Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Nursing
 
chapter
Regulations Governing the Practice of Nursing [18 VAC 90 ‑ 19]
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12/15/19  4:34 pm
Commenter: Virlita Ramos DeLima

I support the change to “RN Applicant” title.
 

The foreign educated nurses who qualified working in Virginia already undergone strict and thorough screening before they could come to the United States of America. Their education, skills and knowledge  are comparable to the nurse graduates in Virginia. They also use the same textbooks and their clinical experience are even more “hands-on” in compared to the ones here.

Furthermore with this times climate “Foreign Educated” nurses might experience discrimination.

So for these reasons I am giving my support to change the title to “RN Applicant” instead of “Foreign Educated”.

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