<h3>Occupational Description</h3><br>A Registered Nurse (RN) is an individual who has graduated from an approved nursing program with either an associate degree, diploma, or baccalaureate degree in nursing, has passed the NCLEX-RN, and holds a current Nebraska license, or has a multi-state compact privilege to practice in Nebraska. Based on independent, dependent, and interdependent functions, the Registered Nurse conducts and documents nursing assessments, utilizes all data to identify and document responses to actual or potential health conditions and make a nursing diagnosis, develops a plan of care, and evaluates responses to that plan of care.<br><h3>Licensure Requirements</h3><br>Applicants must:1. Submit an official transcript documenting completion ofthe basic curriculum in an approved program of registerednursing;2. Be either a citizen of the United States, an alien lawfullyadmitted into the United States who is eligible for a credentialunder the Uniform Credentialing Act, or a nonimmigrantwho is lawfully present in the United States and who iseligible for a credential under the Uniform Credentialing Act;3. Pass the NCLEX-RN.<br><h3>Fees</h3><br>License Application Fee- $123.00 NCLEX-RN Examination Fee- $200.00 Criminal Background Check Fee- $42.25<br><h3>Renewal</h3><br>Renewal is required biennially by October 31of each even-numbered year. The renewal fee is $123.00.
