German RN - Question regarding transcripts

[sdpatsfan12]

Greetings everyone...

This is my first post and I am posting on behalf of my wife who is an RN out here in Germany where we currently live.

Long story short, my wife is German, I am American and we are moving back to the States this year after 7 years of living out here together.

She went to nursing school out here and has been an RN for 10 years now and would like to continue working as one in the U.S.

The issue we are having after speaking to the California State Nursing Board and the Nursing Board out here is the transcript issue. As nursing schools out here aren't done through a university and are federally regulated so that everyone that has a license has completed the appropriate subject matter, clinical hours, theory hours, etc., I guess the actual grades in each subject aren't important as long as you are licensed.

What I am interested in is what fellow AllNurses members with similar experience used instead of official transcripts? I have looked around for samples on the internet and cant find much. We have the print out from the nursing board which lists every subject covered over the 3 year "Ausbildung" along with the amount of hours spent learning said subject, as well as clinical hours. Will that be enough to qualify as "official transcripts" once translated, stamped, signed, and sealed? Or does anyone have any idea as to how we should go about acquiring what the nursing boards in the States are requesting?

Thank you all so much in advance for your responses!!

Sincerely,

Dave

[schwester23]

Hey Dave,

did you get any further?

I'm in a similar situation. Just wondering how it worked out for you...

[SpidersWeb, BSN]

I realize this is late for Dave and his wife but maybe you can benefit from this schwester23.

Credentials evaluation depends on the state of your choice but my experience with Colorado board of nursing was that I had submit my official documents to the CGFNS for a CES report.

The CGFNS requires a nursing school diploma, transcripts (course-by-course grades regardless of compatibility with the US) as well as a transcript verification form that is filled out, signed, stamped and sent in a sealed envelope directly from one's nursing school.

On this form there's a table for breakdown of hours, which is important (please, see it here: http://www.cgfns.org/wp-content/uploads/AcademicRecordsFormNurses.pdf). In each nursing subject area there needs to be at least 40 hours in theoretical instruction and 80 hours in clinical practice. The science courses are of interest as well but you don't need to care about the right column that much (I didn't put down any hours there).

Besides nursing school documents they request a license verification form which is pretty straightforward (you need to ask for German licensing authority to fill it out, sign, stamp and send in a sealed envelop directly to the CGFNS), and secondary school documents. In my case, I sent them my gymnasium and Abitur records but later on the requirement was waived.

I hope this helps.

[GermanTexan]

@SpidersWeb Would you happen to have a renewed version of that link? My German wife (living in Germany with her) are attempting to convert her hours as listed by the state into what CGFNS is requesting. A lot of which cannot exactly be transferred over or is simply too vague. Anything would be a big help.