PA-C route if RN endorsement denied by CA BRN

[lovedizzle]

Hey guys! I'm trying to get my CO lic endorsed here in california, but I'm 99% sure they will deny it due to concurrency issue. I've always thought about the NP route but the thing is in order to practice as NP here in Ca i'd still need a ca rn lic so I'm thinking about the PA-C route.

Plan is to move to Vegas work as RN there and study PA-C for two yrs and then come back to california when i'm done with my masters. Seems to me that doing so will be better than wasting TIME waiting for a school to accept you for MS and OB program and MONEY. I think its better to spend your money and time earning your masters than repeating what you've already learned. Its only two yrs and the pay is 2 times better or more.

[steppybay]

You should write to the PAC agency (CA) directly for better clarification.

There's been some talks about the CA BRN allowing one to get a MSN degree in CA and that would meet the concurrency issue. But not sure about obtaining the PAC degree (Master's program) in CA or even out of state if that meets with the CA BRN requirements.

As the basis (your foundation) of the BSN is considered ineligible under the CA BRN concurrency if that's what the CA evaluators say so.

Like the BVNPT (LVN's in CA), the CA BRN and PAC agencies and boards are totally different and independent of each other. Different exams, different requirements, different scope of practices etc.

So before spending the time and money as mentioned, you should not rely totally on the forums and go direct to the ones that actually make the real decisions.

Please do report back on your findings so that others can benefit here.

You might want to start making an application or get your package ready if you're planning to go and work in NV (in the case the CA route doesn't work). Since you plan to work in NV, why not just apply there first?

Start looking into the schools in NV for the PAC degree, I think it's very limited and to get accepted is worse than the ones in CA from what I heard (last year or two).

Of course, this is all for nothing should you pass the concurrency requirements if approved under the endorsement process.