New RN Grad from Philippines wants to challenge LVN

[lilthorina]

I have a friend who is a new RN grad from the Philippines. She's in California right now. She havent taken the nclex-rn yet. She's new in the area and I'm trying to help her get some ideas and informations.

Right now she is working as a private caregiver and at the same time studying for her nclexrn. But i dont know exactly when she's planning to take her nclx rn.... She happened to ask me if where could she take a CNA classes, but she prefers online classes and also take the board test online for CNA. There's some nursing home facilities that offer CNA courses or even community colleges, but she prefers online... I know there's some RN grads from the Philippines that started as a CNA before they actually got their license as an RN. But I also think that it would be better for her to jst challenge the LVN board exam...

I am an LVN myself, started as a CNA and I am hoping to start my LVN-RN advance placement this fall semester in August... I am excited!!!

But anyway, i jst dont know exactly what to tell her. If i was her, I would challenge the LVN boards.... how can she go about applying either one, CNA or LVN....

Thank you for your comments and ideas... I really appreciate it...

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

She won't be challenging the PN boards but applied for license by examination and will need to meet requirements still may take a few months to go through the process as will need transcripts etc. Has she taken local boards as that is a requirement of Ca?

[suzanne4, RN]

What type of visa is your friend on? Does she actually have one that will permit her to work in the US?

That would be my first question right off the top as we do not have visas available and with just taking the LVN exam, she is not going to be able to get a visa. We are also under a retrogression at this time.

And there is no challenging of the PN exam, one must meet the requirements of attending an approved school of nursing in order to sit for the exam. Unless a corpsman in the US military, that is the only person that can actually challenge an exam.

And not sure why she is wanting to write this exam, it is going to take just as long to get approval to sit for the PN exam as it is for the RN exam.

[lilthorina]

She won't be challenging the PN boards but applied for license by examination and will need to meet requirements still may take a few months to go through the process as will need transcripts etc. Has she taken local boards as that is a requirement of Ca?

thanks for the reply.... where could she apply for license by examination and what are the requirements? what about CNA???

[lilthorina]

What type of visa is your friend on? Does she actually have one that will permit her to work in the US?

That would be my first question right off the top as we do not have visas available and with just taking the LVN exam, she is not going to be able to get a visa. We are also under a retrogression at this time.

And there is no challenging of the PN exam, one must meet the requirements of attending an approved school of nursing in order to sit for the exam. Unless a corpsman in the US military, that is the only person that can actually challenge an exam.

And not sure why she is wanting to write this exam, it is going to take just as long to get approval to sit for the PN exam as it is for the RN exam.

thanks for the reply...

I don't know exactly what kind of visa she have. Im thinking an immigrant visa? I dont think she has a working visa, but I havent asked her yet...

How come some RNs from philippines worked as an LVN and then eventually got their RN here in the US? well, like you said, the working visas.....

what about just taking the CNA? where can she apply for that and what are the requirements???

[suzanne4, RN]

The RNs that worked here as the LPN had to pass at least the CGFNS exam to be able to get a visa to work here. Until the NCLEX was being offered in Makati, most wrote the CGFNS exam if they did not wish to go to Saipan and came to the US that way. And the only reason that they worked as the LPN was that they could not pass the NCLEX-RN and could only pass the NCLEX-PN exam.

You need to check with your friend, if she is has the immigrant visa, that is the same as the green card. But if she is working with any other type of visa, then she is looking to get deported from the US for a period of ten years. We do not have working visas and especially if she has not written the licensing exam, there is no way that she should be working without already having the green card in her posession.

If she does not have a legal visa to work here, then taking the NCLEX-PN does not qualify her for a job here. Suggest that you check with her as soon as possible as suspect that what she is doing is not what should be done. There is also no way that she will be able to remain in the US when her visa is up if she is on the tourist visa.