New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Nur - Board of Nursing (Formerly the Board of Nursing Education and Nurse Registration)
Chapter Nur 600 - NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAM APPROVAL
Part Nur 602 - NURSE EDUCATION PROGRAM ORGANIZATIONAL, STAFF AND FACULTY, AND CURRICULAR REQUIREMENTS
Section Nur 602.18 - Comparable Education
Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Nur 602.18
Current through Register No. 12, March 21, 2024
(a) Comparable education for practical nursing shall include the following requirements:
(1) Licensing by comparable education for
practical nursing shall only be available to pre-licensure students within the
state of New Hampshire;
(2) An
applicant seeking licensure as an LPN shall complete and submit Form "Licensing
by Examination Comparable Education" 2-2015; and
(3) Each person seeking licensure as an LPN
by comparable education shall provide, prior to sitting for the NCLEX- PN,
evidence of completion of courses in:
a.
Fundamentals of Nursing;
b.
Medical/Surgical Nursing;
c. Mental
Health Nursing;
d. Maternal and
Child Health;
e. Pediatric Nursing;
and
f. All other applicable nursing
courses required by Nur 602.14; and
(4) Course work hours shall total
a minimum of 600 hours of instruction.
(b) Military personnel who meet New Hampshire's minimum educational practical nursing requirements pursuant to Nur.602.14 shall be allowed to take the examination.
(c) The NCLEX- PN shall be taken only twice if approved by comparable education.
(d) Each person seeking licensure as an RN by comparable education for registered nursing, prior to sitting for the NCLEX RN, shall provide the following:
(1) An official
transcript or other evidence of completion of courses that verifies completion
of generalist requirements for a nursing degree pursuant to
Nur
602.13; and
(2) An official transcript or other evidence
of completion of course work hours that total a minimum of 1,080 hours of
instruction pursuant to
Nur
602.12.
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