Question by *Caylee*: Abroad nursing in texas?
We live in South africa,my dad works for a american company in the US,he is placed in Iraq…. Now my mom is a nurse 57yrs she wants to nurse in texas,she works in pharmacy clinics…..how should she go about getting a job there?We wanna move to the US any advise pls.

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Answer by US_DR_JD
To practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Texas you must have taken and passed the NCLEX-RN or the SBTPE examination.

Before the Board can approve you to take the NCLEX examination, we must receive an Application by NCLEX Examination, all fees, one (1) FBI fingerprint card, a 2″ x 2″ signed/dated passport photo, proof of passing scores of English Proficiency exam (if program was not conducted in English), an original Credential Evaluation Service (CES) Full Education course-bycourse report, sent directly from an approved organization and a Verification of Licensure (VOL)
form from all countries, states, provinces and/or territories you hold or have held a license. The VOL must come directly from the licensing authority and must bear the authorities official seal. *Note: the CES Full Education course-by-course report will contain your original country of
licensure’s VOL.
• The Board accepts the CES from the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS), the Educational Records Evaluation Service, Inc. (ERES) or the International Education Research Foundation, Inc. (IERF). The CES must be dated within one year of issuance by the certification organization. You may access this service by going to one of the following websites: www.cgfns.org, www.eres.com or www.ierf.org.
• If your nursing program was conducted in a Language other than English, you must provide proof of English Proficiency. The Board accepts:
1) the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a passing score of 560 paper based or 220 computer based, or; 2) the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) internet based test (iBT) with a minimum passing score of 83.
3) receipt of both the Test of Spoken English (TSE) with a minimum score of 50 and the Test of Written English (TWE) with a minimum score of 4, or;
4) the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) with a passing standard of an overall score of 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in any one of the four modules.
• All foreign applicants must demonstrate working in nursing for a period totaling two (2) years (i.e. 24 months) at anytime after graduation from a nursing program.
• If you have not worked at least two (2) years as a first level or second level, general nurse within the four (4) years preceding the filing of the application, you will not be licensed until you complete a Foreign Educated Nurse (FENS) refresher course consisting of 120 hours of classroom instruction and 120 hours of clinical practice under direct supervision of a Licensed Nurse. The
applicant required to take the FENS refresher will be given a six (6) month permit to complete the refresher course.

Once licensed, there is a significant shortage of RNs in the major cities and most of Texas, so obtaining employment would not be an issue.

An experienced RN can expect to make around $ 72,000 AU per year in Texas. The median income in Texas is $ 44,246 AU per year. The mean home price in Texas is $ 111,300 AU.

Hope this information helps.

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