My friend has had her UK transcripts evaluated and the report has been received by the Florida BON. She has received a letter from the BON saying "you are deficient in hours for pediatrics and obstetrics and your application will be discussed at the board meeting on November 30th"
We have googled and found minutes of board meetings and it seems some nurses are approved due to "excessive hours in other areas" but of course some have been denied too.
Just wondering if anyone else has been in this situation and what the outcome was?
November 30th seems a long time to wait. We naively thought the report would state any deficient hours and those hours could be made up in an approved college, as my friend is already living in Florida as a dependent on her husband's business visa and she has an Employment Authorization Document so is legally entitled to work. She just needs to get past the dreaded NCLEX so she can apply for a job.
She did not get ATT due to the deficient hours in OB and peds. However, the board members all seemed very willing to try assist her and this was their judgement, after discussion and questioning her about her UK training.....
They will provide her a letter to apply for a place on a remedial course, the one for NCLEX takers who have failed the exam 3 times. The course is 80 hours theory and 96 hours practical, and she has 12 months to complete this. As soon as she can provide the BON with proof of completion and passing, they will then issue her ATT for NCLEX RN.
Hi letina, you seem very familiar about this issue, I have the same problem lacking hours in theory and clinical. My question is no matter how many hours lacking, do we need to take full courses in remedial course that 80 hours theory and 96 hours clinical?
How long usually remedial course takes? I heard 2-3 months is that true?
I greatly appreciate your info.
thanks my dear.
The poster you are addressing hasn't been active on this site since May of 2012 (which you can see from looking at her profile page). I doubt you're going to get a response from her.
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