Graduate in Philippines, Can I take the NCLEX at California

JMCP · Mar 12, 2015

Ummmm apply to find out but from what I understand, international nurses must have their school send all their transcripts and then retake a year of classes.

nurseprnRN, BSN, RN · Mar 12, 2015

Look at these 5 threads and you will have a much better idea of the scope of the issue. There are MANY of them. I searched "filipino graduate NCLEX" in the AllNurses search feature. Click on the little magnifying glass icon in the yellow bar at the top of the page.

https://allnurses.com/nurse-registration/filipino-graduate-applying-827016.html

https://allnurses.com/nurse-registration/philippine-graduate-ineligible-786401.html

https://allnurses.com/nurse-registration/requirements-to-taking-836624.html

https://allnurses.com/nurse-registration/philippines-graduate-taking-897450.html

https://allnurses.com/nclex-discussion-forum/my-nclex-story-910919.html

Silverdragon102, BSN · Mar 12, 2015

Moved to the Nurse Registration forum

theresaperez · Mar 12, 2015

Thank you for the advice guys. I have one last concern is it possible for me to take LVN board. Because base on what i read in the links that you gave me i think i am affected with the concurrency issue so im thinking to be an LVN instead and proceed to RN if i have a chance.

Naldzzz · Mar 27, 2015

Thank you for the advice guys. I have one last concern is it possible for me to take LVN board. Because base on what i read in the links that you gave me i think i am affected with the concurrency issue so im thinking to be an LVN instead and proceed to RN if i have a chance.

Yea you can take the LVN board. I just took it few weeks ago

theresaperez · Mar 27, 2015

Thanks naldzzz thats good to know.

theresaperez · Mar 27, 2015

Hi naldzzz did you also submit form 55A-3(record of nursing expirence) and form 55a-12(employment verification) im confused with the requirements. It is diffirent with the requirements needed in CABON. Can you tell me what forms did you submit.

christinev30 · Sep 10, 2015

hello po... what do they exactly mean about the concurrency? My husband applied for an exam and was told he has to take units..

Silverdragon102, BSN · Sep 10, 2015

hello po... what do they exactly mean about the concurrency? My husband applied for an exam and was told he has to take units..

CA requires clinical and theory elements to be taken at the same time

akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P · Sep 10, 2015

hello po... what do they exactly mean about the concurrency? My husband applied for an exam and was told he has to take units..

CA requires clinical and theory elements to be taken at the same time

As an example, this means when you do your peds stuff in the classroom, you also do the peds clinicals in the same quarter or semester. There are several other elements that must be matched up this way and none of them can be split across quarters/semesters. To do so, as commonly happens in the Philippines and other places, you become disqualified as an applicant because then the clinical and theory elements are no longer "concurrent." This was, at first, primarily a problem for Excelsior College students because of the format of the program. When California stopped accepting EC student applications because of the "concurrency" problem, schools outside of California should have seen the writing on the wall and adapted their programs to eliminate this issue for their students.

DIsISpReE · Jun 24, 2016

5 maj/5min hospital clinical case dates fall within med surg theory/lecture/same semester and 5 cord/5dress/5actual hospital clinical case dates fall witin ob theory/lecture/same semester