US States that don't require CES reports

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A little background to my question:

My mother-in-law is trying to apply for the NCLEX exam in Texas, but they are requiring a CES report of her education. She was working in FL as an LPN (long story) and is trying to move near to us in Texas. She wants to transfer her LPN license here, but because of her education as an RN, Texas won't allow it. The only option she has is to go for her NCLEX exam in Texas to get an RN license. The only problem we have is that she graduated from a school in India with her RN degree, but it was back in 1971. Those idiots at CGFNS want us to do all the legwork to find out her education background and they make a cool 300 by taking our hardwork and handing it over to the board.

I have no clue how we are going to be able to get that info to CGFNS. We tried calling that school, but they speak a different language and no one there speaks English. Plus, I have no clue if they still have records going back 40 years.

The board advised me that I can get my MIL to apply for a license in another state that doesn't require a CES report, but I have no clue which states don't require one. Does anyone know which states in the US do not require a CES report or have to go through CGFNS? I have heard California doesn't, but are there any other states?

Thanks in advance.

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My family wants her to work in Texas, so she has to go for the RN.

She last worked as an RN 18 years ago. She came to FL from overseas, made attempts at the RN exam, but failed. She then chose to go for the LPN and passed it, so she just worked as a LPN until as of a couple months ago.

Since the board of Texas said she can't transfer the LPN, they did a check on her background to see if she took the RN exam and they found nothing (guessing it was too far to look back 18 years).

So this is a brand new opportunity for my MIL to take the NCLEX, even if it's cold. But in order to do that, we are looking at a needle in a haystack issue to find her education records in India from 40 years ago. We can still do the legwork and find out the education background as license verification and not CES (according to the board), but I don't want to pay an middleman agency who doesn't want to do anything for us and rip us off of our hard earned money.

So does anyone else know of which states in the US do not require a CES report or have to go through CGFNS?

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

I would suggest you do a search as I think majority of states now require CES, a couple of other states do use another service, however even if the state doesn't do CGFNS CES they will do their own training evaluation and her transcripts will be required. For example California does their own assessment but do require transcripts sent from place of training.

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I know your MIL went to school to be a RN, she couldn't pass the NCLEX. Why not go back to school for one year and get her RN. It maybe the easier route since she has not practiced as a RN in a long time and never in the USA.

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She is in her 60s and she said she doesn't want to go back to school.

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You can look through this link and find which state does not require CES.

http://www.cgfns.org/files/pdf/SBON_req.pdf

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Thanks for the PDF Daigorot. So the ones that say CP, they don't require CES?

And what is a certification program? Is that different from a RN degree?

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CGFNS Certification is a test which is more expensive than the CES.

CGFNS International So you have to pass an another test, and it is only given certain number of times a yeat.

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