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Hi Fellow Nurses I applied to UTA FNP program for fall 2020 and just got my acceptance email. Anyone else interested in starting a study group?

I am not sure If you thoroughly read my post, but It wasn't easy for me either. I would have emailed them a million times. I was constantly in touch with what they wanted. Lastly, I believe the reason they did not expect me to do assessment tests is I sent my timecard for 3000 hours of clinical experience where I was floated to ICU, ER, RRT, and PACU. I also emailed them my CEN and CCRN certifications. Maybe they looked into those details and the fact that I am a currently practicing RN in United States with double certification made them come to the decision that I do not need an assessment exam. Just my thoughts. I am deeply sorry for anyone who had to undergo a strenuous and expensive process. I have also read a lot in the forum regarding the difficulties faced by IEN. but I only shared by story So people with similar circumstances as me, will have some guidance or hope. Even though I am from India, I am currently working in USA. That makes a difference if I am compared to nurses with decades of experience in India as the health care systems in USA and Canada are similar.

I am an Indian BSN graduate. I graduated in the year 2007. I worked for India in two years and did not work for 5 years due to personal reasons. Then I started working in USA since 2015 till now. I applied for CRNBC RN license in 2016 and it was a very smooth process. So I wanted to share my two cents to help other nursesTo obtain license in any state in Canada, your credentials must be evaluated by NNAS. I applied to NNAS on August 20, 2016. I had to submit my license from India and US for verification, college transcripts and professional work experience in the past 5 years. NNAS issued an advisory report on November 15, 2016. The report mentioned that my education was not comparable to the Canadian education. I now feel that NNAS was more complicated process than CRNBC. But, I feel that both NNAS and CRNBC are very responsive to emails. CRNBC more than NNAS. With NNAS, I got responses for my queries the next working day. But with CRNBC, I got replies the same working day, if I email them in the morning hours. I became very anxious, worrying that CRNBC might make me take assessment exam or much worse redo the course. I applied to CRNBC on November 16, 2016. 1. They will electronically get the NNAS report. But asked me to do an English test. I replied via email saying that I have been working in an English speaking country for about 2000 hours and requested them to waive that requirement. They granted my plea and waived that requirement the next day via email. That was the first time I was very impressed by CRNBC for being so quick, efficient and considerate of license applicants. 2. Then there was a minor issue about difference of names in documents. All my Indian documents had only my first name and initial. But all my US documents had first name and initial expanded as last name. They sent me an affidavit, which I filled, got notarized and sent via email. It was a pretty easy process 3. After that they found out that I started working a month after graduation, but got my Indian RN license only after one year. I explained that working while waiting for RN license is allowed in India. They asked the licensing board to email them regarding the same. I contacted my licensing board, that was the tough part. Had to do a lot of explanations and pay more money, finally they sent a letter approving my work experience without license. Then the board had no issues with it. 4. Then they were examining my work experience. They asked proof and I sent around 40 pages of my timecard, which mentioned the number of hours worked and the units worked too. I had more than 2000 hours in 18 months. I sent those documents on January 26, 2017. 5. On January 30, 2017 came the happy news via email. They said that my assessment was complete. I had to consent for criminal record check and submit a statutory declaration form. I completed and emailed the forms back on Feb 1, 2017. 6. On Feb 3, 2017, they emailed me that I meet the requirements for practicing RN registration in BC. I had to fill a form and make payment. I completed the form and sent the next day, but did not make payment until March because their registration year is every March to Feb. I made payment in March and I got my RN license for BC, CANADA from March 2017 to Feb 2018. HURRRAAAYYY!!!!! I read in allnurses forum about many difficult lengthy processes for many other applicants who had to take SEC assessment and NCAS. But I did not have to go through any of that. That is why I wanted to share my story to give hope to International graduates. I got my license within 5 months of deciding to apply. If you have any questions regarding the process, I will be happy to help

Hi Did you get licensed in California?

Do UCSF hire without RN license? I am asking because I am also interested in working there. Which unit will you be working in?

I have US experience in ICU, ER and PACU. I hope it will help

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I checked the sample questions. They were very basic. And CRNBC used to have their own exam called CRNBE. But they are also doing NCLEX as competency exam after the assessments. I have looked up all the information available from CRNBC and NCAS website. I want real life experiences of people and that is why I posted in the forum.

Thank you for the reply. My education was in India, and the report said it was not comparable. But I have 2500+ hours of work experience in USA. They already accepted my request for English fluency exemption because of that. I am hoping that they will not ask me to take further tests as I have NCLEX and US work experience. But I am also prepared in case they want me to take the test. I did refer NCAS website. It is very good compared to SEC. But for the life of me, I can't understand why they should have another CBA if they are asking for NCLEX

Hi Fellow Nurses This is my first post in the forum. I am currently working as RN in Minnesota US. I have applied for CRNBC and they are now reviewing my documents. Has anyone ever been exempt from doing SEC assessment. Any ideas or suggestions in this regard would be helpful. Has anyone done SEC assessment recently?