Fact or Fiction????

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Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.

Let me preface this by stating that this thread is by no means meant to stir up the old BSN versus ADN entry level debate.

Now, to my question--I have heard a rumor that starting in 2010, any new RN sitting for the NCLEX in California must have a BSN.

I have never heard this before--Has anyone else and is there any truth to this rumor????

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have you contacted your Board of Nursing to verify the information?

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Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.

I am in North Carolina (we have our own problems right now :o ). One of my fellow students in our master's nursing curriculum class stated the above, but I have not been able to find any verification or even mention of it. The BON in California has no mention of it on its site. The student posted the information, but left no reference to back it up. I was just posting here, to see if anyone has heard of this, if there is any truth to this at all, or if my fellow student is mistaken???

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Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.

OK, I found the information on the BSN initiative. Apparently, this is not law or even being proposed by the California Board of Nursing, but something that is being RECOMMENDED by the Association of California Nurse Leaders (ACNL):

ACNL RECOMMENDATIONS

1. In the year 2010, the BSN will be required by the State of California for nursing graduates to sit for the NCLEX.

2. In the year 2010, currently licensed RNs without the BSN will be "grandfathered" as RNs. No registered nurse licensed before the year 2010 will lose licensure as a result of the 2010 Initiative.

3. Nursing graduates from other states will be granted endorsement by the BRN provided they meet the requirements of the nursing licensing

regulations.

4. Community college and baccalaureate nursing programs will not exceed the number of total units of the parent organization for the granting of the

BS or AD degree.

5. Outdated methods of nursing articulation, such as the 30-unit option for licensed vocational nurses,should be eliminated.

6. In order to achieve the numbers of BSN graduates needed, federal and state funding to both state funded and private BSN programs must be

increased.

http://www.acnl.org/cgi-bin/acnlpub/default.asp

All I can say is--good luck getting these measures passed now with California facilities reeling under the requirements of the new nurse-patient ratios laws.

I answered my own question: this is just another of many BSN-entry level proposals.

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