Can a MD take the NCLEX?

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Hi to all!

Can you help me with this. I am an nurse working in Dallas, TX. My boyfriend is a doctor in the philippines. Can he take the NCLEX and work in the US as a nurse? Thank you for all the inputs and suggestions.

John

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Nope, sorry. Although it is common for MDs from the Philippines and elsewhere to come here to work as nurses, they must first graduate from a nursing school that qualifies them to apply for the NCLEX.

Nursing school is different from medical school.

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Specializes in Critical Care Transport/Intensive Care/Management.

True, in terms of training, they're both different matters. Plus, they need to have the required related learning experience to qualify .... it was never easy , but sure was fun for me .... i remember the days .......

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If he completes a second courser program, then yes, he can write the NCLEX-RN exam. Any that wish to write that exam must complete a program in an approved school of nursing.

Every physician that is working as an RN in the US has completed a program before they will be permitted to sit for that exam. Without the actual schooling, no way.

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Thread moved to the International Forum, it is specific to foreign-trained nurses.

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