[Anonymous]

if you have doctor's degree from other country, can you take the RN test? What are the requirements for NCLEX?

[nursinghumor]

Not without taking the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and CGFNS first.

There's an educational,immigration review process you need to go through to determine what options you have.

The place to contact is:

Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS):"Welcome to the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS). Throughout this website, we are pleased to share with you some of the exciting and rewarding opportunities that await you at CGFNS. We hold strong to the values of excellence, which have sustained CGFNS for almost a quarter of a century. As we enter the new millennium, this is a critical time for the nation, for health professionals and for our organization and its divisions, the International Commission on Healthcare Professions (ICHP), the International Consulting and Educational Service (ICE), and the International Consultants of Delaware, Inc. (ICD). We are privileged to be in the public policy arena, helping to ensure that United States immigration policy is objective and effective."
Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools
3600 Market Street, Suite 400
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2651 USA
Business Office: (215) 222-8454
Applicant Inquiries: (215) 349-8767
Facsimile: (215) 662-0425
Telex: 402409 CGFNS PHA
Cable: CGFNS, Philadelphia, USA
E-mail: info@cgfns.org
http://www.cgfns.org/
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They'll look at the education you had in another country and decide if it is comparable to what Nurses need to practice in the US.

Hope that helps.

Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.4nursingstudents.com