RN in the Philippines wants to become a USRN in Washington State

[edvtavares]

HI!Im Deborah a registered nurse in the Philippines.I am now in Washington and planning to take the NCLEX. How I would be able to meet the educational requirements for me to be able to take NCLEX RN as i heard the cuncurrency issues here in Washington?Or Do I have to take classes and comply more clinical hours?What should I do as first step?

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

First step would be checking BON website and start registration process, that will tell you if you need to make hours up and what hours

[edvtavares]

Do I need my credentials to be evaluated with cgfns first before I can enroll to a school?

[edvtavares]

I already did.

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

Yes you need CGFNS first as that will tell the state what is required if anything

[edvtavares]

Hi!How many weeks do cgfns issued a report to bon?

[Mishey2]

CGFNS took a few months because of a few problems: they said they lost some pages of my original files that were transferred from CP to CES. I had to re-request many of the other documents from my nursing school and PRC to send to CGFNS. I made an error entry and had asked CGFNS to delete the entry, but instead of deleting it, they incorrectly placed a name of a school (that I never attended) in that entry causing my file to be delayed while they waited for those records. I had to contact them three more times to remove it, but I guess the system would not let them remove it, so that requirement was just waived.

I graduated 2014, applied to CA-denied due to concurrency, then applied to PA (required CGFNS-CP and qualifying exam), then applied to WA state and was able transfer some, not all documents from the CGFNS CP to CGFNS CES. I did not encounter any concurrency issue with WA state.