Canadian RN applying to California BRN

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Specializes in Internal/Family Medicine.

Hi everyone! I'm an RN from Canada currently in the process of applying for a license in California and I received the deficiency letter with quite an overwhelming list. I hope to speak to someone who has gone through this processs or is currently going through it. 
I graduated from the University of Manitoba with my BSN in 2016 and I'm looking to work in California as an RN and hopefully settle there as well. Through an agency, I found an employer in February of 2022, got my CGFNS Visa Screen, crossed the border by plane and was issued my TN visa at the airport, and applied for my SSN immediately upon arrival in california in September of 2022. I applied to the California BRN in September. Fast forward to May of 2023 after a lot of waiting and back and forth with the BRN, I received the deficiency letter. I need to take Pediatric Nursing, Anatomy Lab, Physiology Lab, Microbiology Lab, Social Sciences, Oral and Written Communications. 
I was surprised to see such a long list of deficiencies especially for the Sciences because I've already taken them. I reached out to my school and they sent an updated Breakdown of Education form along with a letter to explain that I've already taken those classes. July 2023 and the status update for my application online says they reviewed the updated education document and I'm still deficient in ALL of the classes they previously listed! Has anyone else dealt with this? How did you take care of the Pediatric nursing clinical component? 

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Hey, were you able to get it sorted? Currently in final year of nursing school and I fear that I will be deficient ob/paeds as well 

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Specializes in ICU.

Hello, Have you received the license? I'm Canadian RN who is trying to endorse the license to Cali's as well. 


Knowing that I had to go through exact same struggles (no peds/obs), I was a little hesitant to apply for a license. 

I heard you went through CGFNS. They recently came up with their own evaluation system called 'Breeze'. I am wondering whether you have tried it.

I had a NY license and tried to endorse my NY license to Cali's on Breeze. Waiting for them to give me a feedback.

 

 

 

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