Daneandkathy

Well I recognize this is an unorthodox method, if he pursued a medical degree he would have to essentially redo medical school and the cost and time to do that would be huge. In Macedonia doctors are not paid well, he maybe earns $1000 a month if he is working close to 60 hrs a week. But if he gets his nursing school accredited ( he did that before medical school) he can be in the states with a job in less than a year earning about 3-5 times more. Eventually he would like to specialize into anesthesia nurse or cardiac nurse or something like that. I know it seems backward but it is what he wants to do.

Thank you for your comment, as I said he has to have his credentials approved BEFORE he can take the NCLEX. He went to nursing school in Macedonia and then directly to medical school to become a doctor. The company CGFNS has to approve his credentials before he can move forward with the NCLEX. I am hoping someone from that region had gone through a similar process to get first hand knowledge of how it went.

HI everyone I am hoping someone might have experience with this. Here is the run down Our cousin from Macedonia is a doctor (for past 10 years) currently a cardiology resident. He and his wife and hoping to come to the states on a work visa Currently doctor credentials don't transfer and so he is looking at coming as a nurse. We live in South Carolina and to take the NCLEX (nursing exam) the person must have a green card / work visa and or Social Security card He has a limited SS# from when he came as a student 10 years ago but it states on the card it is only active with a work visa. So he has to go through North Carolina to apply to take the NCLEX First he has to get his credentials reviewed by a company called CGFNS It took a 3 month visit to try and sort all this out, it was like trying to figure out what came first, the chicken or the egg. We think: CGFNS approves credentials This info is sent to North Carolina nurse board who approves the NCLEX exam He can take it in Turkey or France I believe Once the NCLEX is passed He can get a job offer and start work visa proceedings ( he already has an offer pending NCLEX results) Has anyone been through something like this before? Thanks Kathy