Question regarding California BON Application

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This is a question I posted as a comment in a a thread but i also wanted to make a post about it so it can get more exposure and a better chance to be answered.

I always wonder why most of the posts I see regarding foreign graduates taking nursing licensure want to be licensed in California. Is something special Cali has in reference to foreign graduates? The weather? The apparent higher wages? I mean there are other 49 states but I see all the time that foreign nurses want info in applying to Cali. Just wondering out of curiosity if someone knows why?

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

My understanding is there is a large Philippine community in CA but I am sure other members will respond

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-- Prior to April 2010, there was no SS# needed to apply for the first time applicant, not so any more.

-- No extra cost to have one's school courses evaluated, but with the strict enforcement of the concurrency regulations, the majority now fall into this section.

-- No need to pass an English proficiency exam.

-- With the majority not meeting the minimum educational standards set forth since 1987, one must re-take certain courses, of which there are very few and far in between in CA, some costing between $7,000 to $14,000. There are some much cheaper and just have to keep looking. Some posters reported they had success in finding one but some don't mention to others here where they found them.

CA used to the "easiest, fastest and cheapest" state to get licensed in, but today with the SS# requirement and meeting the concurrency rules along with possibly other missing courses like Psych, Peds, MS/OB, it's now the "hardest, slowest and expensive".

It also makes no sense to get a license out of state then try to endorse back into CA as this will not work unless they can still meet the CA BRN standards. They will be stuck with a RN license in a state they have little to no desire to start working in.

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Specializes in ACNP-BC, Adult Critical Care, Cardiology.

From a Filipino perspective, I agree that the large Filipino community in all of the California metropolitan areas is the reason why many nurses educated in the Philippines prefer California as their destination. Also, a number of California residents who are US citizens and legal residents of Filipino heritage decided to go to the Philippines for nursing school. This was felt to be a fast and easy way to earn a nursing degree given that California schools have huge waiting lists. This, as many now realize, didn't end up being a wise decision after all since California started enforcing long held regulations of making sure foreign nursing programs follow concurrent lectures and clinicals. I live in California but I've also lived in the the midwestern US and there are both good and bad things about living in both regions for me.

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My understanding is there is a large Philippine community in CA but I am sure other members will respond

Thank you for your response. Usually immigrants ( myself included) tend to move to places where there is a bigger presence of people from their country or culture, so i suppose it makes a lot of sense if there is a big Philippine community in California.

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Add in: -- Prior to April 2010 there was no SS# needed to apply for the first time applicant, not so any more. -- No extra cost to have one's school courses evaluated, but with the strict enforcement of the concurrency regulations, the majority now fall into this section. -- No need to pass an English proficiency exam. -- With the majority not meeting the minimum educational standards set forth since 1987, one must re-take certain courses, of which there are very few and far in between in CA, some costing between $7,000 to $14,000. There are some much cheaper and just have to keep looking. Some posters reported they had success in finding one but some don't mention to others here where they found them. CA used to the "easiest, fastest and cheapest" state to get licensed in, but today with the SS# requirement and meeting the concurrency rules along with possibly other missing courses like Psych, Peds, MS/OB, it's now the "hardest, slowest and expensive". It also makes no sense to get a license out of state then try to endorse back into CA as this will not work unless they can still meet the CA BRN standards. They will be stuck with a RN license in a state they have little to no desire to start working in.[/quote']

But why try to work and live only in California when there are more opportunities out there in other states?

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From a Filipino perspective I agree that the large Filipino community in all of the California metropolitan areas is the reason why many nurses educated in the Philippines prefer California as their destination. Also, a number of California residents who are US citizens and legal residents of Filipino heritage decided to go to the Philippines for nursing school. This was felt to be a fast and easy way to earn a nursing degree given that California schools have huge waiting lists. This, as many now realize, didn't end up being a wise decision after all since California started enforcing long held regulations of making sure foreign nursing programs follow concurrent lectures and clinicals. I live in California but I've also lived in the the midwestern US and there are both good and bad things about living in both regions for me.[/quote']

So at the end the decision to go for nursing school outside the US backfired. Well i guess if anyone had a crystal ball to see these changes coming they would had look for the lottery numbers first... Lol.

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