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I see. That's nice to hear. Just wondering too... what year did you graduate? Did you take the NLE before coming to California? When did you receive your denial letter from CA BRN?

Just curious steppybay, are you also a Philippine nursing graduate who applied to CA and was denied eligibility to take the NCLEX-RN? If so, did you finish your coursework or go with the LVN route? Or did you apply out of state?

Are you able to PM? What's your email? I can email you there. =)

Ohh I see. So you're still waiting for a reply from them? When did you send your application?

What else did they ask from you Halen? They asked me for my passport and SSN card...

Were your cases concurrent?

Hi! Did they ask you for you SSN card and passport?

Hi kuyafern, I am just curious... What edition of lacharity's book did you use? Thanks.

The California board will still look at your educational background no matter what. So the concurrency issue might be a problem in the event that your education does not meet California's requirements.

Thank you for that information.

Ok, earlier you wrote MSMU and when I googled it, only MSMU in Maryland came up. Thanks for clarifying that it's not MSMU but instead MSMC.

Hi, This is for internationally educated nurses (IENs) who applied for the licensure examination in California and have been denied due to concurrency issues and are interested in taking additional course work to fulfill the medical-surgical nursing and obstetrics deficiencies. I would like to make a list of schools that offer programs for those deficiencies. If you have tried contacting schools and are successful in getting information for such programs, please mention them here and any other details. Also those schools that you contacted and do not offer anything can be listed as well so others know not to try those schools anymore. In essence, this will hopefully make it alot easier for us trying to research and contact schools instead of going back and reading post by post what others have said. I know alot of us are in the same situation right now and it's quite frustrating. But its gotten easier knowing that we are not alone. With this, I hope we can help each other out and share our knowledge. Anyway, these are the schools that I know of so far, based on what I have seen on a few threads: CSU Fresno - This is somewhat confirmed in that the program has yet to be approved. San Francisco State University (SFSU), National University, and Mount Saint Mary's College (MSMC) have been mentioned in other threads. I have contacted SFSU, but they made no mention of programs for just those two courses and that you would need to be a full time student enrolled in the actual BSN program. I am not sure about National University and MSMC. To anyone who has inquired at these schools, please let us know how that went.

By the way, the MSMU you are referring to... is that Mount St. Mary's University in Maryland? I haven't heard of any MSMU in California. Also, have you tried University of San Francisco (USF)?

Steppybay, I just called the nursing department in SFSU and mentioned about the MS/OB deficiencies and they said that they offer no such thing to people in our situation. They told me that I'd need to be a full time student enrolled in the whole nursing program to take those courses. Where did you get that information about those 900 foreign applicants applying for 1-2 spots? Maybe you are reffering to the actual whole BSN program they offer, as that is impacted. Because they made no mention of programs for foreign grads with the 2 deficiencies.

Congrats! So that means NV BRN didn't ask you to take any more courses?