LClaire

Yes, it was, thank goodness!

Luckily, hours wise, I have enough hours in all disciplines, I knew when I was a student I wanted to work in the US so I got exposures in the different specialities and took extra modules for paeds and the rest of them. And thankfully these show up on my transcript! There are so many people getting stuck with this so whenever I have a student nurse working with me now I tell them to sit extra modules and work extra clinical hours in ALL specialities if they want to travel with there qualification.

Thank you for the extra information. Very useful to know. My brother lives in Seattle so maybe I will apply to a nursing board in a state closer to there and work there for a bit first to be with family before applying to the Californian nursing board. I was born in the UK, and the last visa bulletin says that there is no delay in processing these. I am not eligible for a job in the states until September 2017 due do all coorespondance so far saying I need the two years post grad experience. But I am just trying to get as much of the admin done as possible before then. Do you know if my chosen nursing board requires my CES from CGFNS before they will allow me to sit the NCLEX? I found a testing centre in London where I can sit it.

Hi lou1991, how is the process going? Are you still planning on moving to the states? Ive just started the process this month! Its long!

How do any foreign nurses get to work in Califronia then? Is the state of California only an option for nurses if you are married to an american citizen or if you are foreign but already live there for a year or two under other circumstances, therefore having a SSN? I am aware they dont accept applications without one but how DO you get one? Or is it just not possible?

Hi all, So I know this topic has been talked about over and over but I still require some anwsers that I just cannot seem to find....so here goes.... I am a 26 year old RN working in a hospital in London (plastic surgery nurse) I graduated in August 2015 with a Post Graduate Diploma in Adult Nursing. So in August 2017 I will have been two years qualfied and ready to move to California (all agencies and all US nurses i've spoken to state I will need 2 years experience in the UK before I can get a job there). Additonally I am currently studying my Masters degree in Nursing which I will graduate from in September 2017. I have ordered my transcript from my univeristy to be sent to CGFNS and I have sat down with the programme lead of my nursing programme to fill in the additional form that CGFNS require stating my exact theory and clincial hours of each area, thankfully, as I knew even prior to starting my course I wanted to nurse in the US I think I have (just) enough theory/clinical hours in paeds, midwifery and mental health due to relentlessly asking for experience in these areas as a student, alongside my plentiful hours in theory and clinical of adult nusring covering all areas from med to surg. I am aiming on taking my NCLEX next summer so that hopefully (!) by September 2017 I will have a valid NCLEX certificate, obviously I can only book to take this if CGFNS decide my theory and clincial hours are enough...am I right? So the questions... Can I sit the NCLEX in the UK and just state that it is the Californian board of nursing that I want my results sent to? Is an agency the only way to go in regards to getting a job in California due to not having social security number or is it possible independently? How long does CGFNS take to get back to me in regards to my transcript/hours? And how long does it take to receive NCLEX results? and finally....am I crazy for thinking this is even a possibility that before i'm 30 I could be working as a nurse in California? Any useful, positive, helpful information would be greatly received.