i am a recent graduate of a BSN degree and have passed the locen RN licensure. I have set my eye in working in illinois, since i have relative already living in that area but since a petition would take decades. They have advised me to take the CGFNS exam and since the BON of illinois have announced that there is no need for an CGFNS certification exam, instead a CGFNS CES Report is needed.
Anyway, i was wondering being a newly graduate can i take or apply for CGFNS exam/CES Report as early as say, tomorrow or next week? i am quite in a dilemma wheter i work first or i take/apply for CGFNS first?
any filipino nurses who done either of the process? or any nationality who done either of the process?
hoping for an answer regarding this.. thank you all for reading and have a good day.
PRC usually lets board passers who plans to take the CGFNS Exam register early ahead of others regardless of what surname you have. You have to present the CGFNS's License Validation Form to them so that they know that you really have intentions to take the exams and not just try to go ahead on the line. I just don't know if they will do this again because it's quite late already to beat the deadline. No hurt in trying though.
Just make sure that the state BON you are applying to requires the CP exam or you maybe just making it hard for yourself. I know a lot of friends of mine that wasted their time trying to beat the deadline last year only to find out that the CP exam wasn't even required at all by their State BON or even to those States that they want to endorse to. They weren't able to use the CP exam and just wasted their money and effort studying for it. One even was able to sit and passed the NCLEX way ahead before she was scheduled to take the CG exam (her application was late and was scheduled for the next testing date). She didn't even study for it (CG exam) anymore because she finally realized that it's of no use anymore. What a waste of money.
Thanks for clearing that up Lawrence!:)
You've just given needed hope to my friend! Unfortunately, to where she's headed, The CG CP is a must.
CGFNS exam requires that verification of having a license in the home country ber submitted before they will okay a date for the exam. Which means that if the license is not sumbitted before the ynext cut-off date and received in PA before that date, then the person will not be able to sit for the exam this fall, and will need to wait until the next exam time. You can apply now, but it will not speed anything up. They will not release anything without the license number being given to them.
She will need to have PRC submit verification to CGFNS, they will not accept it from her.
For the CES report, if you have taken the local exam, you still must submit documentation of that exam/license before the CES will be released. You need to wait until you have a license number before they can release anything.
Thanks Suzanne4!
Yeah I guess it was pretty obvious huh? Anyways, She's gonna try her luck at the PRC....might as well. As what Lawrence said, There's no harm in trying.
Where is your friend actually planning to work? There are only about four or five states left that will not permit endorsing without it, would check thoroughly before she registers for the exam.
Yeah I guess it was pretty obvious huh? Anyways, She's gonna try her luck at the PRC....might as well. As what Lawrence said, There's no harm in trying.
Thanks!
If she plans to beat the deadline. Make sure she sends in everything by courier so that it can reach CGFNS in 3 days time. PRC will charge extra for this but well worth it. Reg. airmail from Phil. will take at least 2 weeks (+/-) to reach the destination and CGFNS will only cater applications and other pertinent documents that actually reached them before their deadline and not on the date when it was sent. Goodluck.
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Thanks for clearing that up Lawrence!:)
You've just given needed hope to my friend! Unfortunately, to where she's headed, The CG CP is a must.
Thanks for the advice!