STEP 5: PROFESSIONAL LICENSE INFORMATION

* Do you have a license : Yes. If you don't have one, you will have to write to cgfns explaining why you were not given a license after Nursing school.

After clicking yes, the page will refresh itself and generate other questions.


*Country: Nigeria

*Select State/Province (Australia, Canada, India and the United States only): No available State or Province

*Provide the Title of your Registration License: Registered Nurse. Do not be tempted to pick registered Nurse Midwife or other titles because you will cause problems for yourself since you are sticking to only your general nursing education and they will receive only your nursing transcripts.

*Other Professional title: leave blank

*Is this license a lifetime practice license?: Yes

*License Issue: Month, Day and Year: check your notification letter

*License Expiration: Month, Day and Year: Ensure that your license is not expired

*Registration/License Number: R. N 000000

*Name used when Registration/License was Issued: use the name on your license

*If your country does not issue a license, does your diploma give you the right to practice?: No

*If YES, enter Diploma Number: Leave blank

*Licensed By: National / Provincal / State Exam

*What is the status of your license?: Active

*Does your country of education require licensure for your profession?: Yes

*If your license has ever been restricted or suspended or revoked please explain: Leave blank

Click on save
Click on Next

STEP 4 CONTINUATION

After adding your Primary school education, go ahead to add your secondary school education.

Add secondary education

*Name of School Attended:

*Street Address: check your testimonial to be sure

*City:

*Country: Nigeria

*Month and Year Entered: Check your testimonial to be sure

*Month and Year Completed: Check your testimonial to be sure

*Month and Year of Graduation: same as month and year completed

*Name of Diploma or Certificate : senior secondary school certificate

*My Name Used when Attending School: leave blank Unless the name used was a different name
(if different from current name)

*Has this school closed or merged with another school?: No

*Name of New School:


Click on save


Add post secondary school if necessary. I ignored mine and went to professional school next.

Click on Add professional school

Add professional education

*Country: Nigeria

*Name of the School Attended: Do not abbreviate. Write it as it is in your certificate

*Street Address:

*City: Warri

*State/Province:

*Professional Title Obtained: Registered Nurse

*Did you earn a diploma/degree from this school?: Yes

*Name of Diploma or Certificate: Registered Nurse certificate

*My Name Used when Attending School:
(if different from current name)

*Month and Year Entered:

*Month and Year Completed: for those that passed in 2 sittings or more, Write down what is in your certificate/testimonial and not when you wrote the first Nursing council exam.

*Has this school closed or merged with another school?: No
Name of New School:

Click on save

Now that you have completed step 4 Click next to move to step 5

STEP 3: EDUCATION REVIEW

In this step, you will need to provide information about the schools you attended. There are four categories or types of schools CGFNS needs to know about:

*Primary schools

*Secondary schools

*Professional schools : This includes your nursing and midwifery schools. Only your nursing school education is evaluated by cgfns. They don't need your midwifery, A and E, peri op post basic certificates so save yourself the time and money needed to send them over because they won't be acknowledged. Focus only on your nursing credentials and forget your other qualifications.

*post secondary non professional schools : This includes training that is not related to health care.


STEP 4: EDUCATION OVERVIEW

Click on add Primary school.

*Name of School Attended:

*Street Address: leave blank if you are not sure of the address

*City:

*Country:

*Month and Year Entered: Check your school testimonial to be sure

* Month and Year Completed: Check your school testimonial to be sure

*Name of Diploma or Certificate: Primary school leaving certificate

*My Name Used when Attending School:
(if different from current name)

*Has this school closed or merged with another school?:

*Name of New School:


Click on save

STEP 2. CONTACT INFORMATION


Applicant Mailing Address
*Mail All Correspondence Here: Mark this box. This means your final report will be sent to this address. I used a permanent house address (my parents house not where i currently live) so that i won't worry about changing addresses in my application incase i move to somewhere else.

*Country: Nigeria

*Street Address 1:

*Street Address 2: leave blank

*Street Address 3: leave blank

*P.O. Box: leave blank Unless you have one.

*City:

*State Province:

*Postal Zip Code: Google the zip code number closest to the mailing address you provided

Alternate Address I used my current house address here.
*Mail All Correspondence Here: Don't Mark this box

*Country:

*Street Address 1:

*Street Address 2: leave blank

*Street Address 3: leave blank

*P.O. Box: leave blank

*City:

*State Province:

*Postal Zip Code:

*Delete This Address: Don't Mark this box

Telephone/Fax Numbers

Area or City Code number
*Home: 234

*Phone Number: remove the first 0 in front of your number e. g 8012345678

*Business:

*Fax: leave blank

*Cell: leave blank

Click Next. You will receive an email from cgfns almost immediately for phone number confirmation. Now you can move to step 3.

STEP 1

Update personal information

*First (Given) Name:

*Middle Name: only provide a middle name if its included in all your credentials

*Last (Family/Surname) Name:

*Name Before Marriage:

*Other Name:

*Email Address:

*Text Message Number:

*Date of Birth:

*Gender:

*Marital Status:

*Country of Birth:

*Current Citizenship:

*Your United States Social Security Number: Another reason i picked Texas is because a SSN is not required for foreign nurses

*Native Language: English

*Desired Professional Area: Registered Nurse

*How would you like to receive correspondence?: E-Mail

*Would you like to receive CGFNS News updates?: Yes

*Intended U.S. State of practice: Texas

*Are you affiliated with a recruiter?: No

*I recently worked in the country: Nigeria

*I recently worked in the City / State / Province: Delta

*I recently worked in the profession: Registered Nurse

*I worked at this job for how many years?: I wrote 2 years working experience. If you graduated within the last 4 years and you don't have the 2 years experience then there is no problem You can write Nclex. If you did not graduate within the last 4 years and you don't have the working experience then you have to do a refresher course first before writing nclex.

*How did you learn of CGFNS/ICHP's Credentials Evaluation Service?
Other (Please explain): State licensure board

*Why did you select CGFNS/ICHP over another organization for your Credentials Evaluation Service?: Cgfns Reputation

*May CGFNS contact you to discuss your transition
to practicing in the United States? Yes

*May CGFNS send you text messages? Yes

Click on save and proceed to step 2

amly6:
so lets discuss..how was it in your first year?.what courses did you take in your first year?.what are the list of text books that were useful to you?

Ross and wilson anatomy textbook should be your second Bible. It was very helpful to me

amly6:
how was your first year

it was challenging at first, especially the first clinical rotation. Everyone will make you feel like you choose the wrong profession. What annoyed me most was the way nurses were being looked down on starting from the doctor, the patient and their relatives to even the charge nurses in the hospital. I learnt early that Nurses eat their young. I remember telling my mum that i don't want to be a nurse anymore but she encouraged me. Mumsi is a nurse too, it got better with time. I even got the Florence Nightingale Award i am not trying to scare anyone o, I just think its important to be mentally prepared to handle the pressure that comes with the profession before you hand over your life to it

The most important thing though is to believe in yourself, if nursing is what you are called to do then look it in the face and do it.

Contact17:
First year was incredibly different from high school. It was stressful but extremely beautiful as well. Learnt so many things about myself -values, beliefs, stereotypes, strengths and weaknesses. I learnt to set goals and work toward them. I even made a blog post about it (its currently unavailable). I changed my lifestyle towards a more healthier one (still working on it though).
Nursing is really stressful but every time I help patients in need, I am reminded why I want to be a nurse in the first place.

I also took a lot of courses during my first year.

I found a book by Arnold& Boggs really helpful ( too lazy to go get it ) but it was on interpersonal relationships. Nursing fundamentals and co.

CC: barbiee , thearchangel

Would you guys like to share the reasons why you became nurses?

Nursing was a perfect fit for my personality. I love the helping, caring, healing and nuturing part of nursing. It is also very lucrative abroad and i can travel the world and never be out of job.

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Contact17:
What type of advance education does one need to become a nurse manager? Does a person need to take a course in BA or are there specific courses to study?

I think you need a masters degree and some years of experience. 5 years and above. Nurse managers are the matrons in the ward.

The result will be this...

MPVGoddess:


I had a chat with them that's all

ok, please send me the contact. Thanks

MPVGoddess:


What's the problem?

CGFNS has accepted my application finally without the nursing council

Maybe we could resolve it without the nursing council? Unless we just have to do with the nursing council

WITHOUT NURSING COUNCIL? How is that even possible?

MPVGoddess:


I gave you permission but your email never came!

I didn't see your reply email oo. I'm still waiting for it. Let me resend it again. I need that Abuja nursing Council contact. It's concerning my cgfns application.. I'm having a little problem with it and the solution can only come from nursing Council

sexymoma:
get color 18 and 3 ..mix dem while using.. Apply color 18 first den use color 3 to fill the brow.. I guess you gonna get your preferred color.

ok thanks

sexymoma:
Let me quickly tell you the things you will need if you want to "shapen" your eyebrow, some call it "draw" your eyebrow..

an eye pencil..if you are fair in complex pls stop using dark eye pencil...the color of your pencil should be "color 40" and for a dark person your pencil color is "color 03"

A concealer: the lighter shade of you and your match color

A spoolie brush

optional: an eyebrow filler.

I have been looking for color 40 eye brow pencil here in warri all to no avail, they only have color 3 and 18.. And some others that are close to red.

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Waiting..

barbiee:
A pregnant woman at 15 weeks gestation is scheduled for an amniocentesis. As the client is being prepped for the procedure, it becomes clear to the nurse that the client doesn't fully understand the risks and benefits associated with the procedure. Which of the following describe the nurse's role in obtaining informed consent? Select all that apply.

1. Explain the risks and benefits associated with the procedure
2. Describe the alternatives to the procedure
3. Witness the client's signature on the consent form
4. Advocate for the client by ensuring she is making an informed decision.

Category : informed consent
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1. It is the physician's duty to provide information to the client related to risks and benefits
2. It is the physician's duty to provide information to the client relating to alternatives
3. One of the nurse's role is to witness the signature on the consent form
4. One of the nurse's roles is to advocate for the client by ensuring she has been provided the necessary information to make an informed decision.

Correct answer is 3,4. Congrats to Amateur for getting all 3 questions right

barbiee:
The nurse is learning how to use the hospital's new electronic medication administration record. The nurse knows this tool has the potential to do which of the following? Select all that apply.

1. Reduce medication administration errors.
2. Improve access to the information at the point of care
3. Eliminate the need for the nurse to document medication administration
4. Eliminate the need for the nurse to verify dose calculations

Category : information technology.
CORRECT answer is 1 and 2

barbiee:
A 20 year old client with leukemia has consented to a blood transfusion against the wishes of his family who are all jehovah's witnesses. The nurse knows that which of the following ethical principles Best supports this decision?

1. Autonomy
2. Beneficence
3. Non maleficence
4. Justice

Category : ethical practice

1. Autonomy refers to the right of indivuduals to make decisions for themselves. CORRECT
2. Beneficence refers to the nurse's duty to do what is good for the client
3. Non maleficence refers to the nurse's duty to to do no harm
4. Justice refers to the concept of fair and equittable treatment.

Congrats to Amateur for getting it right.

amateur:
Answer to the Saunders will be posted tonight

where is the answer?

barbiee:
After receiving report at the start of the evening shift, which of the following clients should the nurse attend to FIRST

1. A34 year old man undergoing treatment for non Hodgkin lymphoma with a potassium level of 7.5mEq/l
2. A 21 year old woman with sickle cell anaemia with pain of 6 on a scale of 1-10
3. A 55 year old woman with ovarian cancer waiting to be discharged
4. A 72 year old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and a pulse oximetry of 96% on room air.

Answer.
Category : Establishing priorities

1. Hyperkalemia is a potentially serious condition that , in a client undergoing treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, could indicate tumour lysis syndrome. CORRECT
2. A 21 year old woman with sickle cell anaemia with pain of 6 on a scale of 1-10 should be attended to, but her condition is not as urgent as the client's condition described in answer choice 1.
3. A, 55 year old woman with ovarian cancer waiting to be discharged should be attended to but does not require immediate attention.
4. A 72 year old man with COPD and a pulse oximetry of 96%on room air does not require immediate attention.

Thanks to all those who attempted to answer this question, congrats to @TheArchangel, @Amateur for getting it right.

barbiee:
Questions are from Kaplan study guide. Please quote each question when providing the answer.

1. A 14 year old girl newly diagnosed with diabetes is preparing for discharge. Which of the following activities BEST describes the nurse's role as a client advocate?

1. Arranging for a visit with a home health nurse.
2. Providing written medication instructions to the client's parents
3. Instructing the client to follow up with her provider in 4 weeks
4. Teaching the client how to administer insulin shots.

Answer.
Category : Advocacy

1. Arranging for a visit with a home health nurse may be important in the overall management of this client's care, but does not directly assist in teaching the client the necessary skills to manage her diabetes.
2. Providing a written medication instructions to the client's parents may be important in the overall management of this client's care, but does not directly assist in teaching the client the necessary skills to manage her diabetes.
3. Instructing the client to follow up with her provider in 4 weeks may be important in the overall management of this client's care but does not directly assist in teaching the client the necessary skills to manage her diabetes
4. Teaching the client how to administer her own medication is the best example of the nurse's role as a client advocate because this action directly helps the client develop self advocacy skills. CORRECT.

Thanks to all those who attempted to answer this question. Congrats to @TheArchangel, @WellEndowed for getting the answer right.

WellEndowed:


I doubt the answer is 4.

Not all diabetic clients are insulin dependent. She could have NIDDM.

what do you think the answer is then?

amateur:
QUESTIONS FROM SAUNDERS 6th EDITION. Several laboratory tests are prescribed for a client and the Nurse reviews the results of the tests. Which abnormal laboratory test results should the nurse report? Select all that apply. (1.) Calcium, 7mg/dl (2. ) Magnesium 1mg/dl (3.) Phosphorus, 3.6mg/dl (4. ) Neutrophils, 1000 cells/mm3 (5.) Serum creatinine, 1mg/dl (6.) White blood cells, 3000 cells/mm3

I'm going to go with 1, 4 and 6.

Questions are from Kaplan study guide. Please quote each question when providing the answer.

1. A 14 year old girl newly diagnosed with diabetes is preparing for discharge. Which of the following activities BEST describes the nurse's role as a client advocate?

1. Arranging for a visit with a home health nurse.
2. Providing written medication instructions to the client's parents
3. Instructing the client to follow up with her provider in 4 weeks
4. Teaching the client how to administer insulin shots.

Hello everyone, this thread has been quiet lately, how about we post some nclex practice questions here at the beginning of each day and answer them together? At the end of the day the answers as well as rationale will be provided.. I'm going to post some starting tomorrow morning.
I wish everyone of us waiting for cgfns report the shortest waiting time possible.