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The Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) is an immigration-neutral, nonprofit organization and is an internationally recognized authority on credentials evaluation pertaining to the education, registration, and licensure of nurses and other healthcare professionals worldwide. CGFNS protects the public by ensuring that nurses and other healthcare professionals educated in countries other than the United States are eligible and qualified to meet licensure, immigration and other practice requirements in the United States.
Two programs offered by CGFNS are required by the majority of the U.S. Boards of Nursing in order to obtain registration/licensure as a nurse in the United States, They are :
The CGFNS Certification Program (CP) and
The CGFNS Credentials Evaluation Service (CES).
A third program :
CGFNS Credentials Verification Service (CVS) for New York State, independently collects and verifies the authenticity of an applicant’s educational and licensure/registration credentials. Once verified, the credentials are forwarded to the New York State Education Department to be evaluated as part of the applicant’s licensure application.
A fourth program :
Visa Screen™--satisfies the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) requirement for healthcare professionals seeking a temporary or permanent occupational visa in order to work in the U.S., or are working in the U.S. under Trade NAFTA status.
The Certification Program (CP) is designed specifically for first-level, general nurses educated outside the United States who wish to pursue a career in the U.S. as registered nurses.
The program is comprised of three parts :
A credentials review of the nurse’s education, registration and licensure;
The CGFNS Qualifying Exam testing nursing knowledge; and
An English language proficiency exam.
After successfully completing all three parts of the Certification Program, an applicant is awarded a CGFNS Certificate.
The CGFNS qualifying exam is offered four times a year at more than 40 locations around the world. The qualifying exam measures an applicant's knowledge and is based on what nurses must know and do when they practice nursing in the United States.
Upon successful completion of all three elements of the Certification Program, applicants are awarded a CGFNS Certificate.
Format of Exam :
The exam is divided into two parts with a total of 260 questions. The number of questions on the CGFNS examination is increased in the beginning of July 2005. Five additional questions are added to the afternoon portion of the exam - bringing the total number of questions to 121 for each applicant. This will allow CGFNS to offer applicants the opportunity to have alternate item types included in their tests.
The amount of time allowed for part 2 of the CGFNS examination is also increased by five minutes. The total time allotted for the afternoon session is 2 hours and one minute (121 minutes).
The number of test questions in the morning portion of the examination is 150 test items. However, applicants may now see alternate item types (pictures, multiple correct answer questions, charts and graphs) and part 2 of the CGFNS Qualifying Examination.
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