has anyone here married a nurse from the Philippines?

[piglett 16]

I am just wondering if anyone here has married a nurse from another country.

my wife is from the Philippines & she has never taken her review class so she could be an RN.

rite now she is just working as what we would call an LPN

her review class ( she found one close by in Manila) will start on Aug. 9Th & it will be 2.5 months long.

then there is about a 1 month wait till she can take the big test.

so I hope by christmas she can start to think about taking the NCLEX

so when she gets here she will not have any trouble/waiting finding a job she likes.

piglett

[Otto 83]

** Topic isn't directly IR-1/CR-1 related and may be better suited in a Regional Discussion forum - moving thread there.

[Atencio 43]

I have a few Filipina nurses working for me. If you have any specific questions I can ask them for you.

When I took my NCLEX I just got practice test books and went over questions and rationale for answers over and over again.

[KYLEandUAN 1]

i passed nclex 2007. now im having hard time endorsing my license to other state coz i havent submitted SSN. I odnt know if i can make it till the expiration date which is in december of this year.

what is your question about NCLEX? what state will she apply for the exam? she needs to check first the requirements needed for nclex. some state requires CGFNS, others only accept applicants who have SSN number.

For review materials, i recommend books from kaplan.

[Tahoma 2,292]

Is she taking the review class in preparation for her local boards, or is the review class in preparation for the NCLEX? Hs she applied through one of the States to take the NCLEX?

[Tahoma 2,292]

i passed nclex 2007. now im having hard time endorsing my license to other state coz i havent submitted SSN. I odnt know if i can make it till the expiration date which is in december of this year.

what is your question about NCLEX? what state will she apply for the exam? she needs to check first the requirements needed for nclex. some state requires CGFNS, others only accept applicants who have SSN number.

For review materials, i recommend books from kaplan.

Don't worry...you have plenty of time to get your Social Security number. Once you arrive in the U.S., you can get your Social Security card in ten days or two weeks. Then you can endorse your RN license to the state you live in.

[piglett 16]

My wife is starting her review class on Aug. 9TH so she can become an RN in the Philippines.

once she finished school she didn't have the money to take a review class so she just took the 1ST job she was offered.yes she wants to pass the local boards. As far as the NCLEX goes i really don't know much about it & if the state of new hampshire where she will be working requires the CGFNS too

After hearing about some nurses having lots of trouble getting certified here in the USA i decided that it was best that she try to take all the tests & exams she can while waiting for her CR-1.

My understand with the CR-1 is that after only 2 or 3 weeks she should be able to start working (unlike most K-3's)

thanks to all

piglett

[Atencio 43]

I am pretty sure that New Hampshire requires complete CGFNS process

[Tahoma 2,292]

I am pretty sure that New Hampshire requires complete CGFNS process

The New Hampshire Board of Nursing web site should spell out all of the requirements for a foreign-trained nurse to become a licensed RN in that state. If New Hampshire requires the CGFNS, then why not instead apply to another state to qualify to sit for the NCLEX? I believe there are states which don't require the CGFNS.

Once she passes the NCLEX in the other state, she then can endorse her license in New Hampshire. I'm guessing that New Hampshire will have easier requirements for RNs endorsing their license from another state, as compared to foreign-trained nurses applying to sit for the NCLEX (and thus becoming an RN) through New Hampshire. She could end up avoiding some of the CGFNS requirements this way. It's just a thought...

[Atencio 43]

Most definitely. California and New York don't require it. I would do that if it were me. I would just double check what New Hampshire requires to transfer over license

[piglett 16]

well that sounds like something that i need to check into.

so if my wife applies for say for example the NCLEX so she can work in california but never actually workes in that state that may be enough that my state will all her to be an RN here?

i will have to research it but it sounds goo to me so far.

thanks piglett

[Tahoma 2,292]

well that sounds like something that i need to check into.

so if my wife applies for say for example the NCLEX so she can work in california but never actually workes in that state that may be enough that my state will all her to be an RN here?

i will have to research it but it sounds goo to me so far.

thanks piglett

Your wife could apply through the state of California to sit for the NCLEX exam. It does not matter if she ever lives there or works there. She does not even have to take the NCLEX test in California. She can take the NCLEX test anywhere it is offered. She can take it in Manila if she wants to. The important thing is that she apply to sit for the NCLEX test in a state that does not have those strict CGFNS requirements. I'm guessing that she should check out California and New Mexico. I think Vermont now uses CGFNS. I don't know about the other states.

Maybe you can check out the allnurses.com web site. Or, check out each state's Board of Nursing web site.

When she passes the NCLEX exam, then she can transfer her RN license to New Hampshire. Just make sure to check out New Hampshire's Board of Nursing web site so you can find out what the requirements are for transferring an RN license from another state to New Hampshire. It is probably not as strict as the whole CGFNS thing. Good luck...

[piglett 16]

Your wife could apply through the state of California to sit for the NCLEX exam. It does not matter if she ever lives there or works there. She does not even have to take the NCLEX test in California. She can take the NCLEX test anywhere it is offered. She can take it in Manila if she wants to. The important thing is that she apply to sit for the NCLEX test in a state that does not have those strict CGFNS requirements. I'm guessing that she should check out California and New Mexico. I think Vermont now uses CGFNS. I don't know about the other states.

Maybe you can check out the allnurses.com web site. Or, check out each state's Board of Nursing web site.

When she passes the NCLEX exam, then she can transfer her RN license to New Hampshire. Just make sure to check out New Hampshire's Board of Nursing web site so you can find out what the requirements are for transferring an RN license from another state to New Hampshire. It is probably not as strict as the whole CGFNS thing. Good luck...

man O man i checked out the new hampshire nursing board web site & i didn't understand what in the world they were talking about

I'm not sure what the CGFNS is or why my wife would or would not want to deal with it.

I think i better stick to doing what i do for a living & let my wife investigate what is needed for her to work here as an RN. the good news is that by christmas she should be an RN in the philippines which is the 1ST step to becoming an RN here.

piglett

[Tahoma 2,292]

man O man i checked out the new hampshire nursing board web site & i didn't understand what in the world they were talking about

I'm not sure what the CGFNS is or why my wife would or would not want to deal with it.

I think i better stick to doing what i do for a living & let my wife investigate what is needed for her to work here as an RN. the good news is that by christmas she should be an RN in the philippines which is the 1ST step to becoming an RN here.

piglett

Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that California is one state that does not require a foreign-trained to have an RN license in order to sit for the NCLEX. There also may be other states that do not require a foreign-trained nurse to have an RN license to qualify for the NCLEX. In that case, it would not be required that your wife pass her Board Exam in the Philippines. She could simply apply through California to sit for the NCLEX. When she passes the NCLEX, she would then be a licensed RN in California. She could then transfer her California license to New Hampshire.

[piglett 16]

Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that California is one state that does not require a foreign-trained to have an RN license in order to sit for the NCLEX. There also may be other states that do not require a foreign-trained nurse to have an RN license to qualify for the NCLEX. In that case, it would not be required that your wife pass her Board Exam in the Philippines. She could simply apply through California to sit for the NCLEX. When she passes the NCLEX, she would then be a licensed RN in California. She could then transfer her California license to New Hampshire.

that all sounds good to me. She will have already passed her board exam in the philippines though. She starts her review class on Aug 9TH. If she is going to have to wait in the Philippines for a year for her CR-1 i don't see any reason why she shouldn't put that time to good use.

piglett