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I was eligible to sit for the nclex for California.

Wow.. so I took my exam this September, went the distance all 265 questions. Unfortunately I didn't pass. Got my results and "near passing standard" all across the board so the news of failure basically tore me apart.

Now what makes it worse is after submitting the reapplication form and waiting for four weeks for a reply from the board, I get a letter today stating

:::: The Board has determined that the program you completed in the Philippines is not equivalent to the minimum requirements for licensure set forth in California Code Section 1426(d).

You may be able to view Section 1426 (d) and all other codes of the California Code of Regulations by going to our website at: www.rn.ca.gov. Once in the website there will be 'Tabs' at the top of the screen. Go to Regulations then to Nursing Practice Act and finally to California Code of Regulations.

California Code of Regulations Section 1426(d) states that theory and clinical practice shall be concurrent. The documents received state that some of the training was completed several semesters after the theory classes. ::::::

I email the evaluator in charge of my application and she explains ::::

You have options and that is to apply to the LVN Board or in another RN Board in a different state or go for your master's degree in nursing but in California you are not qualified as a RN without the Master's degree.

According to the RLE and the school's curriculum you should have completed the scrubs in NCM 101 and 102 but they were completed in NCM 104, 105 and 103. I am enclosing a copy of the letter that was sent to you yesterday.

I'm angry and sad at the same time. How is it possible that I was eligible to take the nclex the first time I applied and not eligible to retake now? I went from meeting the requirements of an RN to now meeting the requirements of an LVN. How is this possible?

They are saying I'm ineligible based on the dates of completion of my cases. The school requires 5 major, 5 minor, 5 assisted delivery, 5 actual delivery, and 5 cord dressing clinical cases which I completed or else I wouldn't have been able to graduate. All of a sudden Ca board is being technical about the completion dates of these cases. The school is well aware of the fact that completion of these cases is impossible to be concurrent with the theoretical classes. It is not always guaranteed that students will complete the needed cases in concurrent with the theoretical because there are times when there aren't any patients in the hospitals that we are rotated in. It is for this reason that the school allows completion of the needed cases through out the following semesters. We took the theoretical classes before we were allowed to go on our clinicals but the lack of patients made it difficult to complete those 5 cases during that semester. That's why some of my cases were completed one or two semesters after the theory classes.

Am I understanding this correctly? I thought all that matters was that my cases were complete regardless if it was completed in concurrent/along with theoretical or after theoretical. I learned what I was suppose to learn it just so happen that exposure to the actual thing came a semester later.

So now they are saying I can't sit for the nclex in California and I need to complete a masters degree to be qualified as an Rn in California. Is this possible? I went to school graduated with a BSN and in the end I'm told that I only qualify to be a LVN after submitting a reapplication for nclex. .

Clarification would be nice and I would appreciate any advice. This just makes me question if nursing is even the right fit for me cause it's been obstacles after obstacles.

Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
Hi guys...does new mexico requires ielts for you to be able to take the test?? And when you pass, can you endorse your license in whatever state you want( not california)?? I have a ss#..and i applied here in cabon but unfortunately they want me to retake the ob and ms..badly needed help! Thanks guys!
Most accept endorsement but requirements still need to be met
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Question guys: what if for example you passed in new mexico and u wanted to practice in nevada.u will need to endorse ur license right?? Do you still need to take ielts in nevada since they require it??

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Nope NMBON doesnt require ielts if you graduated from the philippines.

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Nope NMBON doesnt require ielts if you graduated from the philippines.
Thanks alot bro..
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Most accept endorsement but requirements still need to be met

what requirements do you mean? is it still educational requirements? cause im planning to take the exam in a different state and if i passed, am hoping to work in cali. would the BON accept my out-of-state license or will they still ask for the clinical cases even if i had my license already? my situation is very frustrating. dont know what to do @@

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

CA will still require you to go through the same process even if you was able to receive license in another state. This means you will still have issues with clinical cases if already denied

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Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

In the US, licensure is an individual states right and responsibility. Thusly, each states board of nursing determines requirements for education,criminal background, clinical hours, if graduation for program required etc needed to meet thier regulations and a license be issued.

One may be licensed in one state but not another because don't meet educational requirements of that state. Much has been done over the years to streamline licensure and ability endorse license to another state.

California allows LPN's with 30 associate credits to be licensed as RN after taking NCLEX-RN exam--no other state accepts that so can not work outside California. PA requires GRADUATION form an LPN or RN program or can't get a license here.

It makes no sense to me along with a waste of finances to obtain a license in a state you are not planning to practice in and in this case would not be eligible for licensure. Additionally, I perceive it to be a squandering of state board of nursing staff who could be processing backlog of license requests.

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for anyone who's looking for a school to make up for their OB and Med Surg, look up Loma Linda University and ask for *****. you can make and appointment with her and I suggest you bring all the letters that the CA BON sent you including the letter indicating you need to make up for OB and med surg.

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i was wondering, what if one wants to endorse rn license to california.... but knowing that 6 months or so later it would get denied or asked to go to school to repeat several nursing classes.... the person instead of applying for endorsement goes straight to an accelerated second degree adn (or bsn) program that takes 1 year to do and completes the program and received a us adn (or bsn) ... isn't this ok for ca brn? and transcripts from the foreign school is no longer needed for nursing evaluation? also, when applying for the accelerated adn (or bsn) program in the us, does one have to let the school know that the applicant already holds an r.n. license?

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Hi. Can you help me please with the requirement needed in New Mexico to take the NCLEX-RN? I am a resident here in California. And since there is concurrency issues here, I am planning to take the exam in New Mexico. I am already an LVN here. What documents do I need to present to the board of nursing in New Mexico? Thanks!

Hi! :) may i ask how did u apply for your LVN exam? Thank you

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for anyone who's looking for a school to make up for their OB and Med Surg, look up Loma Linda University and ask for *****. you can make and appointment with her and I suggest you bring all the letters that the CA BON sent you including the letter indicating you need to make up for OB and med surg.

Are you already enrolled in this class? If so or if not, what is the student size that this Loma Linda Univ will allow for foreign students...1 or two or twenty or more? What is the cost of attending?

If you are not already taking the class, is it a friend of yours that is doing this today?

Thank you for passing on this good information!

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