2002 News
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2 FEBRUARY 2002
CGFNS announces changes to the Credentials Evaluation Service
The Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) is announcing some modifications and streamlining in the Credentials Evaluation Service (CES) in an effort to increase efficiency in the formatting and processing of our evaluation reports, while maintaining the CES' integrity and reliability.
Currently, CGFNS offers three levels of CES Reports: General Report, Healthcare Profession and Science Course-by-Course Report and Full Education Course-by-Course Report. In our periodic review and assessment of our credentials evaluation services we have determined that the course-by-course reports have become increasingly popular with state boards of nursing and academic institutions. Due to this increased demand for CES, we have examined our processes and formats to increase efficiency in terms of timeliness, enhancing the reports' relevancy and decreasing redundancy, while ensuring the same high standard in the integrity of the reports. Changes will only affect the format of the reports, not the substance.
As of 1 March 2002, CGFNS will only provide two levels of reports: the Healthcare Profession and Science Course-by-Course Report and the Full Education Course-by-Course Report. In an endeavor to avoid redundant efforts, the Healthcare Profession and Science Course-by-Course Report will no longer contain a typed version of the transcripts in the body of the report. However, a copy of the transcripts will still be attached to the report. The course-by-course review will continue to be done as always, and will be reflected in the comparability statement. Also, CGFNS will continue to report on foreign registration and licensure, but not U.S. registration and licensure. Due to the NURSYS and the compact state programs available through the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), we believe it is unnecessary to duplicate this effort.
These changes for a more streamlined process will allow CGFNS to produce reports more efficiently and quickly, while still continuing to provide quality credentials evaluations that foreign-educated nurses worldwide have come to expect and depend upon.
