Any US citizen studying Nursing in the Philippines?

Elizabeth19 · Jan 25, 2006

Hi, I am a US citizen, and I took up my bsn course in the philippines, and I just took the nclex-rn for the first time this morning. hopefully I pass. how's study? what school are you attending?

here2care · Jan 26, 2006

Hi, I am a US citizen, and I took up my bsn course in the philippines, and I just took the nclex-rn for the first time this morning. hopefully I pass. how's study? what school are you attending?

wow! i hope and i'm sure you passed it.. Congrats in advance! :balloons: its going all right. less stressful. no duty yet. just lectures. i'm going to have my midterm dis monday. its on documentationa and critical thinking. all analytical questions.my instructor said most the questions will come out on the local board here in some of this form. i don't know if its necessary pa for me since i will take the NCLEX nalang when i go back there. but i hope the same questions will come out so i know i few already. hehe. ah yeah, i'm studying here in Bacolod City, West Negros College private college.

mat17 · Jan 30, 2006

hi im a nursing student too in the Philippines. can anyone tell me what to do after graduating? can i just go to the US and just take the nclex-rn w/o taking local boards in the phils or cgfns?

here2care · Jan 31, 2006

:angryfire

hi im a nursing student too in the Philippines. can anyone tell me what to do after graduating? can i just go to the US and just take the nclex-rn w/o taking local boards in the phils or cgfns?

i have that same question mat17, but after a year from now. but its good to know ahead of time. so i hope someone out there knows what we're to do.

datfoomikko · Feb 9, 2006

you're not alone.. there's actually a lot of fil-ams here.. cause i'm one of em' but yea.. g'luck with your nursing thing..

ustegrl · Feb 14, 2006

i recently graduated last '04, and being an american citizen does not require you to challenge the local board. You can go straight to the US, submit ur application for Nclex (dont apply for a state that requires CGFNS) then challenge the exam. NExt step is start looking for a good hospital that has new grad training program.

rnozaut · Mar 1, 2006

I am also a US citizen studying Nursing in Manila....a second courser.

I will be graduating in Nursing School this March 2006 and planning on taking NCLEX when I return to US.

California NCLEX requires a written explanation if you don't hold a Local (phil) license in the country you graduated.

Do you hold a Phil. RN license when you took NCLEX EXAM?

What reason did you gave them for not having a Phil license. ?

You may email me [email protected]

ustegrl · Mar 1, 2006

I didn't take the phil boards and i told them im a us citizen that's why i didnt take the board. Also the same thing with immigrants. As simple as that.

I am also a US citizen studying Nursing in Manila....a second courser.
I will be graduating in Nursing School this March 2006 and planning on taking NCLEX when I return to US.
California NCLEX requires a written explanation if you don't hold a Local (phil) license in the country you graduated.
Do you hold a Phil. RN license when you took NCLEX EXAM?
What reason did you gave them for not having a Phil license. ?
You may email me [email protected]

SN12 · Dec 23, 2007

Hello all!

Is there a lot of Nursing Schools in the Philippines? Are they accredited here in US? tnx!

RNHawaii34 · Dec 25, 2007

hello all!
i'm a us citizen studying nursing here in us, but now i am getting sick of it, if i continue here i would have been done in a year but would like to transfer to philippines and finish there. does anyone know if i would be able to transfer my credits here from us to the philippines so i can graduate there sooner? please advise, thanks!

hmmm....running out of patience, huh? hang in there.. nursing in the philippines is entirely different from adn or bsn in the us...have you considered looking, or transferring to another school in your state? i am a us citizen but graduated in the philippines for my bsn...i find it very difficult to study there, if you think it is tough to be in your nsg. program now? it will be totally harder in pi...environment is different, culturewise, its very different, there is a lack of supplies in the schools, .....poor teaching techniques, you will need to think twice and weigh your option..if you insist? you need to find a better school, with good reputation. you will need to contact the philippine commission on higher education regarding transfer of credits. i am in the same boat like you before..transfer of credit is not your major worry, one thing is if you pursue nursing there, you're considered as foreign student..you need a student visa, etc. i say, think twice..goodluck;)

suzanne4, RN · Dec 27, 2007

As mentioned above, since you are now a US citizen, you would need to apply for a student visa to be able to study there, it is not an automatic thing that you will be able to do.

You will be required to get the BSN there for you to be able to work in the US as an RN, you must meet the educational requirements of that country and they only recognize the BSN for licensure.

You will also always be considered a foreign grad when applying to any state for licensure; licensing and immigration are two very different things.

Suggest that you have a look at some of the other threads on this very topic, as this one is more than 18 months old and there are many that are more current.

You are going to find things tougher there as you are going to be starting all over in many cases, it is hard to get your hours transferred, the same way that it is hard to transfer between nursing programs even in the same city. If you are already in a program, suggest that you remain there. You go out of the country, and it will be much longer before you will be able to write the NCLEX exam and test. When you train out of the US, you cannot start the licensing process until you have a completed set of transcripts, and many other states have additional other requirements that need to be met, so it could be much longer for you before you could start working here, definitely not faster.