Limited Nursing Permit

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Hello; I will be writing my NCLEX exam in about a month, and will be starting out on a new job in the very next month. So I will not be aware of my NCLEX results when I do start the job. Will I need a limited permit?

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.

Depends on the state, generally you just apply for a LP at the time you submit your licensing application. Not all states offer GN/limited permits.

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Specializes in L&D, infusion, urology.

Ask HR. Some places will let you work with an interim permit, some won't.

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Dialysis.

Agree with above posters. Like most rules and regs in nursing this too is state specific. I know in WI you can work a number of days [i can't remember off hand] as a graduate nurse while waiting to take the NCLEX. Where this gets really scary is if you already have a job and then you fail the NCLEX. Once you take the test your GN [graduate nurse] license becomes inactive. If you don't pass, no license to practice at all.

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This is off topic, but I see a lot of posts about "writing" the board exam. Why do people call it writing the exam? I think it must be an older term or just one that is not common in my area.

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.

Old vernacular from when the exam was paper and pencil, given over a full day or weekend and you waited months for results

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One of my instructors was Canadian and she always referred to us "writing" exams instead of "taking" exams. This was not in reference to NCLEX, just regular exams in school whether they were pencil and paper or computerized (we had both).

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