LPN Nclex while in a RN program

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Hi I have a question for everyone. Has anyone known someone in a RN program that has taken their LPN boards while in the program. We can take it after the third semester. I am going to try and take it as soon as I get my letter from the BON. Can anyone tell me about what they think is a good % for practice questions to be able to pass the test. Please if anyone out there has any information "PLEASE RESPONED". Thanks

ADN students at our local Junior College do the LPN test during their RN classes. It's to help them get ready for RN Boards....

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ADN students at our local Junior College do the LPN test during their RN classes. It's to help them get ready for RN Boards....

I agree with you.

I took my LPN after my 3rd semester. The experience of test is very helpful for the RN exam - same process of application and similiar type of exam, just different scope of questions.

Plus, I got the chance to review what had learned at the 1st year.

It's good feeling to pass the exam, and tell people that I am a nurse. Even though I did not work as a LPN at all.

If you just want to earn more $, you do not really have to spend $ to take the PN exam, you can just apply for the permit and work as a LPN after the 3rd semester.

But, it's really a good experience.

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If you just want to earn more $, you do not really have to spend $ to take the PN exam, you can just apply for the permit and work as a LPN after the 3rd semester.

Are you saying that you do not have to take the NCLEX-PN at all and still work as an LVN/LPN? Where can you do this, are you sure? Here in TX you can not work as an LVN/LPN unless you have taken and passed the NCLEX-PN, it does not matter how many semesters you have completed towards your ADN. I would verify this information with your state BON if I were you.

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Are you saying that you do not have to take the NCLEX-PN at all and still work as an LVN/LPN? Where can you do this, are you sure? Here in TX you can not work as an LVN/LPN unless you have taken and passed the NCLEX-PN, it does not matter how many semesters you have completed towards your ADN. I would verify this information with your state BON if I were you.

Yes, they can work under a "limited permit" for a year, but need a employor to sponsor them, and file a form to the board. That means you need to get a job offer first.

You can apply a permit, in New York, we pay $35. Here is the website of NY board - http://www.op.nysed.gov/nursing.htm

Some of my classmates did that.

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Yes, they can work under a "limited permit" for a year, but need a employor to sponsor them, and file a form to the board. That means you need to get a job offer first.

You can apply a permit, in New York, we pay $35. Here is the website of NY board - http://www.op.nysed.gov/nursing.htm

Some of my classmates did that.

Cut and pasted from the NY BNE........

Limited Permits

The Department may issue limited permits, which authorize the practice of licensed practical nursing or registered professional nursing under the immediate and personal supervision of a licensed, currently registered professional nurse, with the endorsement of the employer.

The limited permit fee is $35.

An applicant for a limited permit must have completed all other requirements for licensure except the licensing examination. You may apply for a limited permit at the same time or any time after you submit your Application for Licensure (Form 1), initial licensure fee and your education has been approved by the Department. A limited permit is valid for one year from date of issue or until ten days after the applicant is notified of failure on the licensing examination, whichever occurs first. The "starting date" can't be changed once a limited permit is issued. If you change employment or have additional employers after your permit is issued, you must obtain a new permit. You need to have your prospective employer complete and return a new Application for a Limited Permit (Form 5) to the Office of the Professions at the address on the form. A new fee is not required.

Foreign-educated applicants seeking a limited permit as a registered professional nurse must also have their credentials verified by an independent credentials verification organization and document successful completion of the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) Certification program (the CGFNS examination and the Test of English as a Foreign Language); or a score of not less than 400 on the Canadian Nurses Association Test (CNATS). This does not apply to LPN limited permit applicants.

If this is the part that you are talking about, I read it as this is your GVN/GPN permit and is only good for a year (if you want to take that long to NCLEX) or until you have taken and passed your NCLEX-PN. You may practice nursing "under the immediate and personal supervision" of a licensed nurse. It does not say that you pay the $35 and you are an LVN/LPN for a year. It says that you have to submitt the application to take the NCLEX- "You may apply for a limited permit at the same time or any time after you submit your Application for Licensure (Form 1), initial licensure fee and your education has been approved by the Department".

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