Paolo_pml, you just go to the CA Board of Nursing website & submit an application. There's an option on there (I think method 3 or 4), and they review whether or not you're qualified to take the NCLEX. You get the approval, take the NCLEX, and if you pass you're an LVN! I was a medic in the Air Force and did this last year, and had no problem getting a job as an LVN at a hospital.