vermont for 2yrs? does anyone have experience this?

steppybay · Apr 1, 2014

so i just passed nclex rn vermont as my BON last mar 26,2014, the thing is I lived here in California, is it true that it take 2 yrs before CaBON grant me rn license by reciprocity through applyng license by endorsement? some other say,CaBon will eveb require me to work in vermont for 2yrs? does anyone have experience this?

Not sure where you heard those false rumors, but there are a few PH grads/nurses who have worked as US RN's in other states for several years but still unable to get their CA license endorsed over and these are post-2006 grads/nurses due to the concurrency enforcement rules or missing certain courses or lacking in proper school documentation (some schools only retain case records for so many years) or insufficient clinical hours (from their schools, despite several years of actual working paid RN experience).

If anything else, you should always plan to work and practice in that state that you pass the NCLEX-RN and gain the nursing experience there.

Bachiboo · Apr 3, 2014

Hi, may I have your email address please? I have some questions on how to endorse to CA.

Do you still need your OR and DR cases for endorsement, or just the clinical portion of the transcript?

Silverdragon102, BSN · Apr 3, 2014

Hi, may I have your email address please? I have some questions on how to endorse to CA.
Do you still need your OR and DR cases for endorsement, or just the clinical portion of the transcript?

Endorsement requirements are on the BRN website. However you will still have to meet requirements as if a new applicant and send in your transcripts and case studies. We have seen many denied even if they have a license in another state

joquilon · Apr 3, 2014

have u seen anyone thats NOT denied?

steppybay · Apr 3, 2014

have u seen anyone thats NOT denied?

There have been a few here who have stated they did "get their ATT", so it's possible they did in fact, meet the concurrency rules, but there's been more reporting of their "friends or friend of a friend", who actually graduated in the same month/year, said they took the courses together and did cases together, but when it came time to get the ATT in CA, their "friends" got it, but they didn't? What?

That only raises a very highly suspect of their transcripts in which I believe, they simply "adjusted" their cases or the dates so it would show "concurrent". So while many played by the rules and in being honest and straight-forward, these other "friends" just stabbed them in the back, twisted the knife and poured salt on their "too bad" friend, I'm now a CA RN and you're not, haha".

However, this "adjustment" is an out right fraudulent application and if caught later on, they will face suspension of their license and possible criminal and civil charges in the future and I don't think there's a statue of limitation for submitting a fraudulent application so they could be called in to the HR office one day or have the police knocking on their doors or show up at their work place (with possible arrest warrant in hand).

Just for the record, the last report indication I saw of the denied Phils applicants is now over 6,000 in CA alone (mostly being rejected under the concurrency regulation and some also have to add the MS-OB, plus Peds and Psych deficiencies). Personally, I think the 6,000 is being conservative and probably need to add a couple more thousand to the list.

With no nursing shortage and high unemployment rate for CA and local new grads and more and more CA grads are being produced every year, the CA BRN will not be relaxing the concurrency rules, probably forever, especially with the known fraudulent documentation that can be purchased (Recto) in the Phils.