Mich. Admin. Code R. 338.10210 - Examinations; licensed practical nurse; eligibility; reexaminations
Rule 210.
(1) To
determine eligibility for the NCLEX-PN 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-PN examination, an applicant shall establish that the applicant
has successfully completed a licensed practical nurse education program that
satisfies 1 of the following:
(a) The
applicant has successfully completed a practical nurse education program that
is located in this state and is approved by the board.
(b) The applicant has successfully completed
a practical nurse education program accredited by CASN.
(c) The applicant has successfully completed
a practical nurse education program that is located in another state and that
program complies with either of the following:
(i) 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 338.10303(d)(2), the applicant
shall provide all the following:
(A) The
applicant's official transcripts from the academic institution where the
nursing education program was completed.
(B) Provide 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 practical nursing education program
is not less than 40 weeks in duration and includes courses in both theory and
clinical practice that comply with R 338.10306, R 338.10307, and R
338.10309.
(b) The practical
nursing education program curriculum contains the core curriculum for licensed
practical nurse students, as that term is defined in R 338.10301(k).
(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 applicant is a graduate of a
practical nurse education program or an equivalent education program that is
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) An
Evaluation of Foreign Educational Credentials for Boards of Nursing from
JS&A.
(iii) A certification
from the NACES, or its successor agency.
(e) The applicant has completed a registered
nurse education program and requests to sit for the NCLEX-PN examination. The
applicant shall comply with both of the following:
(i) The applicant has completed a registered
nurse education program that meets the requirements of R
338.10204(2).
(ii) The applicant is
certified to take the NCLEX-PN examination by a practical nurse program from
the same institution as the registered nurse education program that has been
approved by the board under subdivision (a) of this subrule.
(3) The department shall
evaluate the proof of substantially equivalent education credentials in subrule
(2)(c) of this rule before the applicant receives authorization from the
department to take the NCLEX-PN examination. Information about the CES
professional report 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/. A list of
NACES approved credentialing agencies can be found on its website at
www.naces.org.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in subrule
(7) of this rule, an applicant who did not pass the NCLEX-PN examination within
3 years after 1 of the following events is not eligible to repeat the NCLEX-PN
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
practical nurse education program under subrule (2)(a) of this rule or from a
practical 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 certifications in subrule (2)(d) of this rule.
(d) Graduation from a board approved
registered nurse education program under subrule (2)(e) 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) The applicant has 1 year after the date
of a certification of skills competency to pass the NCLEX-PN
examination.
(7) 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-PN examination if the board finds the failure of
the licensee to sit for the NCLEX-PN examination was due to the applicant's
disability, military service, absence from the continental United States, or a
circumstance beyond their control which the board considers good and
sufficient.
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