moonmelody

Hi, all. Some months ago I posted about my desire to return to my native California after being in the UK for years and having completed my nursing degree here. We all know that trials and tribulations that come with attempting to gain licensure in C...

Hi there. I've made a few posts before about my journey back to California. I'm originally from LA but have been in London for 10 years and did my nursing degree here. I know all about the insanity that is the CABON for foreign trained RNs. They're a...

Thank you. That's a very generous window if that's the case!

To add: I've tried to contact the CABON multiple times to ask them about this and have gotten no response.

College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita does it!

Hi, all! I'm an American. I've been living in the UK for the past several years (my husband is English) and will be graduating with a BSc Honours degree in Adult Nursing next year. We're planning to move back to my native California shortly after th...

Hi, all. I thought I'd give a quick update. YES, I'm still hacking away at this. My only remaining hurdle is getting my uni to complete the Breaking of Credits required by the CABON. They don't want to do it.

Hey, all. Allow me to apologise in advance for the negativity. I'm having a tough time at the moment and need to vent. So I'm a new RN who graduated 8 months ago. I was born and raised in the States but have been living in the UK for years and did m...

Hi there! I'm just waiting for the letter telling me which credits I need to make up. I've gotten in touch with a couple of CA accredited nursing schools who are able to offer courses targeted at foreign trained RNs who need to make up discrepancies....

Hi, all. :) I've made a couple of posts in the past regarding my desire to return home to the US. I'm a California native but have been living in the UK for years and did my nursing degree here. Currently I'm working on an acute surgery and trauma un...

Thank you! That's heartening. Did you have paeds and maternity during your studies, though? In the UK we specialise right away, so my degree is just in adult nursing. I did participate in maternity care and some paediatrics during a few clinical plac...

Yes indeed. I'm going to get all of my paperwork in and see how it goes. I'm more than happy to pay an arm and a leg for the deficiency work because a) due to family matters I really need to come home, and b) it's an investment. The quality of life f...

The infamous concurrency issue. Fortunately there seem to be a good little handful of schools that are willing to help foreign trained RNs make up the deficiency.

Do you know of any other impending changes to California's requirements?

Tell me about it! From what I have heard, the measures were put in place as a reaction to some Filipino nurses applying for licensure in California with fraudulent documents. So now all foreign trained nurses are required to undertake California-base...

Did you come to the States before or after 2010? That year seems to have been the turning point for the CA BRN's educational requirements.

Absolutely. My return to the US has more to do with family matters than anything else. I love the NHS and think that British nursing education excels at producing the most compassionate nurses who are equipped with a truly holistic approach to patien...

Thank you! Fortunately I have found three schools in LA who offer top up classes for international RNs who have deficit for paeds and obs. I'm just now trying to figure out of it's worth applying to the BRN first knowing I'll get a letter saying that...

Hi there! I'm revisiting this thread now that I'm almost qualified. I've attempted to contact the CA BON regarding obtaining extra hours in paeds/obs/psych. So far, no response, which seems to be how they roll. What's confusing me is why there is an ...

All of those areas have definitely been covered in the theoretical aspect of my degree. We have had specific lectures on child development, labour and birth, caring for the acutely unwell pregnant patient, and how mental health diagnoses affect physi...

Thanks for your response. From what I've heard, the acceptance of UK nursing degree transcripts varies from university to university. Some UK trained nurses who are now working as RNs in the States say that they didn't need any additional schooling, ...