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I have posted about this on the UK forum but tought i would ask here too.

Basically I have been trying for 6 months to get my transcripts from my nursing course from which i qualified from in 1997. It appears my uni has misplaced them or destroyed them. I have been working with one of my old lecturers and she has said that up until 2004 all the records were kept in the nursing department but then they changed buidlings and the records were ataken away supposedly to be put on film and haven't been seen since. I am hoping the NMC will have my transcripts as apparently everything would have been sent to them when i qualified but if they have nothing can anything be done or do i have to give up on my dream of nursing in the USA, or any other country for that matter??

I am with an agency who are doing everything they can to help me but they have said that if i cannot get my full transcripts then i will not be able to proceed any further, would there possibly be anyway of getting through CES without having full transcripts sent from my school, obviously they have it on record that i trained there and can write a letter verifing this and my final grade and i have my degree certificate, and the NMC can confirm I have met requirements to become a nurse and can verify my license.

Do you think that is any way around this or not

Thanks

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Do you have by any chance have a photocopy of your transcript or do you remember any institution that might have a copy of your transcript....like your current BON or professional regulation or whatever you call it. If yes then you can ask for a copy and have your school authenticate it.

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Specializes in ICU, Haemodialysis, acute medicine and s.

I am waiting for the NMC (UK BON) to see if they have a copy of the transcripts, but they don't always seem to have everyone's and i'm not sure what to do if they don't. I don't have any transcripts myself as we were never given any, all we got was our degree certificate and our nursing license.

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Usually they can use the verification from one of your instructors or administrators from your program as to what was covered in your program. CGFNS has to make the determination of what they will and will not accept. And their final decision stands.

Since your program was fairly recent, it is usually relatively easy to come up with something. NMC is also supposed to have a copy of everything. But without some type of verification, CGFNS will be unable to do anything.

Suggest that you speak with them to see what they want you to obtain.

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I have posted about this on the UK forum but tought i would ask here too.

Basically I have been trying for 6 months to get my transcripts from my nursing course from which i qualified from in 1997. It appears my uni has misplaced them or destroyed them. I have been working with one of my old lecturers and she has said that up until 2004 all the records were kept in the nursing department but then they changed buidlings and the records were ataken away supposedly to be put on film and haven't been seen since. I am hoping the NMC will have my transcripts as apparently everything would have been sent to them when i qualified but if they have nothing can anything be done or do i have to give up on my dream of nursing in the USA, or any other country for that matter??

I am with an agency who are doing everything they can to help me but they have said that if i cannot get my full transcripts then i will not be able to proceed any further, would there possibly be anyway of getting through CES without having full transcripts sent from my school, obviously they have it on record that i trained there and can write a letter verifing this and my final grade and i have my degree certificate, and the NMC can confirm I have met requirements to become a nurse and can verify my license.

Do you think that is any way around this or not

Thanks

One of my supervisors is originally from England and her nursing school no longer even exists and she said that she was able to get her transcripts from the nursing board (or whatever it is called there). She also needed those transcripts recently when she was applying to be accepted to school for her post RN to BSN program. She stated it took a long time to get those transcripts but was able to get them. Good luck to you!!! Don't give up on the dream. It is a lot of work and lots of hoops to jump through but worth the effort.

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Specializes in ICU, Haemodialysis, acute medicine and s.

thanks everyone

At the moment because my agency uses New Mexico for licensure they are saying that they need a full set of transcripts and nothing else will do, however if i cannot get them and my agency decide they cannot help me, then it looks like i may be able to get through CES alone as i am in contact with one of my instructors who i believe has a copy of the syllabus and the breakdown of hours and she would certainly be able to verify i completed that, and alsong with my degree certificate etc. I guess I might be okay. Hopefully the NMC will have my transcripts and I will be worrying about nothing but at least if they don't i don't now feel that all is lost. I will keep you updated on my progress

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