Nevada licenses registered nurses through the Nevada State Board of Nursing (NSBN). Everything below comes from the board's RN/LPN licensure by examination requirements (January 2026), its fee schedule, fingerprint instructions, RN/LPN renewal FAQ and continuing education page, checked October 18, 2026.
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Education: a nursing program accredited by a national nursing accreditor, and it must be listed with the NLN CNEA, CCNE or ACEN, with your degree and graduation date on the transcript. Nevada graduates' schools may send an affidavit of graduation and transcript; out-of-state graduates order an official transcript sent to the board.
Application: through the Nevada Nurse Portal, with a $100 non-refundable fee by card. Active military members, veterans and their spouses (including surviving spouses) get 50% off with documentation.
Fingerprints: create your portal account and submit the application before fingerprinting, and do it early. In Nevada, use Livescan at a private site listed by the Department of Public Safety and pay that agency; elsewhere, have an FD-258 card rolled by law enforcement or a private service, with ORI NV920430Z and reason NVRS-632-344.
NCLEX-RN: register with Pearson VUE. The board does not give a time to the Authorization to Test; check with the board.
Renewal: renew in the Nurse Portal within 60 days of your expiration date; the fee is $100, with another $100 if you are late, and Nevada has no grace period. You must have practiced or passed the NCLEX within the past five years.
Continuing education:30 hours each renewal cycle, including at least 4 hours of cultural competency; a one-time 4-hour bioterrorism course; and, if you provide or supervise emergency or primary care, 2 hours on HIV stigma and bias within two years of starting that work.
Nevada is not in the Nurse Licensure Compact, and NCSBN shows no pending compact legislation. Your Nevada license is single-state, and a multistate license from another state does not let you practice in Nevada: you need a Nevada license, by exam or by endorsement.
An associate degree, bachelor's degree, diploma or entry-level master's program approved by a board of nursing, with an NCLEX program code. Your school confirms you graduated.
Apply to the board
The license comes from the state board, not the exam. Apply, pay the board fee and do the background check the board asks for.
Register with Pearson VUE
The NCLEX-RN registration fee is $200 to Pearson VUE ($350 for registrations completed on or after February 1, 2027), non-refundable. Your registration stays open 365 days while the board decides your eligibility.
Get your Authorization to Test and sit the exam
When the board makes you eligible, Pearson emails your Authorization to Test (ATT). Test within its dates: they cannot be extended. The NCLEX-RN runs 85 to 150 questions in up to five hours, and it stops when the computer is 95% sure you are above or below the passing standard.