CA Nursing Board issues

This exact same thing happened to me, but the difference is I am educated in Canada, graduated from a major University. They told me that I had not even completed a psych course or clinical, and that I needed to complete one. Problem was, I did complete it in nursing school. I went back to my school to make sure my transcripts were complete, and they were, so I got them to send them again, as well as send the "course breakdown" paper again. Eventually I think the CA board got everything. I have no Idea what the problem was, or what they were missing, because it was only they psych component they "didnt have". Then a few months later, miraculously, all my stuff was fine and I had my temp permit. They are very hard to deal with. I found the easiest way to get ahold of them, was to deal with them through a travel nurse company, as they often have "inside contacts". It took me a good 7 months to finally get my temp. permit. This could be the problem, if you went to the same school as your coworkers, and they had no problems.

If you already had a psych course, it may have to do with your score for that course when you took your boards. Different states sometimes have different "grade numbers" that they will accept, so, even though you passed the boards where you took them, maybe your score in psych wasn't quite high enough for CA. Perhaps your other classmates scored higher than you and thus no need for them to re-take the course to practice in CA.

GOOD LUCK