Nurse from Germany

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Specializes in Geriatry, Internal-Medicine.

Hi,

I am new here and I am from Germany.

I live here with my husband and 3 kids since almost 8 years!

My youngest son will start Kindergarten after summer so that i think that this is for me a good opportunity to start working again here in the US. Right now I try to find out what I have exactly to do in order to resive my Florida licence as a German with a German Nurse Diploma!

Is there somebody who can tell me which way I have to go. I am sorry I know I have still to work on my english-skills.

Take care

Floridamom3

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Specializes in intensive care, recovery, anesthetics.

You need to contact the nursing board in Florida about their requirements, I believe you will need CES full from CGFNS but confirm with the board.

Link for board here or on CGFNS.org site. More info there as well. And there were threads here about florida licence as well. But many things will be easier for you since you have a visa and SSN, right?

5cats

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Specializes in Geriatry, Internal-Medicine.

Dear 5 Cats,

thank you for your replay. I will take a look at this web site. (cgfns.org.)

What das CES mean. And what about the NCLEX test?

Floridamom3

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Specializes in intensive care, recovery, anesthetics.

credentual evaluation service, look at the cgfns site, there's also a link to all the boards and their requirements.

NCLEX is the state exam that you have to take after the board declares you for eligible, it's a long proccess:)

5cats

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Dear 5 Cats,

thank you for your replay. I will take a look at this web site. (cgfns.org.)

What das CES mean. And what about the NCLEX test?

Floridamom3

CES is a credential evaluation of your training. Until it is done and the Florida BON assess your application you can not sit NCLEX which you need to pass to get a license enabling you to work as a nurse in the US

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Hallo Floridamom,

i am also from Germany and currently living in Texas.

I hope I am able to help you get started with the hole process.

Before you apply to the Board of Nursing in Florida for inital licensure you have to get a Certification of Educational Equivalency which is done by CGFNS or ERES. All your school credentials and the nursing diploma have to be send from the nursing school and Government division directley to CGFNS or ERES. The paperwork you need for this: your school transcripts, breakdown of your educational hours, your nursing curriculum and your diploma issued by the German Government. You want to do a course by course evaluation ( CES )

If your coursework was not entirely in English you will need the test of English as a Foreign Language ( Toefl for example ) with a passingscore determined by the Board of Nursing you apply to.

Since you have been in the USA for the past 8 years I suppose you hold a Greencard and a SSN, therefore you will not need the Visascreen service.

Note for CGFNS and/or ERES, download the paperapplication and do exactly as they say so you don't have any delays in your application process. You will need certified translations of you paperwork including your nursing curriculum. After they issue your CES you will receive a copy and the original will be send directly to the Board of Nursing.

I did my evaluation with ERES duo to the fact that i did not need Visascreen and ERES is much faster than CGFNS. On the other hand, if you planning on going back to school you might need the educational equivalency done by CGFNS.

I hope I could help a little to get you started and if you need more information I will try to answer them as good as I can.

P.s I have a translated nursing curriculum for you if you need it.

bye for now

Tanya

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Specializes in Geriatry, Internal-Medicine.

Dear Tanja,

thankyou so much for your replay. This is such a big help. I will Contact you again as soon as possible. But I see allready that I have a long way to go. I never thought wenn I did my nurse exam 1990 in Germany (Trier) that i have to do this again.

But this is life. I really hope that i can do it again in order to start working here as a nurse.

I will talk to you on Monday,

have a nice weekend and many thanks

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Dear Floridamom,

you are very welcome. It is indeed a long way but you can make it. I will be here Monday than we can talk more about it.

I wish you a nice Sunday.

Tanya

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Hi

I am also a nurse from Germany and wanted to let you know, that it will take some time, but it is possible.

It took me about 2 years, since I needed 2 classes and had to back to school for one semester, but it helped me to prepare for the NCLEX.

Be patient, but persistent with CGFNS, it can get frustating at times, but you have no choice, but to use them.

Good luck, let me know, if you need anything else.

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Hi FloridaMom,

I am also a German Nurse (Exam 1987 in Bonn) . Could you tell me how far you have come with your application and in case you have anything I could use, please let me know. If you want to write in German you can do so. Thank you , looking forward to hearing from you

Stefanie

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hello floridamom!!

this is very interesting, i believe i can help you and you can help me!! i am going to be moving to germany to be with my man but i live here in the states and i am a rn!! what you have to do is call the board of nursing in florida and they will let you know what exactly you need to do but i know for a fact that germany will have to send some paperwork to the board of nursing in florida for a $15 fee and then i think you'll have to take the nclex again for the state of florida. so, what will i have to do to get a nursing job in germany???

hi,

i am new here and i am from germany.

i live here with my husband and 3 kids since almost 8 years!

my youngest son will start kindergarten after summer so that i think that this is for me a good opportunity to start working again here in the us. right now i try to find out what i have exactly to do in order to resive my florida licence as a german with a german nurse diploma!

is there somebody who can tell me which way i have to go. i am sorry i know i have still to work on my english-skills.

take care

floridamom3

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Dear 5 Cats,

thank you for your replay. I will take a look at this web site. (cgfns.org.)

What das CES mean. And what about the NCLEX test?

Floridamom3

Hi Floridamom

I am a student nurse in Germany and will be graduating in 2011.

My wish is to move to the states and work there, but i dont know what exactly i need to be able to work there.

Should i need to get all my paper work translated in English?

How do the americans want OUR(german) Zeugniss to look like?(cause i have to talk to my principal and ask him if he can arrange the Zeugniss process for me)

Please advice me.

PS. I just got engaged(wedding date is set) :) to my long time boyfriend who is an american and i hope i wont have any problems with the working permit or Visa!

vielen Dank

naitnurse

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