I applied to CaBoN about 2 months ago from Ukraine. I hold a local license here.
Just received this mail from California Board of Nursing:
“The Board of Registered Nursing has completed the evaluation of your application. Based on the documents that were submitted, it has been determined that the vocational nurse program you completed in your country does not meet the requirements for licensure as a Registered Nurse in California.
When you have completed an approved Registered Nurse program, you will need to reapply to our Board”.
Unfortunately from this mail I don’t understand which exactly courses (or hours) I should pass in order to be qualified. Why they do not tell me that? I sent them an email about 10 days already and I got no reply so far. (I'm aware of their strict communication policy though).
What do you think appropriate to do in this situation? I want to live and work in California.
suzanne4, RN
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They go by the hours that were submitted to them and your program does not meet the hours required for the RN licensure in the US.
You are still not anywhere close to the number of hours that are needed in the US to get licensed as an RN.
The hours that you have listed in all of the areas is just what we see in many of the practical nursing programs, and only that.