13 states with same CA BON concurrency issues

[steppybay]

i knew of the recent vt denials and just as of yesterday my friend's letter of rejection from az, same as ca bon's reason.

let's all thank our ched, prc and pna for doing a "great" job of not meeting the states minimum educational requirements.

i'm sure that this will also affect other countries not just those from phil.

as posted by nrskarenrn on july 18, 2012 in post #447 in this thread https://allnurses.com/nurse-registrat...35-page45.html

"ony those states that have explicit education requirements of concurrent theory and practicum will philippine nurses have licensure issues.

excellsior college new york nursing graduates have had same issue recently. see state board licensure requirements here

these are states having concerns over concurrent therory and practicum, so i would look at other 37 states to obtain license:

alabama

arizona

california

georgia

illinois

kansas

louisiana

maryland

north dakota

oklahoma

vermont

virginia

washington "

[kmen2739]

Does anyone knows if you worked as a nurse from other state then moved to California (reciprocity) you have to do the requirements of going back to school again?

Hi, Poala0413! I'm not sure if this will be of help to you anymore but for those reading this thread, my college friend who first obtained his license in NY and practiced for a year. He transferred to TX, obtained another license, and practiced there for 3 years now. He planned to transfer to CA since his family and relatives are mostly there. When he applied for CA BON, he was informed that he still needs to undergo additional schooling to obtain the units that does not comply with their requirements for him to get an RN license from them.

Looking at it, it doesn't make sense to go through again obtaining additional units just to comply to get his CA RN license when in fact he was already issued 2 RN licenses namely: NY & TX.

Your thoughts on this?

[caliotter3]

Hi, Poala0413! I'm not sure if this will be of help to you anymore but for those reading this thread, my college friend who first obtained his license in NY and practiced for a year. He transferred to TX, obtained another license, and practiced there for 3 years now. He planned to transfer to CA since his family and relatives are mostly there. When he applied for CA BON, he was informed that he still needs to undergo additional schooling to obtain the units that does not comply with their requirements for him to get an RN license from them.

Looking at it, it doesn't make sense to go through again obtaining additional units just to comply to get his CA RN license when in fact he was already issued 2 RN licenses namely: NY & TX.

Your thoughts on this?

This is why a national licensing system would make a lot of sense.

[elkpark]

Hi, Poala0413! I'm not sure if this will be of help to you anymore but for those reading this thread, my college friend who first obtained his license in NY and practiced for a year. He transferred to TX, obtained another license, and practiced there for 3 years now. He planned to transfer to CA since his family and relatives are mostly there. When he applied for CA BON, he was informed that he still needs to undergo additional schooling to obtain the units that does not comply with their requirements for him to get an RN license from them.

Looking at it, it doesn't make sense to go through again obtaining additional units just to comply to get his CA RN license when in fact he was already issued 2 RN licenses namely: NY & TX.

Your thoughts on this?

Each US state is free to set its own standards and requirements. If he doesn't meet CA's standards, he's not going to get a CA license, doesn't matter if he's already been licensed in all 49 of the other states.

[Rnapproved]

Hi everybody! Just in case some of you, specially Philippine graduates, are out of hope to ever be licensed as a RN in the US, I have good news. I, too, had the same worries since graduating in 2009. I got approved for CA RN Nclex back in 2010 but failed... And then life happened. I never got the chance to re-apply again and sit for the NCLEX. I have been working as a CNA since 2009 and when I learned of the concurrency issue, I lost all hope. Recently, 2 of my friends who are in Virginia applied to take the NCLEX RN and got approved. I tried my luck and applied in Florida. The process took roughly 3 months. I had my credentials evaluated by IERF(it costs $345), sent my application to Florida Board of Nursing(it costs $110) and had my fingerprints(i live in California so I had to do the fingerprint card here and send it to an approved livescan provider in Florida. I used Morphotrust. All in all it cost me $100). Today, Florida Board of Nursing sent me the confirmation that I am eligible to take the NCLEX RN!!! I have been really anxious these past few days because my credential evaluation from IERF says that I don't have Long Term Care Experience. It does say, though, that my education is comparable to US BSN. So there guys! Don't lose hope. My journey doesn't end here though because I still have to review and pass the NCLEX but I'm staying positive! If I ever pass, I plan to transfer to Florida and work. I'd still want to live and work in California but I know that I won't be able to endorse my license in California so my plan is to go back to school and become a Physician's Assistant and then take the Boards in California. I originally planned to become a Nurse Practitioner but I'll still need a California RN license to sit for the California nurse practioner boards so I'll just do the Physician assistant programs since that doesn't need any RN license at all. All they need to enter the program is a Bachelor's degree. I probably need to take a couple of classes before i could get admitted but that's fine. For now I'm just happy I got the eligibility letter from Florida to sit for the NCLEX!!!