1999 News and Alerts

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JANUARY 3, 1999

Focus group participants being recruited from recent CGFNS exam takers
in New York City, Chicago and Houston

Certification Program applicants who sat for the CGFNS Qualifying ExamSM between March 1997 and February 1999 in New York City, Chicago and Houston are being asked to participate in a paid focus group discussion concerning your experiences throughout the Certification Program. Research firms will conduct the focus groups from 4–6pm and 7–9pm in New York City on Tuesday, May 4, 1999; in Chicago on Tuesday, May 11, 1999, and Wednesday, May 12, 1999; and in Houston on Tuesday, May 25, 1999. Applicants who took the CGFNS Qualifying ExamSM in New York City will be contacted by WAC Marketing Research and those in Chicago and Houston by Plaza Research within the next one to two weeks and asked to participate.

If you meet the above criteria, have not been contacted by either one of these research firms, and are interested in participating in one of the focus groups, please contact Tina Trapp or telephone at +1 (215) 222 8454 with your name, address, phone number and CGFNS applicant ID number.

Thank you in advance for your participation in the CGFNS Focus Group.

CGFNS is an immigration-neutral, nonprofit organization based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, and is an internationally recognized authority on the education, registration and licensure of nurses worldwide. CGFNS’s mission is to provide responsible leadership in the delivery of relevant services to the global nursing and health care community. The organization was founded in 1977 through a collaborative effort by representatives from the U.S. Department of Labor; Department of Health, Education and Welfare (now the Department of Health and Human Services); the Immigration and Naturalization Service; and representatives from nursing organizations, including the American Nurses Association and the National League for Nursing.

For additional information about CGFNS and its services, contact: CGFNS International, 3600 Market Street, Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2651 USA; telephone: +1 (215) 349 8767; fax: +1 (215) 349 0026.

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