I badly need an advice!

Silverdragon102, BSN · Feb 9, 2007

HI! i just graduated last yr,october and took the local board exam here in the philippines.I didn't pass.I plasn to just focus on passing the nclex but my sense of direction is lost coz my classmates who passed the local board told me to take the local board exam this june.I dont know what to do!.My cousin told me to just concentrate in nclex since i dont have plans in working in my country.What will i do/ I already fill up forms to submmit in BON california so i could start studyng nclex,But i can't submmit yet.pls help me!. i really wanted to just focus on nclex.

Check out the international and phillipine forums, plenty of info plus some threads already on this subject.

Good luck

mtjmnov · Feb 9, 2007

What does your heart and mind say? There are advantages of taking the local board and I couldn't see any disadvantage. Advantage like, what if in the future you will work here in our country. That happens to some people I know, decades ago, they do not want to take the local board because they have no plans of working here but still took the local board, decades after, they are here working, so they realized what they did was right. You are still young, with the retrogression, you have time to prepare for the local board and NCLEX. Now, this is just my opinion, it is better to take the local board because you don't know what your future brings.

suzanne4, RN · Feb 10, 2007

I do not recommend the NLE; but since you have taken it and must report that you took it, it will be to your advantage to retake it. Especially for employers, etc.

If you were on the other side of the equation, would you want to give a license to someone from a foreign country that was unable to pass their local exam? Not to make you feel bad, but this is how things work.

It will give you a much clearer mind on things as well. Best of luck to you.