Re: Interim permit
A prospective nurse only gets the IP when they have been approved to take the NCLEX exam. It means that they have met all requirements other than writing of that exam.
Actually once the exam is written, the IP fails to exist. At least that is the premise of it.
Meaning that if you pass the exam, you get a license and are now an RN, and if you do not, then the IP no longer exists and the nurse cannot practice as one in the US. To continue to practice on the non-existant IP, and when they knowingly know that they did not pass the exam actually can open them up to criminal proscecution as it would be considered practicing without a license. And it is just that.
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