i will try to keep this very long story short. since april 2008, i have been struggeling to meet all the requirements of cgfns. but as many people here can attest to, dealing with cgfns isn't as easy as it should be.
since january 2009, i was lead to believe that all my submited documents (license transcript, nursing school transcript etc.) had been reviewed and that i had been found eligible to register for the exam. i signed up for an exam in march and july, but cgfns weren't able to accomodate both my 1. and 2. choice. now i've signed up for an exam in november and by accident i find out that my documents, were reviwed but found incomplete. it turns out that they need a more specific break-down of all the subjects i've studied. the only problem is that they never informed me of this and only after i've been in contact with them, are they sending a letter to my nursing school asking for the specifics. i'm not sure what a "more specific break-down" means, since my nursing school already filled out the form accounting for all the theoretical and clinical hours of each subject.
that's why i'm calling all danish nurses that have been through all the many steps required by cgfns, including review of official documents, and have managed to received a certificate. i'm thinking that if you've managed to get a certificate then so should i, after all we do have the exact same degree.
- i would really like to know how you were able to meet the requirements of the theoretical and clinical hours of each subject and how your nursing school figured out what the ects points equaled in amount of hours?
Specializes in ACNP-BC, Adult Critical Care, Cardiology.
Sine,
Could it be possible to have a three-way phone coversation with CGFNS and your school records administrator or Dean in Denmark so it's clear how they want the hours presented to them? CGFNS is very hard to deal with and is notorious for delays in processing. Unfortunately, they have a monopoly on the foreign educational credentialing business. Until CGFNS is happy with how the breakdown of hours are presented to them, I'm afraid they are not going to proceed with approving you to take the CGFNS exam. I hope other Danish nurses who went through the process could respond and help you.
Corey Narry, MSN, RN, NP
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Sine,
Could it be possible to have a three-way phone coversation with CGFNS and your school records administrator or Dean in Denmark so it's clear how they want the hours presented to them? CGFNS is very hard to deal with and is notorious for delays in processing. Unfortunately, they have a monopoly on the foreign educational credentialing business. Until CGFNS is happy with how the breakdown of hours are presented to them, I'm afraid they are not going to proceed with approving you to take the CGFNS exam. I hope other Danish nurses who went through the process could respond and help you.