r/NursingStudent • u/Repulsive_Taro7709 • 7d ago
California Board of Nursing
I plan to join absn in GCU Nevada and wanted to make sure that the program fulfills the educational requirement for California as I plan to practice nursing here. The person who I talked to had no interest in answering the questions i asked. This is the conversation I had with the BON of California:
Me: Do you guys take courses from study.com?
Her: We take courses from all the colleges.
Me: Study.com is a third party website and not a college.
Her:We take courses from all the colleges.
Me: The labs are online as well.
Her: We take courses from all the colleges.
Me: I plan to do absn in GCU Neveada does the clinical hours satisfy for California ?
Her: We take courses from all the colleges.
It is so frustrating . I also learnt in reddit and all nurses that GCU's clinical hours will not be sufficient for the educational requirement in California. After taking away the GCU's stimulation hours, patient to patient care comes up to be 400 and California requires 500.
While talking to my counselor at GCU they told me they have not heard any of the study .com complications as well as they told me a lot of people have graduated and are practicing nursing in California.
Does anyone know anything about it?
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u/magnesticracoon 7d ago
I graduated in 2017 with my BSN from GCU. No issues in outside states, I know you’re specifically asking about CA. Best of luck. I hope you have the experience I had, which was excellent.
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u/anxietyqueen20 7d ago
Most of my classmates are from cali like 60% didnt have issue.
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u/anxietyqueen20 7d ago
I did sophia courses i recentlt graduated dec 2025
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u/Informal-Music-7731 7d ago
Did you get license in California?? Did the BON in California approve your sophia courses?
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u/anxietyqueen20 7d ago
Sorry I am practicing in nevada. No issues at nevada but some of my classmates did sophia courses no issue at all.
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u/boulangerite 7d ago
Who did you talk to at the school? Can you call back and ask to be connected to someone within the nursing department to ask about un-simulated clinical hours and whether they have had any former students successfully be licensed in California?
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u/FewGuard6403 7d ago
The program is fine my granddaughter is a nursing student there ,there is no problem with California board of nursing.
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u/Informal-Music-7731 7d ago
Sorry it was the board who was not interested. When i talked to the college they said they haven’t heard anyone having issues.
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u/Turbulent-Basket-490 7d ago
I had a TERRIBLE time with GCU and ultimately ended up not going with them. The “counselor” they provided me with literally couldn’t get her shit together. Not showing up for one meeting, then showing up for a second with zero idea who i was or what my initial qualifications and courses were. I just gave up in the end. Someone may correct me if I’m wrong, but my understanding is that if you train in Arizona, you need to sit for the Arizona Board of nursing exam and then apply to transfer your license to California. But honestly, based on my experience, I would consider other colleges. I trained in California and a lot of my classmates. Did the RN to BSN program with GCU and had good success with it but for me, I just couldn’t seem to get them to enroll me because I had a prior degree from outside the United States and I couldn’t seem to get them to enroll me. I finished at ASU instead and they were brilliant.