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.
Has anyone (Philippine Grad) applied for the nclex CA for the first time and got denied?
I applied last year first time i got denied. I called my school and fix the prob i think they send a letter or something. I got my eligibility 6 mos from the first day of application.
I applied last year first time i got denied. I called my school and fix the prob i think they send a letter or something. I got my eligibility 6 mos from the first day of application.
it says in the letter that i did not meet the minimum requirements in psych nursing so they give me a list of school where i will enroll.. i called my analyst and i told her that a friend of mine got eligible we went to same school we are actually classmates we graduated same year how could this happen??? the analyst said that the hours in my clinical are less! am i like what???? but rather than that she did not give me any info on how many hours do i need... so i called my school and i think they send a letter.
it says in the letter that i did not meet the minimum requirements in psych nursing so they give me a list of school where i will enroll.. i called my analyst and i told her that a friend of mine got eligible we went to same school we are actually classmates we graduated same year how could this happen??? the analyst said that the hours in my clinical are less! am i like what???? but rather than that she did not give me any info on how many hours do i need... so i called my school and i think they send a letter.
What month did you first pass your application? Good thing you're given eligibility. :)
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it says in the letter that i did not meet the minimum requirements in psych nursing so they give me a list of school where i will enroll.. i called my analyst and i told her that a friend of mine got eligible we went to same school we are actually classmates we graduated same year how could this happen??? the analyst said that the hours in my clinical are less! am i like what???? but rather than that she did not give me any info on how many hours do i need... so i called my school and i think they send a letter.
Things change and we have seen that CA of becoming more strict on things
Did anyone got an explanation letter from their school explaining why their theoretical and clincial aren't concurrent sent to the CA BRN and still got denied???
Did anyone got an explanation letter from their school explaining why their theoretical and clincial aren't concurrent sent to the CA BRN and still got denied???
I don't think the explanation matters to them. The point is that in Title 16 of the BRN rules and regulation, the lecture and clinical must be concurrent. No exceptions. It is the REQUIREMENT! Therefore if your school admitted u did not take them concurrently, it was admitted in writing that you did not fulfill the requirement under Title 16. Theres just no way around it.
sorry if it came across as "high blood"... that's really not what I meant... just a harmless comment pointing out what's under Title 16.. I actually read it...lol... and was sad to realize there's really no way around it for many of the Philippine grads...
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.
Hi, jgiovann. I tried to inquire for the deficiencies that the BON is requiring right now but the schools are telling me the same thing. You have to take the whole nursing program. I inquire at sacstate they told me to leave my number and they will call me if there are professors who's willing to do it. Because its their first time if ever they will offer it but its still under negotiation i think. The other option from sacstate is to take LVN licensure then enroll into 30 units RN program. It's like continuing education for LVN's. I just don't understand why the BON gave us the lists of schools while those schools are not accepting applicants for taking 3 subjects only.
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