CGFNS Test results...need help Please

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Hello There,

I am a Nurse from the U.K living in USA, just taken the CGFNS last week.

Nobody at the exam seemed to know for sure what the pass mark is.

The study guide states a scale of 1 to 800 with 400 being a pass, while a fellow exam taker (who had previously failed) stated it was 80%.

I called CGFNS today and they stated 540 is the passing score but would not elaborate out of what!!!???

There were 271 questions in total....

Has anyone got any ideas?????:confused:

Thank you so much

Specializes in Med/Surg/Med-Tele/SDU/ED.

I just called up CGFNS.

I think people should know about my problem, so I started this thread: https://allnurses.com/forums/f75/he-said-she-said-courier-vs-cgfns-132220.html#post1420738

Moral of the Story: use FedEx when sending important documents.

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Before doing anyhting else, check with the bank to see if the check was ever cashed. If it was, then they can start a search to see where the file went to. This happened to DHEL and he was ready to start the process over, and they found everything. It was misplaced into another file.

But first, find out if the money order was ever cashed. That would be your first step.

Again to all of you: EMS is just the name of the air-mail carrier services in some countries. It is not a courier service.

Pay the extra money and use one for the courier services, you can use Fed EX, DHL, UPS, etc. Just make sure that it is a service not with your mail service.

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Specializes in Med/Surg/Med-Tele/SDU/ED.
before doing anyhting else, check with the bank to see if the check was ever cashed. if it was, then they can start a search to see where the file went to. this happened to dhel and he was ready to start the process over, and they found everything. it was misplaced into another file.
it's nice to know that this had happened before.

in dhel's case, did cgfns acknowledge that they got the papers, or did cgfns also claim that they did not receive them?

in my case, the cgfns person was adamant that they do not have an employee by the name of the signee, that they do not have my visa screen application nor payment.

but first, find out if the money order was ever cashed. that would be your first step.
the subcontractor was sure they delivered my papers to the right address. they'll be giving me a "hard copy" of the signature. they said they deliver mail to cgfns all the time, so it's improbable they lost my documents. they cannot give me a timeframe on when they can send me the "hard copy" though.

anyway, tomorrow i'll have the bank check where the money ended up, if it was encashed.

i'm curious: is it common for people to get documents not meant for them? is it common for people to encash such checks, is it easy to do?

again to all of you: ems is just the name of the air-mail carrier services in some countries. it is not a courier service.

pay the extra money and use one for the courier services, you can use fed ex, dhl, ups, etc. just make sure that it is a service not with your mail service.

amen!

painful lesson.

btw, the cg guy who answered the phone...told me that the results of the nov. 9 exam will have to wait another 4 to 6 weeks.

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CGFNS apparently put his documents in another file. The first thing that you need to do is find out if the check was cashed, if it wasn't, then the entire file may have been lost. If it was, then it will list which CGFNS account # if was credited to and they may find your things in that file.

I really doubt that it will be another 4 to 6 weeks for scores to be posted, it may be that long before you receive the letter, but the pass or no pass should be up in the next two weeks, if not before.:wink2:

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Specializes in Med/Surg/Med-Tele/SDU/ED.
CGFNS apparently put his documents in another file. The first thing that you need to do is find out if the check was cashed, if it wasn't, then the entire file may have been lost. If it was, then it will list which CGFNS account # if was credited to and they may find your things in that file.
OK, I hope this was the case. So when the bank traces where the money ended up, they should be able to get the CGFNS/ICHP number? It's nice to learn something new each day. :wink2:

I hope this was what happened to my papers.

How long did it take for them to trace the check? Is there a charge for that?

I really doubt that it will be another 4 to 6 weeks for scores to be posted, it may be that long before you receive the letter, but the pass or no pass should be up in the next two weeks, if not before.:wink2:
Actually the buzz going around the examinees here is that the results should be online Dec. 9. Since I was talking to a CGFNS guy anyway, I thought I could ask if he knows when they'll release the results.

He said, "another 4 to 6 weeks."

I hope he's wrong, and I hope we all passed the CGFNS exam.

Waiting is so hard!

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I am also a little concerned about the scoring method that CGFNS is using. I failed the most recent test by a large margin of more than 50, but I have never scored lower than 50% in the simulations. I have done more than 3000 Qs in the preparation and the average is 65%. During the test I felt it's even a little easier than the sims. Now I am kinda lost. If I failed by such a big margin even when I could get around 65%, how good is it considered to be good enough?

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Another reason why I do not like the CGFNS exam, and which book were you using for review?

If an NCLEX review book, the tests are nothing alike, and the NCLEX prep doesn't prepare you for the CGFNS exam. The questions are completely different. Not in any way similar.

Sorry that you did not make it.

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I started with Official Study Guide for the CGFNS Qualification Exam sold by CGFNS for $45. It's a 450 page book I guess every one on the test has one since the price is included in the $295 first time application fee. I then used Sauders Review. Actually I felt the Qs in the real test quite similar w/ the Official Guide, but a little easier than Saunders. But generally I didn't feel a lot difference among all these books. I got an average of 60-65% in both books with Sauders at the high end 'cauz it was towards the end.

I am a little frustrated now, since let's say 800/275, each Q worths 3 points in average, and I am 50 points short, I need to get 16.666 Qs more in order to pass. And that's 16.5% of all Qs. If I am already at 65% in average, it means I need to get 65+16.5=81.5% in order to pass. So the rumor is true?! One really needs to achieve exactly 80% to pass.

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Not all questions have the same points issued to them.

I have taught preparation classes for the CGFNS exam overseas, as well as the NCLEX exam, and the approach for preparing is completely different for the two exams.

You actually need 401 points to pass the CGFNS exam, just over 50% 0f the actual points available. But remember that there are 'bonus' questions on that exam that do not count, just like the NCLEX exam where they are testing out new questions. So you need to base your calculations on fewer questions. But again, that is not the way to prepare for either exam.

Nursing in the US is very different from what you did in your home country. It will be a real eye opener for you when you begin. Even my students that knew exactly what to expect were quite surprised by the differences. They did not realize that it would be as extreme.

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I agree with you Suzanne that the two tests have a good chance to be totally different, though I have no idea how the second one really is. But the official guide is supposed to be targeting CGFNS certificate solely, right? There are other study materials for sale on CGFNS, I am just wondering how good one has to be with them in order to pass the exam.

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Specializes in Med/Surg/Med-Tele/SDU/ED.

there is at least 1 review center here and 1 big nursing school with their own machines for checking the papers. they bought the machines from the us so their students can get the feel of answering the actual exam, and to facilitate checking.

they found out that the manner of shading is very important.

you have to shade the entire box or circle darkly. if you shade too light for the machine to detect, the number is counted as wrong. they noted some cases where the shading is so light that the machine only gave 5 correct answers, when a manual check showed 90 correct answers out of 100.

you have to erase completely. if not, that number will also be counted as wrong.

i hope this helps you, and the other people in this forum.

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I need help please, the location of Cgfns test center in New York NY....

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