Section Nur 602.18 - Comparable Education(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; andf. 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.N.H. Admin. Code § Nur 602.18
Adopted by Volume XXXVI Number 06, Filed February 11, 2016, Proposed by #11024, Effective 1/23/2016, Expires 1/23/2026.