Mich. Admin. Code R. 338.10204 - Examinations; registered professional nurse; eligibility; reexaminations
Rule 204.
(1) To
determine eligibility for the NCLEX-RN examination, an applicant shall submit a
completed application on forms provided by the department, together with the
requisite fee.
(2) To be eligible to
take the NCLEX-RN examination, an applicant must establish that the applicant
has successfully completed a registered nurse education program that satisfies
1 of the following:
(a) The program is in this
state and approved by the board.
(b) The program is accredited by
CASN.
(c) The program is located in
another state, and complies with either of the following:
(i) The program is accredited by a nursing
education accrediting agency listed in R 338.10303d(2).
(ii) If the program is not accredited by a
nursing education accrediting agency listed in R 338.10303d(2), the applicant
shall provide both of the following:
(A) The
applicant's official transcripts from the academic institution where the
nursing education program was completed.
(B) Either of the following:
(1) A letter to the department from the
program, on official program letterhead, signed by the director of nursing,
attesting that the program curriculum complies with both of the following:
(a) The registered nurse education program
includes courses providing theory and clinical practice that comply with R
338.10306 to R 338.10308.
(b) The
registered nurse education program curriculum contains the core curriculum for
registered professional nurse students, as that term is defined in R
338.10301(l).
(2) If the
program is closed, a letter from the state board of nursing where the program
was located attesting that the nursing program was in good standing when the
applicant completed the program.
(d) The program is a registered professional
nurse education program or an equivalent education program outside the United
States and, the applicant submits 1 of the following to the department that
shows the applicant graduated from a program with substantially equivalent
education credentials as a program approved by the board:
(i) A CES professional report from the CGFNS
or its successor agency.
(ii) A
certification from the CGFNS CP or its successor agency.
(iii) An Evaluation of Foreign Educational
Credentials for Boards of Nursing from JS&A.
(3) The department shall evaluate the proof
of substantially equivalent education credentials in this subrule before the
applicant receives authorization from the department to take the NCLEX-RN
examination. Information about the CES professional report and CGFNS CP can be
obtained from the CGFNS website at www.cgfns.org. Information about the Evaluation of
Foreign Educational Credentials for Boards of Nursing from JS&A can be
obtained from the JS&A website at https://www.jsilny.org/.
(4) An applicant who did not pass the
NCLEX-RN examination within 3 years after 1 of the following events is not
eligible to repeat the NCLEX-RN examination until the applicant receives a
written certification of skills competency covering the subjects in subrule (5)
of this rule, from a nurse education program approved under R 338.10303a:
(a) Graduation from a board-approved
registered nurse education program under subrule (2)(a) of this rule or from a
registered nurse education program accredited by CASN under subrule (2)(b) of
this rule.
(b) Satisfying the
requirements of subrule 2(c) of this rule.
(c) Obtaining 1 of the required evaluations
or the certification in subrule (2)(d) of this rule.
(5) A certification of skills competency must
cover the following skills:
(a) Head-to-toe
physical assessment, including vital signs.
(b) Medication administration.
(c) Documentation.
(d) Surgical asepsis and infection
control.
(e) Safety, including fall
prevention, body mechanics, and transfers.
(6) Except as otherwise provided under
subrule (7) of this rule, the applicant has 1 year after the date of a
certification of skills competency to pass the NCLEX-RN examination.
(7) As an alternative to subrule (6) of this
rule, on written application and documentation to support the request to the
board, the board may grant up to a 6-month extension to the time requirement in
subrule (4) of this rule to sit for the NCLEX-RN examination if the board finds
the failure of the licensee to sit for the NCLEX-RN examination was due to the
applicant's disability, military service, absence from the continental United
States, or a circumstance beyond the applicant's control that the board
considers good and sufficient.
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