help! Australia nurse to Nevada, OB requirement

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Hi guys, 

I am a nurse working in Sydney, Australia. I also did my bachelor's and gained my first license in Australia. 

The story is, I am trying to move to Nevada. Passed Cgfn CES report, and started applying on Nevada BON. hoping to get authorisation to take NCLEX, pass it, get the license, find a job and move. 

But now Nevada BON told me "We cannot determine that you have completed a didactic and clinical course in OB/maternal health nursing"

I told them OB is not in the curriculum and I work in Emergency and passed cgfn IDK if it is going to make a difference. I am waiting for their reply, 

I have browsed online for solutions like No Tomorrow, some people say you can get licensed in other states and then be endorsed in the state you want to move --> I checked the NEVADA endorsement requirement, they still need an education transcript. 

I am so stuck. I thought after passing cgfn everything would be easier but no :( 

Has anyone experienced similar things or can anyone give me some ideas? 

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

 

YOU do not tell the board anything. You ask the board how to satisfy their requirement. In the US, 20 %  of my studies was in OB. There were many questions on the NCLEX regarding OB.

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Been there,done that said:

YOU do not tell the board anything. You ask the board how to satisfy their requirement. In the US, 20 %  of my studies was in OB. There were many questions on the NCLEX regarding OB.

Thanks for replying! 
Yea I also asked them what else I need to do to meet the requirements. Waiting for their reply. 

I started NCLEX prep it is actually interesting for me. But the problem is I need to pass BON to give me the permission to take it. 

I feel I will probably end up doing a whole degree and become registered midwifery to meet the requirement since there is no single unit of study on offer in Australia. sounds like a complete overkill. Sigh...

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In the U.S, nursing is taught as generalist education in these subjects:  medical surgical, obstetric and gynecological. pediatrics,  geriatrics and psychiatric nursing with concurrent clinical placements.    Internally Educated Nurses (IEN) often stymied by these requirements.   Midwifery degree seems like your only way to meet our requirements.    Good Luck.

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I was just reading another post on this where it stated that Australian trained RNs are generally short on didactic and clinical hours for Maternal Health / OB and pediatrics and that is a huge disadvantage for obtaining a license in many states. I have read that its is easier for Australians to get their first nursing license in NY after taking the NCLEX and then applying for a RN license in a state that does not insist on the maternity/ Peds hours . Just remember that the CGFNS is not a regulatory body of any sort . They are a private company that completes verification of foreign nursing training and issue reports such as the CES. Issuing a CES does not constitute any approval to license for any of the State BON's. 

As a foreign educated nurse you will need to do the entire CGFNS nightmare every time you endorse to a new state. Try applying for a multi state license from a state that doesn't require undergraduate OB. 

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NRSKarenRN said:

In the U.S, nursing is taught as generalist education in these subjects:  medical surgical, obstetric and gynecological. pediatrics,  geriatrics and psychiatric nursing with concurrent clinical placements.    Internally Educated Nurses (IEN) often stymied by these requirements.   Midwifery degree seems like your only way to meet our requirements.    Good Luck.

I did some research and found some US uni provides CE (continue education) class for OB. Found one with 2 days placement. I'm gonna ask BON if that meets their requirements to avoid doing the whole diploma

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kp2016 said:

As a foreign educated nurse you will need to do the entire CGFNS nightmare every time you endorse to a new state. Try applying for a multi state license from a state that doesn't require undergraduate OB. 

Hi there, thanks for the reply.
It's interesting that cgfn actually not too bad for me. It was just expensive. I got my CES within 3 days after my school uploaded everything and because in cgfn form, they put maternal and infant in the same category. so my OB part was covered. (They ask maternal/infant and nursing care of children)

what's annoying me is the BON asking for transcripts again and they check it again. In Nevada's standard they need OB to be a single subject by itself. I don't understand If they gonna check the transcript what's the point for me to do CES? 

If I hold a  multi-state license I still can't work in Nevada, is that right? 

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RickyRescueRN said:

I was just reading another post on this where it stated that Australian trained RNs are generally short on didactic and clinical hours for Maternal Health / OB and pediatrics and that is a huge disadvantage for obtaining a license in many states. I have read that its is easier for Australians to get their first nursing license in NY after taking the NCLEX and then applying for a RN license in a state that does not insist on the maternity/ Peds hours . Just remember that the CGFNS is not a regulatory body of any sort . They are a private company that completes verification of foreign nursing training and issue reports such as the CES. Issuing a CES does not constitute any approval to license for any of the State BON's. 

Hi, thanks for your reply, 

yea I read, NY is prob the easiest. But it's not where I'm moving to. But now I'm thinking If I should just apply and do my NCLEX first since getting a ATT is so hard in Nevada 

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kp2016 said:

As a foreign educated nurse you will need to do the entire CGFNS nightmare every time you endorse to a new state. Try applying for a multi state license from a state that doesn't require undergraduate OB. 

You need to show you are currently a resident of that state in order to be granted multi-state privileges. Otherwise it will just be a single-state license.

klone said:

You need to show you are currently a resident of that state in order to be granted multi-state privileges. Otherwise it will just be a single-state license.

I feel like this should be repeated for the people in the back. First of all, multi-state licenses for work for people like travelers who are taking temporary positions; if you move to the new state full-time, you need to be licensed in that state or your multi-state license will become void (reverts to single-state only) and you'll be practicing in your new state without a license. Second, it's a moot point since Nevada isn't a compact state anyway.

vivi123 said:

If I hold a  multi-state license I still can't work in Nevada, is that right? 

Correct. Nevada is not in the multi-state license "compact," so the multi-state licenses aren't valid. Also, you must be a full-time resident of the state in which you have your multi-state license in order to retain "multi-state" status; for instance, if you have a multi-state license in Arizona, but you move away from Arizona to Nevada, your multi-state license reverts back to an Arizona single-state license.

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adventure_rn said:

I feel like this should be repeated for the people in the back. First of all, multi-state licenses for work for people like travelers who are taking temporary positions; if you move to the new state full-time, you need to be licensed in that state or your multi-state license will become void (reverts to single-state only) and you'll be practicing in your new state without a license. Second, it's a moot point since Nevada isn't a compact state anyway.

Yea, I need Nevada license the multistate one won't help me. 
I ended up found a school in Nevada that can let me enrol into their maternity class (with clinical) in their nursing program. I'm now waiting for enrolment in fall. I hope I'll complete this one single unit smoothly and I pray for no more unexpected requirements 

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