TRANSFERRING LICENSE TO A DIFFERENT STATE

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I AM AN LVN IN CALIFORNIA AND LOOKING TO PRACTICE IN TEXAS. I CANNOT ENDORSE MY LICENSE TO TEXAS SINCE I FINISHED MY SCHOOLING AS EQUIVALENCY AND I AM NOT A GRADUATE. DOES ANYONE KNOW THE PROCESS TO GET A LICENSE IN TEXAS AS A NON GRADUATE FROM CALIFORNIA?

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

This is one of the downsides of CA's additional routes to licensure. In order to get a license in a state that requires completion of a program, you'll need to complete a program.

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Dialysis.

You can't transfer a license to any state, you can however apply and pay for a license in a different state if you meet that states licensing requirements. Once you have an established work history this will become easier as most states have a path to licensure based on practice hours as a nurse. That is the only way I can think of to possibly license in a state that doesn't accept your education background and even then I'm not certain that's going to work. It all depends on the state requirements where you are looking to apply.

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

You will not be able to endorse your CA license to TX (or any other state that I am aware of). That is the chance you take when doing the CA non-graduate route. I'm sorry this came back to bite you. 

If you wish to practice outside CA you will need to attend and graduate from a school of nursing. 

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