NCLEX timeline?

excited1 · Jun 21, 2015

I think it depends on the state and the time you apply. Graduating in December may yield you a faster authorization to test than graduating in Spring. I am not sure though. Does your BRN website give you a timeline? Also, maybe check with your schools nursing department. Good luck!

smf0903 · Jun 21, 2015

Check with your school, they should have the ins and outs for you. We had to have all of our stuff submitted to the BON 4 weeks prior to graduation, and even at that no one got ATTs until 2 months after we graduated. Good luck to you!

Sizzline · Jun 21, 2015

Check with your school, they should have the ins and outs for you. We had to have all of our stuff submitted to the BON 4 weeks prior to graduation, and even at that no one got ATTs until 2 months after we graduated. Good luck to you!

I agree with this. At our school, we graduate in December, and they are asking us to submit our paperwork to the BON 4-6 weeks ahead of time. Most of the students I know who graduated already got their ATT within a few weeks of graduation, it seems to vary by school. Another local nursing program's students traditionally wait longer than students at my school for their ATT to come through.

NICUmiiki, DNP, NP · Jun 21, 2015

I really depends on your state. We had to turn in our applications to the school 3 months before graduation and the school submitted them as a packet. That's what my state's BON likes.

springchick1, ADN, RN · Jun 21, 2015

In my state, we couldn't register for NCLEX until the BON had all our information, including our transcript. We filled out paperwork during class one day which they held until our transcript was ready. It was two weeks before I got my ATT.

We could apply for licensure and temp licenses after our graduation but again, they had to process all our paperwork before we could get the temp license.