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Hi again Nurse Joy! I would like to follow up on my previous query. I am interested in the school you attended in San Antonio where you completed the courses you needed to take the CA NCLEX :) Kindly please let us know the name of the school. We would highly appreciate the response. You can reach me at [email protected]. Thank you for your prompt attention on this matter.

Sorry for the late reply. So far, I have not received any response from Nurse Joy. I'll let you know once I get the school's name :)

Hi Nurse Joy, Thank you so much for the post :) It really gave me hope. I am also a BSN graduate from the Philippines & same as you, CA wants me to go back to nursing school due to concurrency issues of my Med/Surg, OB & Psych. That's why, I am interested in the school you enrolled in San Antonio, TX since I'm planning on moving to Texas next year. If you can please kindly send me the information of the school to my email address: [email protected] I would greatly appreciate it.

Hi to all! Thank you very much for your replies on this thread. I really appreciate those who took their time to answer. I just want to let everyone know that after months of waiting, one of the Licensing Analysts of the California Board of Registered Nursing has finally replied to the same question mentioned above. Here's her reply: Good day, If you complete an ADN program, you have been considered to have obtained an Associate's degree or certificate depending on what your school has determined. Your BSN degree would not be considered unless you ONLY complete the deficiencies. If your question is can you complete the medical-surgical, obstetric, and psychiatric deficiencies at an ADN level, will you be considered a BSN graduate? The answer is yes ONLY if you do not complete the entire program again at the ADN level. What she meant was that if you complete the deficiencies at the ADN level, you are still a BSN grad; but, if you complete the entire ADN program, the Board will consider you as an Associate's & not a Bachelor's any longer since you have obtained an Associate's degree or certificate. Truly, this is frustrating ‘cause most of the schools I inquired here in California wants me to take their whole 2yr and 4yr program, both public & private. Hope this thread helps other foreign BSN graduates to decide whether to study again or go another State. God bless…

Greetings of peace! I'm a foreign BSN graduate from the Philippines and I applied for NCLEX here in California. Last February, I received a letter instructing me to take courses in Medical-Surgical, Obstetrics, and Psychiatric Nursing because of concurrency issue. I looked into accredited nursing schools and all of them informed me that I have to take their whole nursing program since the Medical-Surgical is integrated in the whole program. I want to know if going for the 2-year Associate's Degree in Nursing will do just fine to complete my aforementioned course deficiencies? Or do I need to take the whole 4-year BSN program? My concern is I am already holding a BSN degree in the Philippines (& when my transcripts were evaluated, the US academic equivalent is still BSN) but will I still be considered a degree holder of a BSN if I take the ADN program instead of the BSN once I have passed the NCLEX-RN here in California? Please give me some enlightenment on this matter so that I can decide what to do next. Thank you for your gracious assistance and prompt attention on this matter. God bless!