hi nurses!!! i am a registered nurse from the philippines, finished my BSN there as well, i am currently residing here in chicago. i understand that the first step for nclex application for illinois is to register/purchase the credentials evaluation services or CES by CGFNS. did that, so CGFNS is currently waiting for some documents from my school and licensing authority back in the philippines. i am soooo excited to take my test that i log-in to my cgfns account like everyday!!!
so my questions are:
do i have to take an english proficiency exam (toefl, ielts, etc...)???
how long does it usually take for CGFNS to finish the CES??? they have this expedite feature and when u get it (costs $250.00) they will be evaluating your documents within 10days once they received everything. i wanna know if it'll make much difference if i have it expedited and whether its worth the price. :)
and just now, i got a call from a friend who lives in california. she is also a BSN graduate from the philippines. she was gonna reapply for her 3rd NCLEX but then she got a letter from the california BON somehow saying that the BSN graduates from the philippines do not have the same curriculum which they require in california (something like that...) and that they would need to go back to school for all those subject areas they did not meet. she was sooooo frustrated, she doesnt know what to do now... and it make me worry about my application too... is there a possibility something like that would happen to IL BON too??? i just hope there wouldn't be any problem since IL applicants are evaluated by the CGFNS...
hoping to get some information re my concerns... this is my first post by the way, if that matters...
