NCLEX without passing CG???

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I have heard that some cities in USA doesn't required CGFNS. Is it possible to take the NCLEX without taking CG exam? Hope to hear from all of you nurses from other countries working now in US. Thanks...

Hi, I got my job today at the town I live:)

Thank you for sharing good experience to me.:)

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What type of facility, what type of unit, and when do you start?

Congratulations are in order!!!! :balloons:

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Hi Suzanne,

I got a job with Hospital in the town where I live.

I will work at Medical floor .My new job will be started on this Monday .I'm so excited .

:) I plan to to work for some experiences till next year then I will move to Kansas city .

I will let you know how are thing going with my life.

Khob khune na ka .:)

What type of facility, what type of unit, and when do you start?

Congratulations are in order!!!! :balloons:

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Iam a kenyan nurse trained in Kenya and regitered in Kenya as an RN .I would like to work in Califonia .English is my first language .Please advice me on which exam i should do to come and work in that state .And how long would it take to process my travel documents.Iam really in need of working in us. MARION

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Iam a kenyan nurse trained in Kenya and regitered in Kenya as an RN .I would like to work in Califonia .English is my first language .Please advice me on which exam i should do to come and work in that state .And how long would it take to process my travel documents.Iam really in need of working in us. MARION

What you need to do is submit with the CGFNS they will assess that your qualifications are OK to work in the US, you will also need to register with a state BON who once everything is OK'd will give you a ATT ( basically an OK to sit NCLEX) you then need to find a hospital/agency (personnally avoid agency) who would sponser for green card. Depending on where you wont to work depends on time scale. i.e California are taking I believe the longest. Suzanne4 offers excellant advice and it is worth reading her replies/advice that she has offered others

Anna

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Iam a kenyan nurse trained in Kenya and regitered in Kenya as an RN .I would like to work in Califonia .English is my first language .Please advice me on which exam i should do to come and work in that state .And how long would it take to process my travel documents.Iam really in need of working in us. MARION

If your goal is to work in the US as soon as possible, I would forget about California. You are talking about at least two years to have your green card.

Right now it is taking about 6 months minimum for an ATT letter from CA Board of Nursing just to be able to sit for the NCLEX exam. Then you would get petitioned by a hospital, and to process the petition is taking a minimum of 13 months right now, and that time seems to be growing continuously.

I would go ahead and write the English exams, by the time that you attempt to petition to get that waived, it could be months and months. They are also concerned with pronunciation skills, so unless you actually trained in South Africa, Australia, UK, Canada, New Zealand, etc. you are required to take the exam.

Once you have passed NCLEX and English, you will be issued a Visa Screen Certificate (provided that you applied for it) and will need that for getting your green card.

Please let me know if you have any more questions....Hope that this gives you an idea of what is involved. :)

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Hi Suzanne,

I am a Canadian who is attending nursing school in the US (I live in a border town and commute to school in the US and back to Canada at night) Also, I lived in the US at one time as I was married to a US citizen, so I already have a SSN, but I abandoned my residency when we divorced and I moved back to Canada. My question is, in order to work in US, what will I have to do beyond the NCLEX in order to receive a Visa Screen Certificate? Will my having had permanent resident status in the past affect my ability to work in the US again?

Thanks-

Val

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All you will need is to complete the NCLEX exam. You will not be able to apply for the Visa Screen Certificate until you have actually completed your degree and have your set of transcripts, as they require those. Are you currently on an F-1 visa? If so, you have up to one year to work to get "additional training" in that area. During that time, you can compete the requirements for a green card.

That you had agreen card in the past will have no bearing on anyhting, just that you needto go thru the entire procedure again.

Hope that this helps............. :balloons:

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Suzanne

I have a question,I am a US permanant resident so I don't need the visa screen.I was an Enrolled nurse in the UK and completed my enrolled nurse conversion course in 1998. I then came to the USA and let my registration lapse.The NMC failed to tell me that to do the CGFNS or whatever it is called I needed a current registration. However they have accepted my EN and RN transcripts in Missouri and have approved me to work as an LPN and take the NCLEXPN exam. They wouldn't let me take the CFGNS because I didn't have a current registration. If I was to go back to the UK for a three month back to nursing course I would get my RN registration back in the UK . Would the EN to RN conversion course be acceptable here? or do I need to complete some study here? and would I get credits for my training at a US school of nursing?

Thanks Ann

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I would look into getting licensed in NY. You can check with their Board of Nursing. Then you can endorse to Missouri without having to take the CGFNS exam. Not sure why they accepted your credentials for taking the LPN exam, but not the RN. However, problem with UK training is that you may not have completedthe appropraite amount of hours in each area needed. In the US, they want the nurse to get initial training as a generalist, but the UK has changed over to the specialist system. Where you specailize in either adult, mental health, or pediatrics. Which curriculum did you study under since you don't say when you initially completed your degree.

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I would look into getting licensed in NY. You can check with their Board of Nursing. Then you can endorse to Missouri without having to take the CGFNS exam. Not sure why they accepted your credentials for taking the LPN exam, but not the RN. However, problem with UK training is that you may not have completedthe appropraite amount of hours in each area needed. In the US, they want the nurse to get initial training as a generalist, but the UK has changed over to the specialist system. Where you specailize in either adult, mental health, or pediatrics. Which curriculum did you study under since you

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Suzanne

I actually live in Missouri. I initially trained as a practical nurse, which is an Enrolled nurse in the UK or like your LPN's this was a110wk course or two years I know your LPN's only do one year. I was an LPN for ten years it was adult nursing with some pediatrics about eight weeks in all. But I was classed as an adult nurse. I then completed what is known as an Enrolled nurse conversion course or your eqiuvalent of an RN bridging programme. I qualified with a Certificate of Higher Education in Nursing in 1998 and became an RN. I did not carry on in nursing and let my registration lapse.I was informed that to do the CGFNS I needed a current license which I did not have , but as I had also trained as an LPN in the UK I could apply to be an LPN and it didn't matter that my license as an LPN had also expired. I presumed because LPN's do not usually work in a supervisory capacity they are less acountable. I don't know. I sent them both schools transcripts and applied for the LPN exam as I couldn't do theCGFNS. My question is would they have accepted the UK RN version of the bridging course if I had my license. I can get my license back if I go to the UK on a back to nursing course for three months. Or should I just see if I can do some extra study here?

Thanks Ann

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Hi Ann

I was a EN who converted to RN and I have had no problems re doing the conversion course, the only problem I have is that the cgfns are soooooooo slow

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