RN student challenging NCLEX-PN

[richardjboro1]

Hey guys,

Anyone done this? Myself and a few friends are juniors in a BSN program and are considering taking our LPN boards to work for a year while we finish our RN. What to study? Are the questions more task oriented? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Richard

[azor]

My Dear, i dont really know what you should read but i know that if you go to a libraay,you'll seee LPN textbooks and questions that will help you for the exam.goodluck

[richardjboro1]

My Dear, i dont really know what you should read but i know that if you go to a libraay,you'll seee LPN textbooks and questions that will help you for the exam.goodluck

I guess I took that the wrong way. I've always had loads of help on this site, but that sounded really sarcastic and mean. I'm hoping you were trying to be funny.

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

Richard. . .make sure you know your state law regarding whether or not you are going to be allowed to take the NCLEX-PN by educational equivalency.

You should look at the LPN license application and instructions on your state board of nursing website to see if your state even grants permission to test by educational equivalency and what is required to qualify for this. You can get a link to it from allnurses by clicking on the "Links" tab at the top left of the page, then click on "Boards of Nursing". Click on your state when the page of state boards of nursing comes up. There will be a weblink to your state board of nursing website.

Your state may require a letter from your current Dean of Nursing to do this. Do you know that your nursing program dean is willing to do this for you? Many deans will not. Many will tell you that the RN program is designed specifically to train RNs and not LPNs. Many RN programs want their students to become RNs, not LPNs, especially with the number of people waiting to get positions in RN schools. So, you should check that out first before putting all kinds of effort into preparing for a test that you may not be permitted to take.

Also, working as a new LPN is the same as working as a graduate LPN and is just as stressful. You'd have to be some kind of supernurse and superstudent to be able to juggle a new LPN job and RN classes and keep your head above water at both. To be honest, as a nursing manager, if I was aware of what you were doing, I wouldn't hire you because I would be afraid for the safety of my patients, but then, I put patients first.

Here is the website of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing which writes and administrates the NCLEX and NCLEX-PN. You can find information about both tests on their website.

• https://www.ncsbn.org/index.htm

[caliotter3]

Four others and I did this and we had to submit a form signed by the dean of our nursing school that delineated our standing in the program. It listed the hours, both didactic and clinical for each of the required subjects. I am pretty certain that you will have to submit a similar statement to prove your equivalency. As to what to study? NCLEX prep books. PN or RN, your choice. Good luck.

[azor]

I guess I took that the wrong way. I've always had loads of help on this site, but that sounded really sarcastic and mean. I'm hoping you were trying to be funny.

My Dear,i was just trying to convey the fact that i wasnt trained here so dont know anything about the book you are supposed to read but have seen several LPNtextbooks and questions in thelibrary when i was reading for my nclex-RN.dont misconstrue the motive behind my post.