I will be graduating from my NP Program this December (2026) as a pediatric primary care nurse practitioner. I live in California and will be getting licensed in California and was wondering if anyone has gone through the examination/licensing process in California and about how long that process took from when you graduated. I work at a children's hospital currently as an RN and have a clinic within the system that is potentially interested in hiring me, but I want to provide them an accurate timeline of when I would actually be able to start working.
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Hi all!
I will be graduating from my NP Program this December (2026) as a pediatric primary care nurse practitioner. I live in California and will be getting licensed in California and was wondering if anyone has gone through the examination/licensing process in California and about how long that process took from when you graduated. I work at a children's hospital currently as an RN and have a clinic within the system that is potentially interested in hiring me, but I want to provide them an accurate timeline of when I would actually be able to start working.