Anyone successfully challenge the boards?

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I have a degree in respiratory therapy, yet am having a hard time finding a job. I am working as a cna, going on my 7th year and I was hoping rt would be my next step up....unfortunately it's not working that way and I am considering challenging the boards via method 3.

Has anyone successfully done this? What tips do you have?

Specializes in Critical Care, Transplant..

Wait, so I can be a RT because I have a BSN degree and am an RN than right?

I mean I learned about the respiratory system and have a health care degree.

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
I think some of you are confused.

For one, this is legal. The board website has been posted, go read the requirements if you need a better understanding.

For two, this post was not intended for you to say "you have a cna background? Ewww!" Or, "I'm an RN, you don't know what I know." Comments.

This post is for LVN who have challenged the board and advice they may have or stories, etc.

It's my job to decide what method is right for me, what risk is associated and my comfort level in the field.

I will take the same test every other LVN takes and if I pass it's based on my own knowledge and understanding.

The state approves this method for a reason, I'd you don't understand it, send an email to the board and they can explain themselves to you but the fact of the matter is some people are blessed to have a very full work experience that allows them to be familiar with things others are not.

Even as a CNA going from hospital to nursing home is a huge difference....same job title....but many differences in experience and capabilities. The same goes for RT, RN, LVN. None of you can make the call as to whether I would be a good candidate unless you worked along side of me. So please keep your negativity to yourself unless you have experience with this topic to share.

I am NOT confused. It maybe legal but that doesn't mean I have to like it. You have the right to voice your opinion just like I have the right to voice my opinion on this forum as long as I abide by the TOS, which I am doing.

A CNA is *not* a nurse, it is a nurse's aide & it is one thing to become a CNA before applying to nursing school but to work as a CNA, only take a pharmacology course & then take the NCLEX is a huge slap in my face since I busted my ass to get into nursing school & then busted my ass even harder to stay *in* nursing school. You may *think* you know everything that a nurse knows because you are a RT, but I believe you are the ignorant one.

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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

Not one poster has called you ignorant, not one. They've merely pointed out that you do NOT have a nursing degree of any sort and that is an undeniable fact.

Such as what? I have all the nursing prerequisites completed. I have many of the core classes completed. But because I don't have any classes entitled "nursing theory" I'm not qualified? I have coached new grad RNS through their tasks, I have had to intervene when RNS made huge mistakes. I have done things I've been asked to educate my entire floor in the hospital on because the RNS were not skilled in doing it as I was. My work as a CNA was mostly in a huge hospital which was a great learning hospital. I have worked very close with many entities in that hospital, I have been doctors right hand, I have coached med students. But because I have CNA behind my name, you assume I am ignorant? Okay....
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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

And on that note, I wish you luck. You're going to need it

I think some of you are confused.

For one, this is legal. The board website has been posted, go read the requirements if you need a better understanding.

For two, this post was not intended for you to say "you have a cna background? Ewww!" Or, "I'm an RN, you don't know what I know." Comments.

This post is for LVN who have challenged the board and advice they may have or stories, etc.

It's my job to decide what method is right for me, what risk is associated and my comfort level in the field.

I will take the same test every other LVN takes and if I pass it's based on my own knowledge and understanding.

The state approves this method for a reason, I'd you don't understand it, send an email to the board and they can explain themselves to you but the fact of the matter is some people are blessed to have a very full work experience that allows them to be familiar with things others are not.

Even as a CNA going from hospital to nursing home is a huge difference....same job title....but many differences in experience and capabilities. The same goes for RT, RN, LVN. None of you can make the call as to whether I would be a good candidate unless you worked along side of me. So please keep your negativity to yourself unless you have experience with this topic to share.

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Such as what? I have all the nursing prerequisites completed. I have many of the core classes completed. But because I don't have any classes entitled "nursing theory" I'm not qualified? I have coached new grad RNS through their tasks, I have had to intervene when RNS made huge mistakes. I have done things I've been asked to educate my entire floor in the hospital on because the RNS were not skilled in doing it as I was. My work as a CNA was mostly in a huge hospital which was a great learning hospital. I have worked very close with many entities in that hospital, I have been doctors right hand, I have coached med students. But because I have CNA behind my name, you assume I am ignorant? Okay....

Back to this...how can you "coach" new RNs through their tasks & "intervene" when RNs made huge mistakes? I know you are an RT but you are in no way a nurse & you should not be showing a nurse how to do their job. I don't care if it is a new grad LVN or RN. Especially if you are working as a CNA, that is 50 shades of wrong.

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I think some of you are confused.

For one, this is legal. The board website has been posted, go read the requirements if you need a better understanding.

For two, this post was not intended for you to say "you have a cna background? Ewww!" Or, "I'm an RN, you don't know what I know." Comments.

This post is for LVN who have challenged the board and advice they may have or stories, etc.

It's my job to decide what method is right for me, what risk is associated and my comfort level in the field.

I will take the same test every other LVN takes and if I pass it's based on my own knowledge and understanding.

The state approves this method for a reason, I'd you don't understand it, send an email to the board and they can explain themselves to you but the fact of the matter is some people are blessed to have a very full work experience that allows them to be familiar with things others are not.

Even as a CNA going from hospital to nursing home is a huge difference....same job title....but many differences in experience and capabilities. The same goes for RT, RN, LVN. None of you can make the call as to whether I would be a good candidate unless you worked along side of me. So please keep your negativity to yourself unless you have experience with this topic to share.

I completely agree with you. A lot of people on here have missed the point of your original post and have just been attacking you.

I hope you pass or atleast land a job as a RT.

Good luck to you

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
I completely agree with you. A lot of people on here have missed the point of your original post and have just been attacking you.

I hope you pass or atleast land a job as a RT.

Good luck to you

Are you even a nurse? I read her posts & her following rude attacks after that. Everyone on the forum has the right to an opinion. No one has attacked her. There are people like me who disagree with the CA BON challenge rule & have every right to say so.

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I completely agree with you. A lot of people on here have missed the point of your original post and have just been attacking you.

I hope you pass or atleast land a job as a RT.

Good luck to you

No one is attacking her. If she wants to challenge boards, let her. I have a feeling she will have an extremely difficult time finding a nursing job in California anyway. Graduates have a hard time finding jobs so I would imagine it will be even harder for someone who never went to nursing school.

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Are you even a nurse? I read her posts & her following rude attacks after that. Everyone on the forum has the right to an opinion. No one has attacked her. There are people like me who disagree with the CA BON challenge rule & have every right to say so.

Why? If I say no, you'll have something negative to say to that and if I say yes I'm a nurse, you'll have something negative to say about that. Just like you , I have an opinion, and I stick by mine so have a good day!

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
Why? If I say no, you'll have something negative to say to that and if I say yes I'm a nurse, you'll have something negative to say about that. Just like you , I have an opinion, and I stick by mine so have a good day!

I don't understand why you won't say if you're a nurse or not. Obviously if you're not a nurse you don't understand (& have no legs to stand on) but if you are a nurse & went to school you would understand why I am against the CA BON rule. I'm gonna go out on a limb & say you aren't a nurse since you don't have it posted on your profile & won't say if you are.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.

Even though challenging the boards may suit the OP, the question IS, if employers pass on you, what will YOU DO?

If you have your pre-reqs already and have to enroll in nursing required courses, is it possible for you to apply with a wide net to ADN and BSN programs?

Even though I have my own opinion about challenging the boards, specifically because of the critical thinking like a nurse aspect may do a disservice to the individual, and I'm saying this as an experienced LPN who had a HUGE learning curve transitioning into an RN because of the broadened scope, etc.; as long as you keep your options open, you need to prepare for the role of the nurse and work at it whatever you decide.

I hope others who have successfully challenged and are successfully working in the business will chime in and gleam their knowledge to help you figure out what the best course of action will be for your situation.

Best wishes.

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
Even though challenging the boards may suit the OP, the question IS, if employers pass on you, what will YOU DO?

If you have your pre-reqs already and have to enroll in nursing required courses, is it possible for you to apply with a wide net to ADN and BSN programs?

This is a good question. What will you do if CA employers pass over you because there are already so many new grads being churned out. Employers can pick & choose who they want to work for them. Then you are an RT & an LVN & unemployable. What will you do from there? You can't become an RN because you had become an LVN through a school program & you can't move because no other state will endorse your license.

If you have your pre-reqs done/or are in the process of completing them, why don't you just apply to an RN program?

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