Cgfns and ga board endorsement requirements

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Hey u all,

just want to know if anyone sides with me. i was a foreign trained bt fortunately i ve been able to get a lic. in California. i ve not been able to move to CA BECAUSE OF FEW THINGS so i decided to apply for lic by endorsement in GA and one of their requirements say must get evaluation from only CGFNS.

1. this should not happen that way because its endorsement not examination and once one state has evaluated and accepted ur application, i don't think anoda evaluation is necessary here.

2. And Cgfns should also review their requirements, because if u need an evaluation for a board for endorsement, validation of ur lic. in ur country is not also necessary. u only need something to show that at least its meets US education, so why then shd u send a validation form to ur country to be filled up? meanwhile u need a course by course evaluation.

in fact am airing my view here because getting my lic. validation has been an obstacle and its never the same when getting something from anoda country as U S especially in my country(africa). so GA Board and CGFNS should please review their requirements for international nurses to be free from frustrations and other things.

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Specializes in ICU.

I understand that this is very frustrating for you, but to my knowledge, you have to comply with the other state's requirements even for US license endorsements. California offers its own in-house review of credentials, but the rest of the states use CGFNS and their services require license validation in addition to the credentials review.

While I do agree that this process can be very tedious, since you're a foreign-trained nurse, there's really no way to get around it, unfortunately.

And as for the license validation, CGFNS has downloadable forms depending on the particular service you need. Just contact your local board and request that they fill up the form for you and have it sent directly to CGFNS.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

It may be frustrating but each state has their own requirements and most use CGFNS so once a CES report is done it can be forwarded to other states, for a small fee. Many of us have had to go through similar processes. I, for example, was initially registered in New York who do cvs and had to get CES done when I needed a AZ licence

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Also some states do require a license in the country you trained in and others don't

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