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Congratulations! You are ready to graduate from nursing school to get a nurse. All the same, earlier you start practicing, you will need to take the state board exam for registered nurses, known as the NCLEX. Before you take the NCLEX, your state'due south Board of Nurses (BON) must approve your eligibility. In one case you submit your application, you must register with Pearson VUE as soon as possible. If the BON approves your awarding, you will be sent an Potency to Test (ATT). Use the ATT to schedule an exam date.

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    Offset the application process at least 6 months in advance. This will give the Board of Nurses (BON) fourth dimension to corroborate your application and send yous an Say-so to Test (ATT) code. It is also plenty fourth dimension to fix any bug or errors that may come up up during the application process.[1]

    • You may commencement applying before your graduation date.[two]

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    Detect an application on your state'due south BON website. In your search engine type "Texas State Board of Nursing," for example. Click on your country's BON website in the results list. On the website, click "Applicants" or "Applications and Forms." You will be redirected to a page that contains access to the application, and instructions on how to fill out the application.[3]

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    Fill out an awarding online if you take a reckoner. Fill out all of the required information, including your personal identification data and information about your education. Y'all will as well demand to provide your school's x-digit code. Before submitting your application, review the data to make sure it is correct. Then pay the $100 licensing fee with a credit card or an electronic check.[4]

    • You tin ask your school of nursing for its 10-digit code, or you can obtain it from the following spreadsheet https://www.ncsbn.org/NCLEX_Educational_Program_Codes.pdf.

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    Download and make full out a newspaper application if yous adopt. You can download an application from your state's BON website. Make full out all of the required information. To pay the $100 licensing fee, make a check payable to your state's BON. In one case you complete the application, post it with the check to your state's BON address.[5]

    • You volition too need your school'due south ten-digit code to consummate the application. Obtain the code from your school of nursing or from the following spreadsheet https://www.ncsbn.org/NCLEX_Educational_Program_Codes.pdf.

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    Visit the Pearson VUE website to annals online. Become to http://www.pearsonvue.com/nclex/ to register online. Click "Annals" on the webpage. Fill out the registration awarding. Include a valid email address and your school's 10-digit code. Pay the $200 registration fee with a VISA, MasterCard, or American Express credit card.[6]

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    Call Pearson VUE NCLEX candidate services to annals over the phone. If you are American or Canadian, phone call toll-costless at 1-866-496-2539. Brand certain to have your credit menu ready to pay the $200 registration fee over the phone. The center is open Monday through Friday from vii AM to 7 PM Central Standard Time.[vii]

    • For those who alive in Asia Pacific regions, call +852-3077-4923 (not a cost-complimentary number).
    • For those who live in Europe, the Middle Eastward, or Africa, call +44-161-855-7445 (not price-complimentary).
    • For those who live in India, call 91-120-439-7837 (not a price-gratuitous number).
    • For those who live in a land non listed, call 1-952-905-7403 (non a toll-gratis number).

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    Re-register afterward 365 days if yous are denied eligibility. After y'all register with Pearson VUE, your business relationship volition remain agile for 365 days. This gives you fourth dimension to be approved by the BON to take the NCLEX. If the BON does not corroborate your application earlier 365 days, y'all will need to re-annals. Yous will likewise have to pay the exam fee over again.[8]

    • If the Nursing Jurisprudence Examination (NJE) and Pearson VUE registration are not complete when the BON reviews your application, they may not approve it.
    • Practise not re-register before your current account expires. If you do, the 2d registration will be candy and denied.

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    Receive your Authorization to Test (ATT). If yous are canonical by the BON, y'all volition receive your ATT through the email that yous used to register with Pearson VUE. The ATT contains your authorization number, candidate number, and an expiration date. ATT's are typically valid for 90 days, only some may expire before or later 90 days. You lot must exam within the time period specified past the BON.[9]

    • If the BON canonical you, but you did not receive your ATT, or if you have lost your ATT, phone call NCLEX Candidate Services at 1-866-496-2539.

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    Schedule your exam appointment online if you take a computer. Go to the Pearson VUE website at http://www.pearsonvue.com/nclex/ and sign in with your username and password. Request a date and time to take the exam at your preferred testing middle. If you are a first-time test taker, you volition be offered an engagement within thirty days. If you are a repeat candidate, yous will be offered an appointment within 45 days.[10]

    • If your original fourth dimension or date is unavailable, you lot will be offered an culling fourth dimension or date. If the new appointment or time does not piece of work for you, you can decline it and schedule an appointment that is after than 30 to 45 days.
    • Do not expect until your ATT is nearly expired to schedule an exam appointment. If you practise, you may have to re-register and pay another exam fee.

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    Telephone call NCLEX Candidate services to schedule an examination appointment. Make sure to have your ATT and a driver's license or other identifying information on-paw. Request a preference date and time over the phone.[11]

    • If live in the U.S. or Canada, call price-free at 1-866-496-2539.
    • If you alive in the Asia Pacific regions, call +852-3077-4923 (not a price-free number).
    • If you lot live in Europe, the Middle East, or Africa, call +44-161-855-7445 (non a price-gratis number).
    • If you alive in India, phone call 91-120-439-7837 (not a toll-complimentary number).
    • If you live in a country not listed, call 1-952-905-7403 (not a cost-complimentary number).

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    Cheque your data in one case yous receive your confirmation email. Afterwards you schedule your exam appointment, you will receive a Confirmation of Appointment email. Make sure all of your information is right in the email. Additionally, check online to make sure that your exam appointment has been scheduled.[12]

    • If you do not receive a confirmation email, or if whatever of your information is incorrect, phone call Pearson VUE NCLEX Candidate services.

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