2001 News

CGFNS opens new exam center in Bangalore, India

PHILADELPHIA, PA — SEPTEMBER 17, 2001 — The Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) is pleased to announce that it is opening a new exam center in Bangalore, India, beginning with the March 13, 2002 CGFNS Qualifying Exam.

The new exam center will be open for the March 13, 2002 exam and all exams thereafter. CGFNS is also considering the possibility of opening additional Indian exam sites in the future. The exam center number for the Bangalore location is 850. Applicants who are interested in taking the March Qualifying Exam in Bangalore, or any exam thereafter, need to indicate the exam center number 850 as their choice of exam center on their Certification Program application.

The dates and deadlines for the CGFNS Qualifying Exam^SM in 2002 are as follows:

CGFNS is pleased to begin offering its Qualifying Exam in India. We expect to be able to accommodate approximately 1,500 test-takers at our exam center in Bangalore. Should applications for the Bangalore site exceed that number, we will have no choice but to ask that those applicants select an alternative exam center, which would be outside of India. Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis.

CGFNS is an immigration-neutral, nonprofit organization based in Philadelphia, PA, USA, and is an internationally recognized authority on education, registration and licensure of nurses and health care professionals worldwide. CGFNS’s mission is to provide responsible leadership in the delivery of relevant services to the global nursing and health care community. The organization was founded in 1977 through a collaborative effort by representatives from the U.S. Department of Labor; Department of Health, Education and Welfare (now the Department of Health and Human Services); the Immigration and Naturalization Service; and representation from nursing organizations, including the American Nurses Association and the National League for Nursing.

To obtain an application for the Certification Program (CGFNS Qualifying Exam) or for additional information about CGFNS and its services, contact: Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools, 3600 Market Street, Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2651 USA; telephone: (215) 349-8767; fax: (215) 349-0026.