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Hoping to find someone who knows anything about these courses that are provided in the US. Just got back from the Florida Board of Nursing monthly board meeting where my application was considered. I am a UK trained nurse and do not have obstetrics, paeds and psychiatry clinical and theory hours but they did not deny my application, instead have allowed me to take a remedial course within 1 year and then they will pass my application. Supposedly these courses are designed for people who fail the NCLEX 3 times. I am happy that they have given me this opportunity but I have no idea how I am gonna manage to carry out the clinicals, I work full time and can't afford to quit my job to go over there to go on placements. I am a US citizen so I could easily move back but I don't want to risk my nursing career which comes first. Anyone who has done or heard of foreign trained nurses doing these remedial courses, some advice would be much appreciated. jen

Hi there, Im a UK nurse US Citizen living in the UK who applied to the Florida BON for licensure. Only graduating in 2006 I didn't think that I would have enough obs/peds/psych etc to be eligible. Just as I thought I am lacking in theory and clinical hours, however instead of rejecting the application I have received a letter stating the number of hours lacking and that my application will be considered at the board meeting in Tallahassee Florida on 3rd October. It says that you are encouraged to attend but it is not required. Luckily I will actually be in Florida on that date visiting my parents on holiday so am lucky that I will be able to attend. Is there anyone out there who has or knows anyone who as been in this same situation. Does anyone have any advice on what the process will entail, what questions will be asked, is there anything I can take with me to help with my application. My transcript journey was a bit of a nightmare cause the university would only breakdown my degree by module and not actual subject/lecutre taught so there is a lot of missing applicable hours that could in actual fact be more helpful to my application but I cannot get any further information from them. Any help would be much appreciated, this is such a tough and lengthy process that I am praying will have a good outcome. Jennifer

No, I'm not in the NCP. I've had my bachelors for 5 years.

Hi, I am currently a UK trained RN (US Citizen) having my credentials evaluated by the CGFNS. My university sent my transcripts together with the validation form to CGFNS and my status is waiting for review. I received a copy of the university transcript which included the degree broken down into hours relating to the course content, more specifically the modules covered. However when I enquired with the person who did the paperwork she has informed me that on the transcript validation form for the CGFNS under the theory hours she put "see full breakdown on transcript". I explained to her that the form was specifically looking for a full theory breakdown based upon the actual subjects studied and not a curriculum breakdown but she said that that is how they usually fill in these forms. Now I am worried that this will have a big effect on how my degree is evaluated. I know that as I trained Adult I will be lacking in hours in some areas but these hours could have been lessened had the form been filled in according to the topics learned in class, e.g. schizophrenia could have been included in psychiatry and child immunisations, meningitis could have been included in paeds but this has not been detailed. My question is should I wait until the CGFNS have reviewed what they have and issue their report or should I contact them explain all of this and see if they will delay review until I can get the university to do the form more specifically. The transcript person at the university said that they would have to get an academic to review the degree course for the subjects and this could take some time to translate 3 years into separate hours as they have never done the transcripts in this way before. Thanks in advance for any advice/help. Jen

Yep, that's what the health care recruiter I've been in touch with has said, despite what it says on the website. There's always hope!! Just really needing info on timescales though for the whole process so I'm better prepared for working my family into all this. Thanks for your help so far guys.

Can't do British Navy (don't want to either), I'm a US Citizen. I have been told that the school has to either be NLNAC or CCNE accredited, mine is NLNAC. It'll be a while before I'm ready to apply but just looking for some answers beforehand so I have an idea of how I'm gonna work this all out. Thanks.

Hi, My situation is a little complicated and I will have a lot of hurdles to get through but am determined to try and join, just looking for some answers to help me along. Basically (I'll try and cut this as short as I can) my father is retired Navy and at the time we were based in Scotland, dad continued to work for government on base until it closed down. By this time I had met my husband and now have family so I have lived in Scotland since. I graduated with a batchelor of nursing in 2006 and have worked as a registered nurse on an orthopaedic trauma (not elective) ward. Have always wanted to follow in my dads footsteps but convincing a stubborn scottish man to leave his roots has taken me 15 years!!!!! I have recently sent all my transcripts to CGFNS (including Florida BON) and am waiting for my report as to whether I'm eligible to sit the NCLEX but I know that I will not have enough paeds or obstetric hours, so am hunting down somewhere that I can make up these hours. I have been in touch with a recruiter who has been very helpful and just gave me the best news that because my University is listed on the NLNAC website as long as I can get my NCLEX and Florida licence then I'm good to go. I think I have been extremely lucky as my University is the only university to be listed on their website from the UK as well as being one of only 4 outside the US!!!!!! I am just wondering though what my chances would be as I have never worked in the US, would that go against me? Also if I should get commissioned how would it work for my family joining me as they are British Citizens, would the navy help me out with getting visas for them, would this have to be done before ODS or after. What is the timescale from being accepted to going to ODS and then on to active duty? Do families stay where they are and then move to your active duty station once you've completed ODS. I'm just trying to get as much information in advance so if this all goes ahead I'm in a better position to try and get this organised. Thanks for your help. Jennifer.