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NCLEX and nursing licence guides.
Free guides to getting licensed in Canada, the USA and Australia: credential checks, the NCLEX-RN, NCLEX-PN, REx-PN and CPNRE, costs and pass rates. Every fee and rule is checked against the regulator's own website and dated. How we write our guides.
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Where should I start if I'm new to the process?
Pick the country you want to work in. Each guide walks the whole route, with every fee and step checked against the regulator.
Nursing in Canada
Credential checks, English scores, regulators and fees, province by province.
How to become a nurse in Ontario
All six steps, every fee, and how long it takes.Read the guide- 1Credential checkNNAS or credential assessment?
- 2Apply to CNOCNO English test scores
- 3Registration examNCLEX-RN vs REx-PN
- 4Jurisprudence examThe jurisprudence exam
- 5Transition to PracticeApproved courses
- 6RegistrationFinish registering
Other provinces and situations
- Start here
Nursing in Canada
Ontario, Alberta, BC, Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia, and moving between them.8 min read Nursing pathway checker
Every route to a licence, from your education and work.Free toolOntario licence checklist (PDF)
The six steps, documents and fees, to print and tick off as you go.Free PDFNursing in Canada from India
Your B.Sc. or GNM, the documents from India, and the NCLEX in India.8 min readNursing in Canada with a GNM diploma
The RPN and LPN routes for diploma nurses: Ontario, Alberta and Newfoundland.4 min readOntario vs Alberta
Side by side: what CNO and CRNA each require from internationally educated RNs.5 min readUS-licensed nurses in Ontario
Whether you rewrite the NCLEX, and how As of Right works.4 min read
Nursing in the USA and Australia
Two different systems: a state board and the NCLEX in the USA, the NMBA steps and the OSCE in Australia.
The USA
US nursing licence for IENs
- Licensed by
- Your state's board of nursing
- Exam
- NCLEX-RN, or NCLEX-PN for LPN/LVNs
- Also needed
- Credentials evaluation, English test, fingerprint checks
Australia
Become a nurse in Australia
- First step
- The free NMBA Self-check: Stream A, B or C
- Exams in Stream B
- The NCLEX-RN, then the OSCE
- OSCE fee
- $4,000 AUD, in Australia
The exams
Which exam you write, what is on it, what it costs and how many nurses pass.
- Start here
NCLEX-RN vs REx-PN
Which exam your education leads to, compared side by side.NCLEX-RN REx-PN Licence Registered Nurse (RN) Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) Questions 85 to 150 90 to 150 Time limit 5 hours 4 hours - 160to170questions on the CPNRE
The CPNRE, explained
- 3case studies in every minimum-length NCLEX-RN
The Next Generation NCLEX
- $360then$570NCLEX-RN fee, rising on 1 February 2027
NCLEX cost in Canada
- 39.6%of internationally educated nurses passed first time in 2025
NCLEX pass rates for IENs
Study and strategy
Free practice questions, a study planner, and what to change after a failed attempt.
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Free NCLEX practice questions
Next Generation style questions and a case study, with the reasoning behind every answer. 30 questionsAbout 30 minutesScore by area Start practising → -
NCLEX study planner
Enter your exam date and free hours. Get a week-by-week plan, weighted by the NCLEX-RN test plan. Ready in 30 seconds3 phasesStays in your browser Build my plan → Passing after a failed NCLEX
Retake rules, your performance report and a plan that works.6 min readRetake rulesYour reportRead the guide →
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