CGFNS Registration In Nigeria...
The CGFNS certification program and exam is designed specifically for first level nurses educated and licensed outside of the United States who wish to take the United States registered nurse licensing exam, called the NCLEX-RN exam and allows them to attain licensure to practice as a registered nurse in the United States. The program is comprised of three parts; a credential review of the nurse’s education, registration, and licensure; the CGFNS Qualifying Exam; a one day qualifying exam testing the nursing knowledge and bedside manor; and finally an English language proficiency exam. Upon completion of all three elements the applicant is awarded a CGFNS Certificate. Read more www.cgfns.org
The CGFNS Certification Program is designed only for first level, general nurses educated or licensed outside the United States who wish to obtain licensure in the United States. In order to be eligible for this program, a nurse must be educated and hold both initial and current registration as a first level, general nurse as defined by the International Council of Nurse (ICN). A first level nurse is called a registered or professional nurse in most countries around the world. A second level nurse is called an enrolled, vocational, practical nurse or nurse assistant is not eligible to be licensed as a registered nurse in the United States and therefore is not eligible for the Certification Exam. A general nurse must have received theoretical instruction and clinical practice is many nursing areas. A nurse who specialized in one area without being educated and registered as a general nurse is not eligible for the Certification exam either.
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The CGFNS Qualifying Exam of nursing knowledge is offered three times a year at more the forty areas around the glove. More than three hundred thousand exams have been administered to over one hundred and seventy-five thousand applicants. The exam is divided into two parts with a total of 260 questions. Applicants are given two hours and thirty minutes for part one, which includes 150 questions. After breaking for lunch, applicants are given one hour and fifty minutes to complete part two, which consists of 110 questions.
This exam measures the applicant’s nursing knowledge and is based on the necessities of nursing in the United States. The foundations of the Qualifying Exam are based on patient needs. The traditional clinical areas of nursing practice – nursing care of the adult, nursing care of children, maternal and infant nursing care, psychiatric and mental nursing, and community of health nursing are covered within the exam. The exam ensures that the applicant is as qualified as a nurse trained in the United States and has a various understanding of several different patient groups and in different patient settings.
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