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NCLEX-RN
Ready
While the CGFNS tests on the theories and understanding of
nurse profession, the NCLEX-RN is designed to make sure that
each nurse has the knowledge to practice safely at a minimum
of an entry-level registered nurse. In other words,
while CGFNS is knowledge-based, testing you on the facts you
have learned, the NCLEX-RN, however, is an application-based
examination.
 The law says that one
must pass the NCLEX-RN test to qualify as a Registered Nurse,
and also, this test has to be taken at the State where the
nurse is going to practice. Therefore, while a Chinese
nurse can travel to the U.S. after qualifying everything else,
she can still not immiediately practice as a Registered Nurse
in the destination state, until she passes the NCLEX-RN test.
However,
for a well prepared Chinese nurse, passing NCLEX-RN test is
not a problem. In fact, for her, passing the TOEFL
(the English language test) is the most difficult test.
Now that she has scored 540 or more at TOEFL, NCLEX-RN is
just a matter of time. Once
a Chinese nurse settles down in the U.S., it would take her
anywhere from 2 weeks to 5 weeks to prepare for the test.
Therefore, she can practice as a Registered Nurse within 2
months of arrival in the hospital. |
