It appears that the 5 year backlog on green cards has had its effect on new graduate nurses:
4,686 Filipinos took NCLEX from Jan-Mar 2008
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 17:24:00 04/26/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- Filipino nurses who took the United States' NCLEX (National Council Licensure Examination) for the first time have gone down seven percent from 5,076 during the first quarter of 2007 to 4,686 during the same period this year.
The data came from Catanduanes Representative Joseph Santiago, who said that for the whole of 2007, a record total of 21,499 Filipinos took the NCLEX for the first time, excluding repeaters.
He noted that this was up 6,328 or 42 percent compared to the 15,171 Filipinos that took the NCLEX for the first time in 2006.
In a statement, Santiago said the 2007 figures translate to a daily average of some 60 Filipino nurses seeking to practice in the US.
The congressman advocates the closing down of substandard Philippine nursing schools. He also supports the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) directive that compels every independent Philippine nursing licensure examination review center to promptly affiliate with an accredited college, or face closure.
Hi! I am a medical graduate here in our country but I had a premed degree in nursing. I'm planning to work as a nurse in the US and now is going to apply for NCLEX. Do I still have to take the local board in nursing here coz some of my collegues in medicine who changed their career as a nurse in the US told me that I don't have to take the local exam but rather just pass a letter to the Ca BON explaining that I am a doctor here and planning to practice as a nurse there. Is this true? Or do I really need to take up the local boards for me to be given the permit to take the NCLEX exam? thanks.
That was true before. The CA Board of Registered Nursing has just changed their policy starting Jan. of this year and started requiring the NLE henceforth and now only make exemptions on a very, very few instances.
You are still welcome to make an explanation letter but majority are now denied if without a valid reason and with your situation it is almost sure that you will be required of it.
P.S. Their website still says that you may make a letter of explanation (as is before) but there are already numerous accounts that reported here and in the Int'l forum that they were being asked for the NLE.
It comes down to the fact that if you are able to write the NLE, then you are going to have to do it for the Ca BRN. They are no longer making exceptions if one has the green card. So if you are going to need to be petitioned, you are going to have to write the NLE exam. Without it, there is no way for you to get any experience.
Thanks! Maybe I'll just try my luck. If not given the chance to sit for the exam...it's just then that i decide what to do. Anyway, whatever the results, I'll keep you posted.
lawrence01
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That was true before. The CA Board of Registered Nursing has just changed their policy starting Jan. of this year and started requiring the NLE henceforth and now only make exemptions on a very, very few instances.
You are still welcome to make an explanation letter but majority are now denied if without a valid reason and with your situation it is almost sure that you will be required of it.
P.S. Their website still says that you may make a letter of explanation (as is before) but there are already numerous accounts that reported here and in the Int'l forum that they were being asked for the NLE.