PHARMACOLOGY 

Our pharmacology course online will qualify the individual to challenge the LVN NCLEX Exam in California. 54 Pharmacology Theory Hours pursuant to California Code of Regulations Division 25 Article 4. Licenses § 2516(b)(2) This Course is offered to Certified Nursing Assistants seeking licensure as vocational nurses in California based upon equivalent experience and/or education. The California Board of Vocational Nursing (LVN Board) refers to this approach to licensing as “Method 3: Qualification Based on Equivalent Education and/or Experience Authority per section 2873 of the Vocational Nursing Practice Act and section 2516(b) of the California Code of Regulations.” What Method 3 does is recognize that experience gained as a CNA can be the equivalent to formal education. Although there may be variants in experience acceptable to the Board, according to regulation, a CNA must have 51 months of “paid general duty inpatient bedside nursing experience” consisting of the following:  

• 48 months medical/surgical nursing
•  6 weeks maternity or genitourinary nursing  
• 6 weeks pediatric nursing

The majority of the paid bedside nursing experience must have occurred in an inpatient clinical facility providing the types of patient care that will prepare the applicant for the content topics covered in the licensure examination. It is required that all experience must have occurred within the past ten years, with half of the required experience occurring in the past five years. The experience must have been recent enough that the applicant is knowledgeable regarding current types of patient care equipment, policies and procedures. In addition, the applicant must also complete a 54 hour course of instruction in pharmacology which is obtainable with ABC Healthcare Training. CNAs both in California and other states who have met the above required experience can take this class and sit for the California LVN board in their respective states once the board authorizes them to test. Currently, this class is offered only online.