update on my endorsement situation...need advice!

suzanne4, RN · Dec 9, 2007

It is not going to be quick processing with your file, it will need to be approved at a board meeting, and each case is determined on its own merit.

As they told you, they will not issue a temporary license to you, you need to get a permanent license before you will be able to work. Honestly, there is not going to be any way that you are going to be able to start your orientation then. In normal circumstances, it takes over a month to get a permanent license when there is no special attention that needs to be paid to an application. You need to add in that extra time, and they do not meet all of the time, so more than likely you will be looking at several months before you will be getting a license if they approve you. So there is no way for you to get a temporary license, whether in person there or via the mail system with regular processing. I would go with the hard card fingerprinting to be able to start the process, they will not do anything with your application without the fingerprints going thru the system; so do not wait until you get to CA as that will delay you even longer.

I would not make the move until you have the license in hand, or know that they have approved your application. If they do not approve it, then you will have issues with getting out of a lease, etc.

Nursys.com can verify your license but you also have to have your school forward a completed set of transcripts to the BRN as they cannot issue a permanent license without that.

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Whatever has happened to any others here does not necessarily apply to you as each case is determined on its own and the BRN and only them can make the final determination as to grant a license or not to. We are unable to offer legal advice here as per your specific case.

dlaura22 · Dec 10, 2007

I was just told that they would not give me a temporary license as a walk through in Sacramento...they will still issue a temporary after they review my documents. I can't start the process until after I take boards.

BeccaznRN, RN · Dec 10, 2007

If you are coming out to CA anytime before you actually move, definitely do the livescan. I did mine in October, which was way before I submitted my application in January. Otherwise, you should probably do the hard card.

FLOBRN · Dec 10, 2007

Pardon me : ) If you were so determined to work in California, why didn't you just arrange to take your boards there? I graduated in Wa state, took my boards in Maine and have never had an endorsement hassel from any other state. Just wondering.

FLOBRN

suzanne4, RN · Dec 10, 2007

Please take a moment and listen to what I am telling you, and what they have told you:

They will not issue anything to you, whether temporary or permanent until they review your records. And anytime there has been something legal in that file, the entire case gets submitted to be reviewed directly by the Board on an individual basis. Until they make a determination, they will not issue anything to you, this is the point that I am trying to make to you. You cannot start the endorsement procedure until you have an actual license number for them to look at. And if you add into the time that will be needed for them to grant a decision based on the fact that it is not done weekly most of the time, but only every few weeks or so, you are going to be hard pressed to get anything from them that will permit you to start working in January.

If you knew that you were going to be working in CA, then you probably should have applied directly to them and gotten this cleared up from the start, but unfortunately, the endorsement is normally not an issue for anyone, but the fact that you have a conviction on your record that they need to issue a special clearance on. And from any of the others that have posted here about that, it has taken them about three months to get something issued.

suzanne4, RN · Dec 10, 2007

Pardon me : ) If you were so determined to work in California, why didn't you just arrange to take your boards there? I graduated in Wa state, took my boards in Maine and have never had an endorsement hassel from any other state. Just wondering.
FLOBRN

If you have had any legal proceedings against you, whether or not in nursing, then the state has to make a special determination on each case. It is not something that is done quickly and never in just a month.

This is why she is having delay issues with this.

FLOBRN · Dec 10, 2007

If you have had any legal proceedings against you, whether or not in nursing, then the state has to make a special determination on each case. It is not something that is done quickly and never in just a month.
This is why she is having delay issues with this.

No what I meant was why not just take her origional boards in California instead of in Wi. I understand it might still be a delay but would get rid of the need for the endorsemet problem.

: )

dlaura22 · Dec 10, 2007

when i talked to the lady at the BON, she told me that it would probably only add about an extra week on to the process since the offense was minor and happened almost 8 years ago. that is what she said.

all i can do at this point is submit my info asap and hope for the best.

suzanne4, RN · Dec 10, 2007

Either way, she is not going to make that starting date. When you graduate from out of state, you cannot start the procedure for licensure until you have a completed set of transcripts that can be submitted. No matter which way that she chose, there would be issues for her.

When there are no issues, then it really does not matter. Some choose to take it for their own state if they will get approval quicker. Endorsement to CA is usually just done in a day in most cases.

When you graduate from a CA school, then you can take the exam as soon as you have completed the required course work, and your school has submitted your name on the roster of those that they anticipate to graduate. That is why there are no Quick Results available in CA, they need to make sure that the transcripts are received before they will release the results.

Anytime there is a legal issue that needs approval before you can endorse a license or even get approval to sit for the NCLEX exam, there are usually multiple steps involved and not immediate notification of approval. In CA specifically, the decision is not made by the person that is evaluating the file, but by an actual board. And they do not meet all of the time.

Hope that this helps explain things better.

Roc2kets · Jan 1, 2012

Dlaura22 - I know I'm following up on an old post, but I am in a similar situation to you. I'm looking to endorse my RN license in ca and wondering what your outcome was?

dlaura22 · Jan 6, 2012

I have been working in CA for 4 years now. I had to jump through a few hoops with the board, but it was OK and I got my license. In CA you have to report EVERYTHING, even minor traffic offenses! I think it took about 5 weeks and I had to get all sorts of documentation from my ticket from when I was 19 years old.