jedremonde

Hello! Wow this post aged really well! We moved to a different state, Fl. Much better! I only need to pay the application fee for their license, now I have both Mn and FL licenses. Sometimes, we just need to find a state that doesn’t require a lot of hurdles. wish you all the best!

Hi everyone! I am currently a RN licensed here in Minnesota, but recently was interested in working at other states. One of it requires a CES report. I already had done one for MN about 5 years ago, so mine has already expired. I still have my applicant's copy on that report for this state. Should I submit this expired report to the state that I'm applying? Or what should I do the long process all over again? What is your recommendation? p.s. I haven't talked to CGFNS nor the new state's BON. Thanks in advance!

It shouldn't be a problem, I think but to be sure you may try to contact CGFNS directly.

Yes, they do accept the original CGFNS certificate, which I don't have. I had the CES report, which was submitted directly to the BON. I hope everything goes well. Thank you!

Thanks

I am an educated RN outside of the US and has completed the CGFNS about 4 years ago, passed the NCLEX and worked for 2 and a half years here in Minnesota as an RN. Me and my wife are planning to relocate to Illinois from Minnesota because of a job offer. I am in the middle of transferring my RN license and one of the requirements was the "Healthcare Profession & Science Course-by-Course Report", the problem is that my CGFNS has already expired and they have deleted it already. The CGFNS lady I talked to told me do the reevaluation, pay $210 and submit School Diploma, do all of them again like I did before. She told me it will take at least 10 weeks. Plus, my IELTS has already expired. Is there any other way for me to acquire this CGFNS certificate? I mean it doesn't make sense, I already have the Minnesota RN license, why all of this again? Thank you! UPDATE: I have talked to the Minnesota Board of Nursing, they told me they still have my CGFNS Records on file, I will just send it together with my application. I also talked again the Illinois BON representative, he said they might not accept it, but just send it anyway.