LAC 46:XLVII.4303. Employment of Student Nurses and Unsuccessful Candidates on the State Board Licensing Examination (NCLEX-RN)

A. Students in nursing and unsuccessful candidates on the NCLEX-RN licensing examination employed in nursing settings may be employed as unlicensed persons and perform procedures and or tasks for which they have been educated and cleared by their educational institution and/ or by graduation from an LSBN approved prelicensure nursing education program. B. To assist these individuals to be employed in an acceptable position whereby they contribute to patient care and yet do not jeopardize the welfare of the patient nor legally implicate themselves or their employing institution, the board has adopted the following policies for delegation of nursing activities to currently enrolled nursing students and pre-licensure nursing graduates who have been unsuccessful on the NCLEX-RN examination but who have not passed the NCLEX-RN examination within 12 months of their first attempt taking the NCLEX. 1. The employer shall: a. document the unlicensed status of these individuals as currently enrolled nursing students or pre-licensure nursing graduates who have not passed the NCLEX-RN examination within 12 months of their first attempt taking the NCLEX; b. develop and review the written job description with the employee; c. provide proper orientation to and training for the position; and d. provide supervision of these unlicensed personnel by an RN or APRN; e. inform all nursing personnel that the student of nursing and the unsuccessful candidate may perform procedures and or tasks enumerated in the job description. 2. Employers shall not jeopardize the potential for licensure of the student in nursing or the unsuccessful candidate for licensure in order to augment their staffing. It is understood that these unlicensed personnel may not perform the nursing tasks and procedures enumerated in their specific job description independently without the requisite supervision of the RN and/or APRN.