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There may be some LPNs/LVNs out there concerned about CE's and license renewal. I wanted to be 100% certain that if I took a RN CE it would count as LVN CE. The last thing you would want is a problem with your CE's when renewal time rolls around. So I contacted the state board of nursing, in my case it's California. It took a month for them to respond to my email but they did eventually. The response from the board of nursing in California was this: "As long as the courses within your scope of practice, you can use them (RN CE's)." They then copy pasted article 7 in California which goes into greater detail. I included it below if anyone cares to read. Hope this helps a few people out there! Article 7. Continuing Education (LVN) (PT) 2540.1. Hour Requirements. (a) Each licensee renewing a license under Section 2892 of the Code shall submit proof of having completed, during the preceding two years, thirty (30) hours of continuing educationacceptable to the Board. (b) This section shall not apply to the first license renewal following the initial issuance of a license. 2540.2. Continuing Education Courses. (a) The Board will accept each hour of theory or course-related clinical experience as one (1) hour of continuing education. (b) Continuing education courses approved by nursing licensing agencies of this or of other states, or nursing organizations of this or other states, or courses considered comparable by the Board will be accepted. © Courses which are prerequisite to or part of a registered nursing program, or college/university courses related to the licensed vocational nurse scope of practice will be accepted. 2540.5. Course Completion Certificates and Reporting. (a) At the completion of the course the provider shall issue a certificate to each licensee. (b) The licensee shall record on the license renewal form the date each course was completed, provider/course number, course title, and total hours of the course. © Licensees are required to maintain a record of continuing education courses taken during the last four (4) years. To know what your Scope of Practice is, go to the homepage: www.bvnpt.ca.gov Look under the column that says FOR CONSUMERSâ€� Click on Laws & Regulationsâ€� Click on Vocational Nursing -- Title 16, California Code of Regulations or Psychiatric Technician -- Title 16, California Code of Regulationsâ€� For LVN's it is on page 33. For PT's it is on page 26. Examples for using CEU's and annotating it on your renewal form: [TABLE] [TR] [TD]Completion Date [/TD] [TD]Provider NO. [/TD] [TD]Course Name [/TD] [TD]Contact Hours [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]10-28-2011 [/TD] [TD]CEP 1234/ V _ _ _ __ [/TD] [TD]Wound Care [/TD] [TD]30 [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] The CEP number comes from the Board of Registered Nursing and the Vâ€� number comes from the BVNPT.

Thanks DJAYS, you still have a good chunk of time to really buckle down and study and it will pay off and you'll be a better nurse for it. I recommend writing a study goal calendar for yourself and post it on your mirror at home as a daily reminder. Write down when, where, what and how long you are going to study up until the day of your exam. Break everything up and get organized. I recommend the saunders nlclex examination book as it is very helpful. Honestly I would skim each section briefly and go straight to the practice questions at the end of each section and study all the ones you got wrong and really focusing on the rationale/explanation of each wrong question while writing it down on paper (writing it and reading it reinforces your learning comprehension). Do this for each section in the book, then take the cumulative test at the end of the book. If you have extra time then go back and read instead of skim over the chapters you are weak in. Then a few days before your exam I would go through all the questions again from front to back, being careful to not waste too much time on each question. Your brain will remember that you previously read it and it will really stick that way. Also be sure to thoroughly read the first section in the book about test taking strategies. It is how you interpret the question (positive or negative event inquiry, similar answers eliminated, avoid asking the dreaded "what if...", etc.) that can really help you in taking the NCLEX. Also, make sure you schedule time for yourself to have fun with friends and whatnot. Honestly I didnt like the ATI information and found it to be "overly extensive" compared to what you actually get questioned with, plus I hate reading off a screen, but its good to do some online studying since it puts you in the same kind of format you will be testing on NCLEX day. I did ATI once in a while and also did some youtube videos. Also have some papers to bring with you at all times (standing in line, doctors office) with basic info like lab values, basic drug info to clue you in on type of drug/action and such, its amazing how much extra studying you can get in running errands and doing other things if you are a really busy person. Good luck you will do great!

Thanks! I noticed the website talking about the same maintenance issue during the time I checked the trick and it still worked, so don't let that stop you :) Im sure you did great and finding out now would alleviate everything for you, I heard from many nurses that they all felt like they failed walking out of the testing center so it is very common to feel that way. Go for it!

I forgot to mention that for the trick to work your "status" on your pearson vue must be as "delivery successful." Also, I wanted to mention the other message I was reading about (since I got the different "open registration" message which was neither one of the two messages so many people have blogged about) which is: "the candidate currently has test results that are on hold. a new registration cannot be created at this time." So basically if you get the "on hold" or "open registration" message it is NOT a indicator that you passed or failed they are simply still processing everything and you have to wait (I double checked at 5 hours after exam) and then my message eventually changed to the Pass message: "Our records indicate that you have recently scheduled this exam. Please contact your Member Board for further assistance. Another registration cannot be made at this time." Hope this clarifies some more :)

NCLEX Pearson Vue "Trick" DIFFERENT MESSAGE at First! Find Out EARLY (Pass or Fail) Hopefully this information will relieve a good deal of unnecessary anxiety in many of you out there regarding the NCLEX-PN. Just wanted to post that I received a DIFFERENT MESSAGE when I immediately checked (The "Trick" as simply followed from another other Blog I found here and elsewhere on Google) on my computer after completing my NCLEX test. Apparently, there are two messages I have heard about with this process that indicate you passed, and my wording was a little different. At first I got something along the lines of: "Candidate currently has an open registration for this exam. A new registration cannot be created at this time." If you got this message just relax and wait a few hours and try it again. I was at least happy I didn't get to the "Credit Card Payment" section because that would be a most unfavorable occurrence, yet I still had some doubts... So after approximately 5 hours after I finished the NCLEX, I tried it one more time and fortunately got the same exact message from all the other "Trick" Blogs I had previously read about, which states: "Our records indicate that you have recently scheduled this exam. Please contact your Member Board for further assistance. Another registration cannot be made at this time." I have determined with confidence (based on all the other Blogs I read about with others confirming this exact sequence) this exact message puts the probability of passing the NCLEX at about 99% likelihood with a 1% outlier. I imagine its no different for the NCLEX-RN as well, Pearson Vue is exact same company so it shouldn't be any different. I'll be 100% satisfied when I search my name on my State's official Board of Nursing website, two of my friends took the same NCLEX 4 days before I took the test and reported to me that it took them 1-2 days (either the Pearson Vue website, Board website, or email) for the full confirmation of passing NCLEX-PN. But at least I can sleep well for now until I get that extra 1% of assurance I Hope this helped a lot of people out there, and REMEMBER, regardless of a pass or fail - NEVER GIVE UP!