out of state nursing

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Hello all,

I recently got kicked out of my nursing program in CA, and I will be working CNA while I apply to both LVN/ADN in CA. I've never experienced the "long wait times" to get into a nursing program in CA since my previous program is a private school. I just applied and got in right away. I've heard that many people wait for about 3 years to get into a program in CA, that's a lot of time that I don't want to lose. Would be it be "easier" to get into an out-of-state nursing program? By "easier", I meant no wait time. For those of you who are in a nursing program out of California, how much does your program cost? The previous private school that I went to is about 100k. I also understand that in order to work in California, I will need to take a state exam to work in California. Could someone give me your thoughts?

Thank you so much for your time!

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I can answer some of this for you. Schools vary greatly on how competitive they are, it's not as if the other 49 states (outside California) are a blanket "easier or harder". Honestly having failed out of a nursing program will impact which schools will consider you for admission. I'm around a fair number of students and my impression is that nursing schools in general are rather competitive, can't say you won't have a wait time considering you will likely have to repeat courses if you were kicked out for a grade failure. And if you were kicked out for an ethical reason you might not be getting in at all. You will have to research where you are willing to live and go to school, a much bigger series of questions.

It isn't a state exam you take to work in California, it's that you apply to the Board of Nursing there to get authorization to take the NCLEX licensing exam. Be sure whatever school you intend on attending is acceptable to the Nursing Board, that's super important. The NCLEX is a national licensing exam good for all the US states but it's up to each state's board of nursing on whether they issue you a license.

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