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go to the CA BON website:http://www.rn.ca.gov/lic/lic-exam.htm and click on Application for Licensure by Examination. Go to page 5, and note that it specifically mentions TOEFL. So my question to Suzanne remains: can we take IELTS instead of TOEFL for CA application? If anybody here can clear this query, will be much obliged.

as a newbie to this site, I am very interested in this topic. Hope to see this thread grow. Cathy

Hi, i am a newbie here and just passed the Phil RN board exam last Dec. I am so glad i found this site and have been surfing the fora for the past 2 weeks. I am particularly glued on the Phil nurses forum for obvious reasons. I am now preparing all my papers for my impending CA BON licensure application and am scheduling myself for the required English Proficiency Tests. Suzanne, can I take IELTS for California's requirements though it states TOEFL in their application form? I totally agree with Suzanne that the best way to keep our money in our pockets is to take all the tests (and pass them) and do most of the other pre-requisites, and find direct employers, through the internet and thru referrals. I have been impressed with Suzanne's breadth and depth of contributions, not to mention her more than 12,000 posts in 3 years. Reading between the lines, I think Suzanne can help us pinoy/pinay nurses get a better deal for US employment. I think she mentioned that for a nurse applicant to be taken seriously, that applicant must have at least passed NCLEX or CGFNS. So for those who have this minimum qualification (which I hope to have in 6-8 months), I think you should PM Suzanne who, based on my limited exposure to her posts, is well-qualified to assist nurses who want to find employment abroad. She has a training center, she has more than two decades of nursing background, she cares for her fellow nurses and all her replies make sense- I think she can help us without us paying her an arm and a leg for her services. More power to members who care and share!!!