Anyone succeeded in getting CA lvn license after studying in philippines?

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Hi I would like to ask anyone from here if you know of or you are personally one of the few who have succeeded in getting a CA LVN license after studying in the Philippines. You may have applied directly at CA or may have diverted first in WV before the reciprocity process. Please enlighten us.

Hey dragon_lady, I hope you'll still be able to catch this. I just got CA BRN's reply mail and as expected, I belong with the non-concurrent applicants. So definitely, I will be pursuing LVN instead.

Equivalency of nursing education is Method#3. I've read all the requirements and it states here:

BVNPT - Method 3: Qualification Based on Equivalent Education and/or Experience

that along with equivalent education, one must also have 51 months of paid inpatient bedside care experience.

Here's the good thing: if one has graduated from an approved BSN program, his bedside care experience can be substituted from that requirement, but still, he needs to request from his RN Director or Supervisor to fill out this form:

http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/pdf/55a-12.pdf

and then coordinate with his employer to certify the mail.

I am a fresh BSN graduate from the Philippines, passed the licensure exam, and very young when I got here in California, so obviously, I didn't have the chance to work in the Philippines and have an employer and a RN Supervisor or Director. But I do have are my clinical duties/RLE (related learning experiences) which scopes every area of nursing practice and formal BSN education.

Dragon_lady, what did you do? Please advise me. Thank you very much. You are very much appreciated.

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hi renzjavier if its ok ill answer your question:)you just need to submit method3 based on equivalent of educ.if you dont have 51 . paid bedside nursing.I too got denied by CaBon,im Just waiting for my official LVN result.

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Well that's good news! Thank you dexapn! :cat:

Oh yesss, I'll contact my university now to prepare my transcript and outline of clinical duties! :cat:

How long have you been waiting dexapn? I scanned through the forums and saw that some takes months.

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ive waited 6 mos.for my elegibility and took the exam 3/18 no official result yet until now.

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hi dragon lady just wanna ask what method did you used for lvn?

hi guys just wanna ask what method did you use 2 or 3? thanks

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I used method 3 which is the equivalency of nursing education.

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i used method 2... did you get you eligibility to take the exam already dragon lady? and what year did you graduate? thanks

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i used method 2... did you get you eligibility to take the exam already dragon lady? and what year did you graduate? thanks

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@dexapn- did you send your official trans with your application or the school should send the off trans? im confused ++++++++++

The transcripts must be submitted to the Board directly from the school where the courses were taken and must show theory and clinical hours completed, as well as the grades for each course.

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You must submit the sealed

business envelope containing the Record of Nursing Program and official transcripts with your

application for licensure.

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Method #3 – Equivalent Education and/or Experience.

• Submit all items listed in Step #1 on the first page of these instructions.

• In addition, you must submit the following documentation with your application for licensure:

- Record of Nursing Program and Official Transcripts (Form 55A-2) – If you attended nursing

school, send this form to your school for completion and request that the school return the completed

form to you with an official certified transcript in a sealed business envelope. Transcripts received

from the school in a foreign language will also require a certified English-language translation

completed either by the school or by an independent professional translator who is not related to the

applicant. You must submit the sealed business envelope containing the Record of Nursing

Program and official transcripts with your application for licensure.

- Record of Nursing Experience (Form 55A-3) - Complete this form and submit it with your application of licensure.

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Yes I already got my license and now working in a SNF..I used method 3.

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EthanRN,I graduated 2009.And yes I already got my license and working in a SNF here in Bay Area.

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