California board of nursing

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OMG- The California board of nursing is terrible. I called them yesterday to check on my NP license status and after about an hour I was finally able to get to a live person. They told me that current processing times are about 14 weeks total- yes- 14 weeks to process something that should be automated. The department of consumer affairs DCA takes about 8-10 weeks just to process the check and forward to the state. How sad is this?

I have a job- and am hoping that they will wait for me.

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Welcome to cali!

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Hello Suprmedic,

Have you received your NP license as yet? I applied in Oct. First I activated my Cali RN license and this only took ~1week. I have accepted a job in Cali with a start date of Jan1st 2015. I am hoping to have my NP license by then.

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Hi Favorjoy- Yes- license came finally! Remember in California that when you get your license you still need to get the furnishing license so that you can prescribe medications.

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Glad to hear you finally got your license! I applied for my furnishing number at the same time. How long did the whole process take?

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Yup our board is a joke. They wanted to combine it with with the bvnpt but they fought it claiming they were so needed. All i can say is i never had issues with the bvnpt when I was an lvn.

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Finally got my RN, NP and NPF. I held a CA RN license back in 2003; activating it took ~1.5wks. Start to finish for all licenses: October 19th to December 3rd, ~6 weeks. Hang in there applicants. Maybe things are turning around at the CA BON.

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