2005 News

CGFNS Opens Exam Center in Moscow, Russian Federation

PHILADELPHIA, PA — JULY 18, 2005 — The Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) is pleased to announce that it is opening an exam center in Moscow, Russian Federation to conduct its Qualifying Exam for nurses. The exam center number for the Moscow location is 929. The exam center will be open for the November 9, 2005, exam. The deadline for applying (for the Moscow center only) is October 5, 2005. The deadline for applying for the November 9 exam for all other centers is August 10.

CGFNS administers its Qualifying Exam four times each year for nurses educated outside the United States who wish to practice nursing in the United States. The exams are offered at over 40 locations worldwide in March, July, September and November.

The Qualifying Exam is designed for first-level, general nurses educated outside the United States, who wish to become licensed in the United States. The majority of U.S. states require that foreign-educated nurses pass the CGFNS Qualifying Exam^SM before they will be authorized to sit for the NCLEX-RN^® examination, (the U.S. national licensure exam for registered nurses).