Overview
The primary focus of the Nebraska Board of Nursing is to protect and promote public health, welfare, and safety through regulation of nursing practice. Among other activities the Board ensures safety by setting minimum qualifications and competencies for safe entry-level practitioners
Registered Nursing (RN) & Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Licensure by Examination
Applicants Must Meet the Following Requirements:
- Complete a state approved nursing education program.
- Submit a completed application.
- Enclose a non-refundable fee of $123.00 made payable to “DHHS, Licensure Unit”.
- Submit proof of age and lawful presence in the United States.
- Submit official transcript showing graduation date and degree. Certified transcripts must be submitted directly from your basic nursing program and any other institution(s) from which credits required for your basic nursing degree were obtained.
- Provide a recent, clear, autographed, billfold-size, head and shoulder photograph, head and shoulder photograph.
- Submit the application form, fees, and all the required documents to the following Board office address:
Department of Health & Human Services
Division of Public Health, Licensure Unit
P.O. Box 94986, Lincoln, Nebraska-68509-4986
- Register with the testing agency before or just after submitting the licensure application to take the licensure test, NCLEX (National Council Licensure Examination). You may use any of the following ways to complete the registration:
- Register online. The registration fee of $200 can be paid via American Express, Visa, or MasterCard. OR
- By mail: You may request the Board of Nursing office to send an NCLEX registration form. Provide essential details in the form and include an appropriate fee of $200.00 in the form of a money order or cashiers check made payable to the NCSBN (National Council of State Boards of Nursing). Mail it to the following address:
NCLEX Operations
Post Office Box 64950
St. Paul, Minnesota- 55164-0950
- When all your essential documents are approved, the Board will inform the testing agency, Pearson VUE, making you eligible to take the licensure exam.
- Pearson VUE will send you an ATT (Authorization to Test) via email or on the address provided by you during the registration process.
- If you are an examination applicant and you graduated from a foreign nursing education program, you must submit evidence of successful completion of either the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) or the Canadian Nurses Association examination.
- If you are an examination applicant and you graduated from a non-English speaking nursing education program, you must submit evidence of passing a English proficiency examination, either the TOEFL with a minimum score of 540, the TOEFL computer version with a minimum score of 207, the IELTS with a score of 725 or the TOEIC with a minimum score of 780.
For more information about the examination process, click here.
Registered Nursing (RN) & Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Licensure by Endorsement
Applicants Must Meet the Following Requirements:
- Complete a state approved nursing education program.
- Submit a completed application.
- Enclose a non-refundable fee of $123.00 made payable to “DHHS, Licensure Unit”.
- Submit proof of age and lawful presence in the United States.
- Be currently or previously licensed in another state or jurisdiction.
- If the state in which you were originally licensed is one of the states listed On Nursys™ please register with Nursys™ online. If the state in which you were originally licensed is not listed on Nursys™, send the Nebraska Verification of Licensure Form attached to this application and the required fee to your original state of licensure. Ask that the completed form be sent directly to the Nebraska Board of Nursing. You will need to contact your original state, if it is not listed on the Nursys™ form, to determine their fee for licensure verification.
- Meet one of the following practice requirements for continued competence:
- Graduated from an approved nursing program within the previous two years; or
- Practiced nursing for a minimum of 500 hours within the previous five years; or
- Completed a review course of study within the previous five years.
- Submit the application form, fees, and all the required documents to the following Board office address:
Department of Health & Human Services
Division of Public Health, Licensure Unit
P.O. Box 94986, Lincoln, Nebraska-68509-4986
For more information about endorsement, click here.
To view some FAQ, click here.
For more information visit the official Nebraska Board of Nursing website.
References:
http://dhhs.ne.gov/publichealth/Pages/crl_nursing_rn-lpn_rn-lpn.aspx