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Degree recognition

Hi everybody! I'm an Italian nurse since 2010, I got married with an American man and I would like to become a register nurse in the USA (California). I would like to know if GCFNS is the only agency recognized by the board of nursing for credential evaluation or if there is some other agencies that I can contact since my university is having troubles filling in GCFNS's documents.

Thank you and if there is any other Italian nurse that is experiencing the same problem please let me know.

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    Hey Scalzu87,

    What kind of problems is your school having with the forms? The breakdown of hours?

    I'm from Europe as well and I had some issues with counting the hours in my degree. I basically did the hard work and sent the form to my school for approval, to make it official.

    Unfortunately, you can't really avoid the breakdown.

    With the CA BRN you don't need to involve the CGFNS. They write: "Although, if you have been evaluated by CGFNS, the Board will accept official copies of your nursing transcripts (including the clinical portion of your training) from this organization."

    You can just fill out the breakdown in their application (https://www.rn.ca.gov/pdfs/applicants/exam-app.pdf, see page 17).

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    Their problem is the estimate of the hours they need to write down, they say they can't certify an estimate. So I guess the breakdown will be a problem too. Did you obtain the degree or not? Do you know if you can use another agency instead of GCFNS(which is very complicate in my university's opinion)? I don't want to lose a degree only because these small things.

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