CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

• About the Certification
  Program services
  and how to apply
• Steps to obtain
  a CGFNS (Certification
  Program) certificate
• Program requirements (PDF)
• CGFNS Qualifying Exam^®
• Exam dates
• English language
  proficiency exam
• Study aids

GLOSSARY

• CGFNS online account status messages
• CGFNS programs and services and other organizations
• English language proficiency
• Health care profession titles
• Licensure and education

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  • 2006 Philippine exam
• CREDENTIAL VERIFICATION SERVICE FOR NEW YORK STATE
• CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
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  • NCLEX^®
• ISPN PROGRAM
  • ISPN China
• Academic records/ Transcripts and License/ Registration/Diploma
• Application problems
• CGFNS ID number
• Correspondence and
  Customer Care
• Documents
• Educational deficiences
• English language proficiency
• My status
• Payment

English language proficiency exam for the Certification Program

About this requirement

The English language proficiency assessment confirms that the applicant demonstrates the required competency in oral and written English based on the applicant’s achievement of passing scores on tests jointly approved by the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Applicants educated in specific countries where English is the native language and the textbook and instruction language (see below) are exempt from having to take an English proficiency exam.

Applicants must successfully pass the English language proficiency examination and the CGFNS Qualifying Exam^® within a two-year time frame.

Who does not need the exam

To be exempt from the English proficiency requirement, you must meet ALL of the following criteria:

• country of nursing education was in Australia, Barbados, Canada (all provinces; the only approved schools in Quebec are: McGill University and Dawson College in Montreal, Vanier College in St Laurent, John Abbot College in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, and Heritage College in Gatineau), Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom or the United States.
• textbook and instruction language was in English.

Who needs to take the exam

If you do not meet the criteria above, you need to take one of the following groups of English language proficiency examinations. You need to request that the testing organization forward your score directly to CGFNS for evaluation.

Several English language proficiency examinations are approved to meet the English language requirement of the Certification Program. The passing scores for the English language proficiency examinations are located in the Certification Program Applicant Handbook and the Certification Program Requirements.

Please also note

Contact details for English language proficiency exam centers

Applicants apply directly to: