NCLEX in Manila starts on August 23, 2007

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CHICAGO - The National Council of

State Boards of Nursing, Inc. (NCSBN)

will begin NCLEX testing in Manila,

the capital city of the Philippines,

at the international Pearson

Professional Center on Aug. 23, 2007.

Scheduling for examination

appointments will begin on July 13,

2007.

The Manila site was chosen in February

by the NCSBN Board of Directors

because of the deep commitment shown

by the Philippine government to

ensuring a secure test center. The

placement of a test site in the

Philippines will allow for greater

customer service to nurses without

compromising the goal of safeguarding

the public health, safety and welfare

of patients in the U.S.

Intended for the purposes of domestic

nurse licensure in U.S. states and

territories, all security policies and

procedures currently used to

administer the NCLEX examination

domestically will be fully implemented

at this new site. Administration of

the NCLEX examination abroad does not

contradict or circumvent any current

board of nursing process or

requirement. All international

candidates are required to apply to

the board of nursing in the state or

territory where they wish to be

licensed before registering for the

NCLEX examination. The NCLEX

examination fee for all candidates is

$200. Candidates who elect to take the

NCLEX at an international site pay an

additional $150 when they schedule

their examination. State and

territorial NCLEX examination fees

remain at their current levels and are

not being used to subsidize the

international testing initiative.

Offered abroad since January 2005, the

current international sites for NCLEX

examinations are in London, England;

Hong Kong; Sydney, Australia; Toronto,

Montreal, and Vancouver, Canada;

Frankfurt, Germany; Mumbai, New Delhi,

Hyderabad, Bangalore, and Chennai,

India; Mexico City, Mexico; Taipei,

Taiwan; and Chiyoda-ku and Yokohama,

Japan.