‘US government has no say in nursing exam policy’

By PIA LEE-BRAGO

The Philippine Star

The United States government is in no position to convince a nursing commission to reverse its ruling against the issuance of Visa Screen certificates to Filipino nurses who passed the June 2006 leakage-tainted licensure examination.

US embassy press attaché Matthew Lussenhop told The STAR that the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools or CGFNS, as a private institution, follows its own strict requirements for foreign nurses and is totally independent of the US government.

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