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TruMerit

TruMerit, formerly known as the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS), is a non-profit organization based in the United States that provides credential evaluation, verification, and examination services for foreign-educated nurses and allied healthcare professionals. The organization was founded in 1977 to address the need for a centralized and consistent method of assessing the qualifications of foreign-educated nurses seeking to work in the U.S.

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TruMerit, formerly known as the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS), is a non-profit organization based in the United States that provides credential evaluation, verification, and examination services for foreign-educated nurses and allied healthcare professionals. The organization was founded in 1977 to address the need for a centralized and consistent method of assessing the qualifications of foreign-educated nurses seeking to work in the U.S.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 1977 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1977". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368501174

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