Quickest Way for Getting Things Done and Licensed in US

[suzanne4]

As most of you know, I have been recommending initial licensure in NY for quite some time. And for those of you that did not heed the warning, you now know why.

New York is three easy applications only, next you take the NCLEX exam, then you get a hard license and can endorse to almost any state afterwards. Because of the requirements of the Special Credentials Verification for New York, you do not have to do any of the running around to obtain your documents. CGFNS will obtain them for you....after you sign the release and send them the money.

NY also requires two short classes that can be done on-line, one on Child Abuse, and the other on Infection. Both are available for about $15 each and take only one hour or so.

NY BON application can be found at http://www.op.nyed.gov. You only need to submit "Form 1."

The Special Credentials Verification can be found at http://www.CGFNS.org, as well as the Visa Screen Application.

Once you have received documentation from NY that your credentials have been received and approved, submit payment to Pearson-Vue for the NCLEX exam. http://www.perasonvue.com. They are the ones that will actually send you the ATT letter, upon approval of the Board of Nursing. Be aware that this ATT (authorization to test) is only good for ninety (90) days. You will have onlt that amount of time to get the exam done in, otherwise you will lose your payment and have to start again.

Hope that this helps................ :balloons:

Most importantly, NY will issue you the license without a Social Security Number.

[augigi, CNS]

Well thanks for the info. Again, I understand why they need to safeguard the US public from under-educated foreign nurses, but to require a critical care nurse with 10yrs experience to go back to college for paediatrics you do not want to practice in is insane. I am not suggesting it should be made "easier", but I do think they should be able to issue limited practice licences like they do for your graduating RNs to say that if you pass NCLEX, good luck to you. I am sure that I could pass NCLEX if I sat it tomorrow, without investing thousands of dollars to do a university course I will never use.. it makes it an expensive test!!

If the US was serious about correcting their nursing shortage, they would come up with a better way to certify foreign nurses eg. list schools whose education is approved as equivalent, instead of making every nurse apply for this and that and blah blah, issuing licenses stipulating you can only work in certain areas eg. adult care, or publishing a list of what you can do to correct deficiencies, so that you could be proactive in correcting them instead of paying $$$$$ to CGFNS who then say "you are deficient", with no indication how to correct the deficiency.

[kiko88]

hello to suzanne and to everyone. i'm a newbie here. thanks for having this place for the nurses. greetings to all...

[suzanne4, RN]

Well thanks for the info. Again, I understand why they need to safeguard the US public from under-educated foreign nurses, but to require a critical care nurse with 10yrs experience to go back to college for paediatrics you do not want to practice in is insane. I am not suggesting it should be made "easier", but I do think they should be able to issue limited practice licences like they do for your graduating RNs to say that if you pass NCLEX, good luck to you. I am sure that I could pass NCLEX if I sat it tomorrow, without investing thousands of dollars to do a university course I will never use.. it makes it an expensive test!!

If the US was serious about correcting their nursing shortage, they would come up with a better way to certify foreign nurses eg. list schools whose education is approved as equivalent, instead of making every nurse apply for this and that and blah blah, issuing licenses stipulating you can only work in certain areas eg. adult care, or publishing a list of what you can do to correct deficiencies, so that you could be proactive in correcting them instead of paying $$$$$ to CGFNS who then say "you are deficient", with no indication how to correct the deficiency.

Sorry, but it is not just the US, Canada actually has the same requirement as well. Missing the peds clinicals and theory will not let you get licensed there either. The US is not trying to fix the shortage by importing nurses from other countries, though the recuriters would like you to believe it.

And in the US, you can be in an adult ICU, and have a peds patient there, even if just to wait until they are transferred out to another facility. So never say never. I have seen it too many times throughout my career.

CGFNS does state that you need clinical and thoery hours in each of a list of areas, and that the hours need to be in an approved school of nursing.

Each country is free to set their own requirements. An ICU RN here that did a two year degree and has twenty years of experience would not be able to work in the UK, because their program was not long enough, they would also need to make up hours. It goes both way.

[suzanne4, RN]

hello to suzanne and to everyone. i'm a newbie here. thanks for having this place for the nurses. greetings to all...

welcome to allnurses.com...............:balloons:

[augigi, CNS]

I understand the requirement, but we DID do theory AND clinical, just not the amount that someone has arbitrarily deemed enough. I am fairly confident that I could care for a child awaiting transfer.

I know it is the system, but I am just suggesting it is inefficient. I am not suggesting it is only the US. Surely there is room to consider improving the processes?

In any case, I am still screwed, and will probably not bother and just turn down the job I have been offered over here - it just isn't worth the cost, time and aggravation.

Thanks anyhow for all your advice.

[suzanne4, RN]

Do you know for a fact how your school submitted it? If youi had enough hours, then perhaps it is the way that your school listed it. Many do not have these hours at all in their curriculum.

And then all it takes is your school claifying this.

Same issue with Canada if you wanted to work there as well.

[purple_rage17]

hello, i'm from the philippines and i'll be graduating next year. would it be possible for me to start my career immediately in the states even if i don't have work experience in the philippines? or is better to work here in the philippines first, and if i do, for how long? what will be the first step to take in order to work in the u.s...

thanks ^_^

[caillou]

hi,

I'm a french nurse and I'm actually waiting for my credentials to be verified but I'd like to know if I will be able to do a master in few months. Will I be an associate degree nurse or BSN-RN???

Thanks for your help!!

[Camila_cmg]

I'm a brazilian LPN going to the US with a work permit because my husband is american.

My question is: Can I get my license in the state of NY (where we're gonna live)?

My LPN course was at a technical school after I graduated from high-school.

It took me 18 months to get my license in Brazil. (12 months of classroom activities and 6 months of rotations)

I'm worried about that because a friend of mine who didn't get her credentials accepted in Florida told me that they won't accept mine either as I didn't study at an university, but a technical school. :uhoh21:

Can anyone help me?

Thanks a lot!

[suzanne4, RN]

hello, i'm from the philippines and i'll be graduating next year. would it be possible for me to start my career immediately in the states even if i don't have work experience in the philippines? or is better to work here in the philippines first, and if i do, for how long? what will be the first step to take in order to work in the u.s...

thanks ^_^

You are not requied to have experience in your home country, but be aware that the process takes about one year, if not longer before you can work in the US. And you cannot begin any of the process unitl you have ac ompleted set of transcripts.

[suzanne4, RN]

hi,

I'm a french nurse and I'm actually waiting for my credentials to be verified but I'd like to know if I will be able to do a master in few months. Will I be an associate degree nurse or BSN-RN???

Thanks for your help!!

It will depend on hoe long that you r program was. If four years, then it should be considered similar to the BSN, but again it will depend on what your Diploma actually states. If it states Diploma, then that is what you will have, it is hard to say until your trancripts are reviewed.

If you are going for the MSN, adn do not have a Bachelor's or equivalen in something, that will be alomost impossible. Wait to see what they will tell you.

[suzanne4, RN]

I'm a brazilian LPN going to the US with a work permit because my husband is american.

My question is: Can I get my license in the state of NY (where we're gonna live)?

My LPN course was at a technical school after I graduated from high-school.

It took me 18 months to get my license in Brazil. (12 months of classroom activities and 6 months of rotations)

I'm worried about that because a friend of mine who didn't get her credentials accepted in Florida told me that they won't accept mine either as I didn't study at an university, but a technical school. :uhoh21:

Can anyone help me?

Thanks a lot!

In the US, the LPN is considered a technical degree, that is why work permits are not usually issued to those that hold that certification. If you were applying for a visa on your own, you would not be able to get it.

Best bet is just to submit your credentials and see what they say. University training is definitely not required.