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CGFNS Expands Service Portfolio with International Background Check Forensics Capabilities
PHILADELPHIA—Global mobility is a defining feature of today’s workforce. For many organizations, this requires more comprehensive screening systems to make better informed decisions about their applicants, especially as technology enables increasingly sophisticated fraud and as public and patient safety is on the line during the current pandemic. As the leading…
Read More PNAA and CGFNS Sign Resolution to Strengthen Collaboration and Ensure Use of Alliance-certified Recruiters
The Philippine Nurses Association of America, Inc. (PNAA) and CGFNS International, Inc. have signed a resolution to encourage Filipino nurses coming to the U.S. to use ethical recruiters that have been certified by the Alliance for International Ethical Recruitment Practices (Alliance), and to encourage staffing and placement firms to seek…
Read More WHO Recruitment Code 10-year Review Calls for Increased Safeguards, Engagement from Private Sector Actors
In the 10 years since its adoption, the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel (WHO Code) has sought to strengthen global health systems and to create an ethical framework for international recruitment and migration. In a recent review for the World Health Assembly, the…
Read More CGFNS Appoints Fulbright Scholar as Director of Global Standards and Qualifications
CGFNS International, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Fulbright Scholar Jasper Tolarba, DNP, RN, as Director of Global Standards and Qualifications. In this strategic and vital role, Dr. Tolarba will lead CGFNS’ programs around global standards and qualifications for health professionals by collaborating with global leaders in the fields of…
Read More CGFNS Salutes the First State of the World’s Nursing Report
PHILADELPHIA—CGFNS International, Inc. celebrates the official launch of the momentous State of the World’s Nursing 2020: Investing in Education, Jobs and Leadership Report, released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on World Health Day and in the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife. The 2020 report, the first of…
Read More CGFNS Research in AJN: Migrating Health Professionals’ Recruitment Experiences Are Mostly Positive, But Ethical Problems Remain
January 3, 2020 – Foreign-educated health professionals (FEHPs) in the United States are generally satisfied with their recruitment experience despite the persistence of certain unethical practices, the first major survey of the U.S. international nurse recruitment industry in more than a decade has found. While strides have been made in…
Read More CGFNS Launches Credentials Verification Service for the Nursing Council of New Zealand
PHILADELPHIA—CGFNS International, Inc. has expanded its Credentials Verification Service to support the Nursing Council of New Zealand (NCNZ) in facilitating ongoing public safety and healthcare delivery. Through this service, CGFNS verifies and authenticates the credentials of internationally qualified nurses seeking to practice in New Zealand. The Credentials Verification Service for…
Read More CGFNS and ASAHP Partner to Create a Certification Program for Global Rehabilitation Health Workers
PHILADELPHIA—As the number of people living with a disability continues to rise, health workers are increasingly performing much-needed rehabilitation work without proof of the required education or training. To this end, CGFNS International, Inc. (CGFNS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions (ASAHP)…
Read More CGFNS to Launch New Division Serving the Midwifery Profession
PHILADELPHIA—CGFNS International, Inc., the world’s most established credentials assessment organization for nurses and health professionals, is establishing a new division to provide qualifications assessments for the midwifery profession. In preparation, CGFNS and the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) have partnered to create a new committee to assess the credentials of…
Read More CGFNS Partners with Trinisys to Pilot Blockchain Implementation
PHILADELPHIA—CGFNS International, Inc. partnered with Trinisys to continue implementing its digital transformation by piloting blockchain technology for the CGFNS Certification Program®. This technology enables foreign educated nurses to have greater self-service capability over the acquisiton and storage of their documents in a secure, privacy-protected system. CGFNS will use these secure,…
Read More CGFNS Named NGO Associate of UN Department of Public Information
Philadelphia—CGFNS International, Inc., the world’s largest credentials analysis organization serving the nursing and allied healthcare professions, is pleased to announce it is now associated with the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI). DPI’s Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations approved CGFNS for formal association on Dec. 20. As an associated NGO,…
Read More CGFNS International Enters Strategic Partnership with OADN to Examine Global Nursing Education
Philadelphia—CGFNS International, Inc., the world’s largest credentials analysis organization serving the nursing and allied health care professions, and the Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN) have entered into a strategic partnership to examine nursing education with a global perspective. A joint Memorandum of Understanding details how CGFNS and OADN will…
Read More CGFNS International Board of Trustees Elects 2019 Officers and New Trustee
Philadelphia—CGFNS International, Inc., the world’s largest credentials evaluation organization for the nursing and allied healthcare professions, is pleased to announce the officers for its 2019 Board of Trustees and the election of Julie Fairman, PhD, RN, FAAN, as Trustee, effective January 1, 2019. An accomplished nurse and educator, Dr. Fairman…
Read More CGFNS International President & CEO Dr. Franklin Shaffer Speaks at Italian Transcultural Nursing Society
Rome—CGFNS International, Inc., President and CEO Dr. Franklin A. Shaffer, EdD, RN, FAAN, FFNMRCSI, was a featured speaker at the 11th National Congress of the Italian Transcultural Nursing Society in Rome, Italy, where he discussed nurse migration in the context of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The Nov. 24…
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- New Podcast Examines Global Health Workforce Development and Health Worker Mobility
- CGFNS International Joins WHO Stakeholder Network to Advance Rehabilitation Care
- CGFNS International Announces First Global Credential for Rehab Nurses
- CGFNS International and the DAISY Foundation Honor Outstanding International Nurse Recruiters
- CGFNS International Unveils New Think Tank to Advance Health Workforce Development Scholarship and Solutions Worldwide