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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.

Just the subjects I need, OB and MS. You can go to their website and have a specific section for Foreign Grads taking just additional courses.

thanks for the info:)

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Just the subjects I need, OB and MS. You can go to their website and have a specific section for Foreign Grads taking just additional courses.

Make sure you read their courses being offered and if it fits your particular needs.

My roommate's friend looked into it a couple of months ago and they did not have what he needed. He hasn't found anything anywhere in CA, without having to enroll into a complete program.

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really? in pierce college? click foreign rn policy and petition http://207.62.63.167/departments/nursing/subpage1.asp

i'm gonna go there tomorrow to make sure....it's gonna be on fall..so it will take a lot of time..

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hi sallyp911, I don't think we're on the same page, :o because my concerns were about Nurses who are licensed & are already practicing/working.. and the rumored revocation of their licenses. I don't think that ElvinZE and iibernardii are renewing their licenses, because they don't have one (yet), rather they are reapplying to sit for the exam again. :o

Hi, I wanted to wait to talk to the one PH co-workers who was in the situation, first hand and not hearsay.

Yes, she cannot apply for the CA exam, even after working as a RN for almost 3 1/2 years in AZ. One of the requirements in trying to endorse her license over into CA is a certified transcript copies of her college courses. She was denied and was able to speak with the person who declined her. It was the concurrency issue, she knew from her denial letter, but just wanted more information on what to do and it was the same answer that was given to others having the same problem...retake a full nursing course that meets CA BON standards.

Her co-workers also from PH was also denied and just lost her appeals into CA. Both have been trying for almost a year to get into CA, yes, the same concurrency problem. They both have closer families in CA.

BUT it's not only PH RN's already working in the US trying to get into CA, she was telling me, there are several other AZ RN's wanting to get into CA from the UK. Apparently, some of the european colleges does not the CA BON requirements either. She said she knows of other working RN's in other states from TX to NV, trying to endorse into CA...denied and denied.

So for the time being, they are having to live in their respective states and know for now, they are lucky to even be working at a steady job, just not in their desired location.

BTW, I wasn't the person who mentioned anything about the "recall", it was another poster here.

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really? in pierce college? click foreign rn policy and petition http://207.62.63.167/departments/nursing/subpage1.asp

i'm gonna go there tomorrow to make sure....it's gonna be on fall..so it will take a lot of time..

yes, pierce college in woodland hills, ca. he was not happy as they told him they could help make a noted deficiency, but it was not in med-surg, unless pierce changed its course to include that.

he said it was their adult health classes (ms), i think he steered wrong by the adviser at pierce as he called by phone. so yes, you're better off meeting with someone in person. good luck!

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hmmm..his deficiencies are OB and MS too? Was he sure about it?

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DAFFODILOVE, if you see this, I can't send you another PM bec your inbox is full, and I accidentally deleted your new msg, please send it again. THANK YOU!!!

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hmmm..his deficiencies are OB and MS too? Was he sure about it?

if its near from where you live,better to go there kabayan,atleast you will really know first hand what they will say..:)not basing it in some posts here because others instead of lifting our spirit high it seems that some are trying to discourage us..

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hmmm..his deficiencies are OB and MS too? Was he sure about it?

I think he was told some bad information by a staffer at Pierce. Good luck in your visit tomorrow and report back. I hope this will also help my PH friend that I'm trying to assist also.

Also, ask who you meet about how hard is it to get in just for the classes needed? Are they giving priority to those already enrolled in the nursing program?

Thanks and best of luck!

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Thank you, I will go there no matter what though. Thanks proudpinay! Are we on the same boat?

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Thank you, I will go there no matter what though. Thanks proudpinay! Are we on the same boat?

im still waiting for the CABON reply kabayan,just submitted them my copy of clinical cases..but whatever the outcome will be its not the end for us Filipino nurses..::)

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im still waiting for the CABON reply kabayan,just submitted them my copy of clinical cases..but whatever the outcome will be its not the end for us Filipino nurses..::)

I hope JuJu's findings are going to have some positive results! I'm so excited that I'm holding back to tell my PH friend until it's truly confirmed! Fingers crossed.

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