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LATEST NEWS AND INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED BY VISITING http://advancedhealthalliance.blogspot.com NCLEX-RN EXAM INTERNATIONAL CENTERS: February 09, 2006. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), www.ncsbn.org will begin NCLEX-RN testing at International Pearson Professional Centers on April 1, 2006. Appointments for testing will begin on February 15, 2006. The new international Centers will be located in Sydney, Australia; Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, Canada; Frankfurt, Germany; Mumbai, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, and Chennai, India; , Chiyoda-ku, and Yokohoma, Japan; Mexico City, Mexico; and Taipei, Taiwan. These new sites are in addition to centers opened in January 2005, in London, England; Seoul, South Korea; and Hong Kong. The administration of the NCLEX examination abroad does not contradict or circumvent any current board of nursing process or requirement. All international candidates are required to apply to the board of nursing in the state or territory where they wish to be licensed before registering for the NCLEX-RN examination. The NCLEX-RN examination fee for all candidates is US$200. Candidates who elect to take the exam at an international site will pay an additional US$150 when they schedule the examination. English Exam TOEFL iBT: The CGFNS now also accepts TOEFL iBT English exam scores towards the CGFNS Certification and the VisaScreen Certificate program. Passing scores for TOEFL iBT are: TOTAL 83 and Speaking 26 for Registered Nurses TOTAL 89 and speaking 26 for Physical & Occupational Therapists TOEFL iBT is an internet-based version of TOEFL, measuring all four skills of reading, writing, listening, and speaking. The scoring scale consists of one total score on a scale of 0-120 and the four skills scores each on a scale of 0-30. Please contact ETS web site for details on the exam and the centers at http://www.ets.org/toefl International NCLEX-RN Exam Centers: National Council of State Board of Nursing is offering NCLEX-RN examinations at three overseas locations in Hong Kong, London, and Seoul. The exams are administered by the Pearson VUE Professional Testing Centers. The addresses for the International Test Centers are: LONDON: SEOUL: HONG KONG Pearson VUE-London Pearson VUE-Seoul Pearson VUE-Hong Kong (Holborn) 6th Floor, Kolon Bldg. Unit 503, 5/F 190 High Holborn 45 Mukyo-Dong Grand Millennium Plaza London, WC1V 7BH Chung-Gu, Seoul, 181 Queen’s Rd Central GBR KOREA 100-772 HONG KONG 0207 404 0652 82-2-755-7801 85-2-2167-8568 In addition to the NCLEX-RN exam fee (US$200.), the international centers charge a fee of US Dollars 150.00 plus any value added taxes applicable. The centers will offer two exams per day, six days a week. The centers would have a capacity to accommodate approximately 30 to 40 candidates at a time. The candidates should apply to the State Licensing Board in the US, where they intend to practice nursing and obtain the State approval to take the NCLEX-RN exam. Only candidates with State Authorization To Test (ATT) will be allowed to register for the NCLEX-RN examination with the Pearson VUE. It is rumored that NCSBN is considering centers in India and Philippines for 2006. CGFNS Re-opens Exam Center in Cochin, India CGFNS is re-opening the exam center to administer its Qualifying Exam for nurses in Cochin, India, beginning with the November 10, 2004 exam. The exam center number for Cochin location is 851. TOEIC and IELTS Scores: CGFNS will accept test scores from the Test of English in International Communication (TOEIC) and the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) for both the Certification Program and the VisaScreen™. CGFNS will continue accepting test scores from TOEFL, TWE and TSE towards the Certification Program and the VisaScreen. |
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