A B BSN

Hi! I’m super excited to be sharing this with everyone! For those educated in Australia/New Zealand, I know it’s a freaking nightmare to get our education recognised as comparable due to our lack on peds + obs hours but I’m here to happily tell you a...

Hello! I've been offered a job in Maryland, however, I'm a little worried about endorsing my license as I was educated in New Zealand and am aware that my education hours will may not be adequate for the BON. Has anyone successfully endorsed to ...

Of course! What state are you going through? If you can get licensed through NY and then endorse to a compact state you should be OK. Can I ask why you chose to study in NZ? Feel free to private message if you need, I'm happy to exchange details for...

No worries, Elsa - ask away. I'm not sure what requirements the NY BON has but I know many AU/NZ RN's have managed to obtain registration through them. I started my application with CGFNS and dropped the papers that needed to be filled out at my scho...

Hey Elsa, I graduated mid 2020 from MIT in Auckland. I'm not sure how easy it is to endorse to other states, for some you need a visa screen and others require a CES evaluation. I'm stuck on that part myself and am worried I won't actually be able to...

Can I ask how you endorsed? Did you need to complete a visa screen to do so? I'm worried CGFNS will say my nursing hours are insufficient once they review my visa screen. Am already licensed in New York but have a job lined up in Maryland (which I'll...

Thanks, I have since found out that MD does require a CES report for international nurses. However, I have asked my agency if I can endorse to another compact state (such as Texas) which does not require the CES, in order to be eligible to work in MD...

Haven't done this but think I might need to as I have a NY license trying to apply to MD. Please let me know of any updates you have, I'm worried my CES report will be deficient - I didn't realise I had to do a whole other CES report just to endorse!...

Hey, I would apply to New York state because you can always endorse your license. It will be even more of a headache to receive a deficiency notice and then have to go back and submit a CVS for New York. The processing times for New York can take any...

Hey Jeff, sorry I know this is an old post but I have a question re the VisaScreen. I also obtained my eligibility via CVS for New York state. Did you have to convert the CVS into a CES for Tennessee in order to complete the VisaScreen? (hope that ma...

No worries! Thank goodness my CGFNS application went pretty smoothly - check my recent comments for a copy of my timeline. They didn't have any issues with the documentation provided - I went to school at MIT so if you also went there, clearly they k...

You will have to go to Australia. I am also from New Zealand and sat my exam in Melbourne. Cost me $1400 (ouch) because I went middle of December but it was 1000 percent worth it!

Timeline as follows: Nursing license verification sent: 10 March / Received: 1 April 2022 Transcript sent by school: 27 March / Received: 7 June 2022 Notarised document sent by me: 15 April / Received: 6 July 2022 So about four mo...

hey Sam! No worries - call CGFNS and they'll convert your application to CVS. You don't need your school to resend the docs, I had all my docs sent in for CES as well but CGFNS managed to convert my application from CES to CVS before it was sent...

here’s the link: http://jeffporcalla.blogspot.com/2019/01/how-to-apply-NCLEX-RN-for-new-york.html?m=1

Hey Sam, I’m confused - have you completed CVS with CGFNS? If so, send all your docs in and give them 3-4 months to process everything. At the same time, apply for your license on NYSED website so that when CGFNS sends your CVS report, everythin...

Thank you thank you! Sitting NCLEX Dec 14!

hey everyone, I'm from New Zealand and wrote a post detailing my experience with the CVS and NYSED application. hope it helps someone!

For sure! I'd probably still be stuck on my Texas CES if it weren't for your post so I'm incredibly grateful - hope nursing in the US is treating you well!

Hey guys, I wrote a thread detailing my experience and how I was able to obtain eligibility in six months from New York as someone educated in New Zealand (we have very similar programs to Australia). Hope it helps someone!!