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You should always look for the school name under the board of nursing website. Don't rely on the actual school telling you they are accredited. RN.ca.gov and type RN programs on the search bar, ctrl + f and type the name of the school, if you can't find it then they are not accredited. floridanursing.gov for florida. You might want to finish your school in florida and pass your florida nlcex RN first then endorse to california RN because it will save you time and hassle. California schools are strict on class units and sometimes make you retake the same classes just to make more money.

The difference with you from those people who bought diplomas is they didn't attend a single class. If you finished all your theory nursing units and clinical hours, you can always transfer it. We were travel students from florida to california. And one of our classmates couldn't handle the airplane trips anymore so she transferred her units to unitek here in california. Always good to be prepared for the worst, have a lawyer ready and have all the required documents ready like transcript and signed clinical hours.

I was lvn for 6 years in a subacute before I became an RN. Most hospitals will only consider your RN experiences and neglect lvn because lvn can't function on their own in an acute settings, hospital need to see your experiences with vents, IV, starting peripheral lines and other acute settings skills. Long term care/skilled nursing facilities will consider your lvn experiences though. If you only plan to work in a hospital floor just to get started with your path to wealth, ADN is sufficient and no need to further pile on debt. Have your hospital pay for your BSN, only takes 6 months online class. In cali, BSN usually adds 2.5-5$ per hour. Wouldn't even make it worth the investment since BSN cost x3-4 more than asn.

You should read the conversarion again before you start blindly accusing someone of something. Anyways this thread should be closed since I got my answer from the board.

The subject was an suspected death of a patient, you are throwing this person off the boat by saying he/she can call the police by him/herself. He/she did not mention anyone intentionally murdering this patient in his/her comment.

You shouldn’t call anyone without reporting it to your charge nurse. It will get you in trouble for doing something beyond the scope of your practice. I was a CNA for 3 years so I know. The only time you by pass your immediate supervisor is if you report an abuse and it seems like they are covering it up or delaying it. Ombudsman’s phone numbers are all over your facility’s wall.

Found it, took a while. California health and safety code section 102850 A physician and surgeon, physician assistant, funeral director, or other person shall immediately notify the coroner when he or she has knowledge of a death that occurred or has charge of a body in which death occurred under any of the following circumstances: (c) Where the attending physician and surgeon or the physician assistant is unable to state the cause of death.

We call them to look at the patient and confirm that there was no visible evidence that foul play occured, because they can only see physical evidence and write a report. They won’t know if a patient died from hypotension due to overdose of bp meds, or respiratory depression due to narcotics. But they can see if patient was strangled, choked, or attack with blunt force

But a lot of facilities causes patients’ death. Neglecting the needs to be suctioned in a subacute setting causing death may lead to police investigations as well. Neglect is one of the types of abuse, that needs to be reported to the state and police. There was one that happened in hayward california during pandemic where the owner of a snf kept accepting covid patients without red zones and proper PPE that lead to 20+ patients dying. Prima got sued for millions.

I have done it 3 times so far and they just go there. We do it mainly for added defense in case it is sent to the courts. They would not just take your word for it that no crime has been done. Some skilled nursing facilities cover up malpractices and neglect, that is why police have no problem going in there. It maybe different in a hospital settings because turnover is pretty quick and accepted that people die in emergency or surgery. They would basically ask you what happened, take a look at the patient to look for visible injuries like blunt traumas or cuts then write a report with a case number. If you don’t call them and it did go to the courts, your documentation is the only evidence with no other witnesses. The difference of calling in regards to full code vs dnr, is dnr patients have poor prognosis and families have already accepted that their loved ones would die in the future compare to someone who is full code who went to a facility only to receive rehab after hip or knee surgery but dies unsuspectedly. So I’m just curious what other nurses in california do in this kind of situation because I can’t find it under board of nursing.

I have been a CNA for 3 years, lvn 6 year, RN for 1 year in California in a subacute setting. I have always known that if a patient is full code and died unsuspectedly, you always call police after 911 paramedics can’t resuscitate the patient and time of death is called in by the cctrn. I have always called the police in the past to file a report and get a case number and badge number added in my documentation in case the family members want to file lawsuit after a death of a full code. I have also known that you need to call family if they want to do an autopsy, because you can’t pull out trach tubes, foley and gt if they want to do an autopsy. So my girlfriend who is a director of nursing of a snf said that it is up to the family member if they want to do a coroner’s report with the police, she said that there is no need to find holes to bury yourself into. I feel that it is incorrect and feel more vulnerable because having a police walk in the facility and write a report that there was no visible foul play that had happened would help a lot in defense in the court. So call police after full code death with or without family consent?

It was impossible to get someone on the phone thats why I went in person. Walk in and no line. I wen tthere at 10 am

I endorsed my RN-FL to RN-CA last Jan 11 2022, I received my temporary on March 5 2022, received the permanent RN after 10 days. I didn't need to do oral and speech but thats maybe because I’m already lvn in california for 6 years. Best way to get answers is going to board of nursing at sacramento. I had to go there because my application was way past the processing time and they fave me license number the same day. BRN (916) 322-3350. My girlfriend did the same thing and got her temporary already, the problem now is getting the permanent license. They are so unorganized and short staff so the process is always delayed.

I'm endorsing my RN-license from florida to California. I see that I need (2) Communication skills, six (6) semester or nine (9) quarter units. Communication skills shall include principles of oral, written, and group communication What unit/course number is communication exactly? I looked up my local community college and I only see communication studies, is that what it is? Thanks in advance!

How? You dont even know my name or my address. :***: Plus, i gave those info because im trying to get into a school that accomodate my hours.