Can I get licensed in CA after 2yrs or more of RN experience?

steppybay · Aug 25, 2013

Here's your answer: https://allnurses.com/nurse-registration/endorsement-back-into-746541.html

This is why I tell so many here, be prepared to work and practice the moment you pass the NCLEX-RN in whatever state you pick, especially if your most desired state is CA. Be prepared to watch your kids grow from babies into their college years or more. The state you get your first RN license should be the state where you will begin to plant your roots in another state other than CA (or the other concurrent enforcing states).

Times have changed, kababayans, there's no longer the$5,000-10,000 plus signing bonuses, the multiple job offers, hospital sponsorships from very good high paying ones, working two different hospitals, etc. of what our previous PH nurses experienced and of the wonderful stories they told us of several years ago. Today and the near future, it's the total opposite.

With the recent published CA BRN bulletins (see the other threads on these subjects) and the high unemployment rate of not only CA new grads but for experienced nurses, the back door for many PH grads and nurses will be closed (with the exception of those possibly graduating pre-2004). In other word, there's very little incentive for the CA BRN to re-think their stance of relaxing the concurrency rules and regulations, unless one completes the course requirements.

The one glitter of hope is to try out what this poster did and there was another person who's friends did the same and meet the CA BRN concurrency, got their ATT's in CA and taken the NCLEX-RN recently. Here's the link: https://allnurses.com/world-nursing/received-att-california-832461.html

I would post up any questions or concerns to the poster's thread, I'm sure her mailbox gets filled up fast, so I think it's better to post your questions to her on her thread so that all can share her success.

Lanze · Aug 25, 2013

Here's your answer: https://allnurses.com/nurse-registration/endorsement-back-into-746541.html
This is why I tell so many here, be prepared to work and practice the moment you pass the NCLEX-RN in whatever state you pick, especially if your most desired state is CA. Be prepared to watch your kids grow from babies into their college years or more. The state you get your first RN license should be the state where you will begin to plant your roots in another state other than CA (or the other concurrent enforcing states).
Times have changed, kababayans, there's no longer the$5,000-10,000 plus signing bonuses, the multiple job offers, hospital sponsorships from very good high paying ones, working two different hospitals, etc. of what our previous PH nurses experienced and of the wonderful stories they told us of several years ago. Today and the near future, it's the total opposite.
With the recent published CA BRN bulletins (see the other threads on these subjects) and the high unemployment rate of not only CA new grads but for experienced nurses, the back door for many PH grads and nurses will be closed (with the exception of those possibly graduating pre-2004). In other word, there's very little incentive for the CA BRN to re-think their stance of relaxing the concurrency rules and regulations, unless one completes the course requirements.
The one glitter of hope is to try out what this poster did and there was another person who's friends did the same and meet the CA BRN concurrency, got their ATT's in CA and taken the NCLEX-RN recently. Here's the link: https://allnurses.com/world-nursing/received-att-california-832461.html
I would post up any questions or concerns to the poster's thread, I'm sure her mailbox gets filled up fast, so I think it's better to post your questions to her on her thread so that all can share her success.

Thanks for the sad and ugly truth. I was planning on doing what SoCalNurse88 did, but after 2 years of working as a nurse. That way, I would have both money to spend on the "make-up" course and the experience to get hired.

I'm somewhat glad I got my license in TX. At least I was able to find a job in a hospital right away, that did offer me a $5k sign on bonus. I just miss my family and friends back in CA.

steppybay · Aug 26, 2013

Thanks for the sad and ugly truth. I was planning on doing what SoCalNurse88 did, but after 2 years of working as a nurse. That way, I would have both money to spend on the "make-up" course and the experience to get hired.
I'm somewhat glad I got my license in TX. At least I was able to find a job in a hospital right away, that did offer me a $5k sign on bonus. I just miss my family and friends back in CA.

Yes, it is a disappointing and frustrating truth, it is what it is.

Kabayan, WOW, that's some very good news! I mean to not only get a hospital job (versus a nursing home or LTC or SNF etc--okay guys, nothing wrong with those places, if one desires to work in the hospital setting) but a $5,000 signing bonus, which in today's market that's a rarity. Congrats again!

Did you have any prior nursing in the Phils as it's very hard to find a nursing job without some experience of at least 1-2 years? I was wondering is this part of TX that you're working like rural or close to border towns between USA and Mexico?

Was the $5,000 signing bonus offered in a one lump sum check or did they spread out the $5,000 into several months or over for a year or two period? Sorry for all the questions.