endorse to VA, please more flexibility in VA

[calypso1]

Hello,

I would like to endorse my CA-RN license to Virginia but they (VaBON) say that i have to go through CGFNS. I am a foreign nurse and do not have my transcripts anymore but i do have the ones from ERES. I do not understand why VaBON does not take transcripts from other institutions (they are as valuable as CGFNS is).

What should i do as i can not have the transcripts sent to CGFNS anymore due to numerous reasons (i am not in the country anymore...) and who should i contact at the VaBON.

I am having headaches due to this. I pray that a miracle will take place and someone will understand my situation. I am supposed to move at the end of the year (I told my supervisor here that i was leaving at the end of the year).

This situation made me read about all the BONs and i must say some BONs such as New Mexico and others take CGFNS, ERES etc. VaBON should follow their example. Who should i write to, to let him/her know that they should make our lives easier, we passed the N-clex which was not easy.

Have a good Sunday.

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

VA BoN will not alter their policies. Licensing is a privilege not a right. Of you wish to live and work in VA you need to comply with their requirements for licensing as an internationally educated nurse. Using the logic that NM accepts CGFNS or ERES will have no bearing on trying to get VA to change their regulations. It would take quite some time to change the state regulations defining what documents and assessments are needed for licensing as a RN in VA by examination or endorsement. The US government leaves licensing requirements up to each state. Just like CABRN does their own assessments. Most states accept CGFNS. Very few accept ERES.

Your options are to find a way to secure your necessary transcripts & credentials as required by CGFNS CES or not work as an RN in VA. VA BoN is not concerned with making it easier to be licensed as a nurse they require candidates to meet the established requirements. Harsh? Depends on your point of view but licensing is a privilege with requirements and responsibilities. VA BoN has an obligation to the public to ensure each licensed nurse meets the educational & credential requirements as set forth by state regulations. Exceptions are not an option.