I am in full support of the change of designation from Foreign Graduate Nurse to Registered Nurse Applicant or Graduate Nurse.

To be a foreign nurse graduate has no bearing whatsoever on his/ her ability to provide compassionate, high- quality care to the patients he/ she serves. Some of the strongest nurses I have worked alongside are those who have graduated overseas & they have taught me lessons throughout my nursing career that have not only helped me to become a stronger nurse- but a better leader. As stated by our PNAA President Ms. Madelyn Yu, these nurses have already been screened many times over before they come to the United States, and they take the same qualifying NCLEX examination as their local counterpart. 

Graduate of the US or of the Philippines- we are NURSES.