This board licenses registered nurses and practical nurses, and regulates the nursing profession in New Jersey. The board certifies advance practice nurses and certified homemaker-home health aides. The board accredits nursing schools and approves clinical affiliates. The board certifies sexual assault forensic nurse-certified and massage, bodywork and somatic therapists. Inquiries or complaints may be forwarded to Mr. George Hebert, Executive Director, New Jersey Board of Nursing, PO Box 45010, Newark, NJ 07101, (973) 504-6430.

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Changes to the New Jersey Prescription Blanks (NJPB) format
• Continuing Education Letter to the Nursing Community - January 2007
• Continuing Education Frequently Asked Questions "FAQs"
• Criminal History Record Background Check
• Attorney General Sues a Vocational School In Essex County and Owners For Fraud
  Alleging They Operated Unlicensed Nursing Program
• Patient Abandonment Position Statement
• Guidelines For Determining Scope of Nursing Practice and Making Delegation Decisions
• Postpartum Depression

ALERTS

• Notice for Massage, Bodywork and Somatic Therapy Certification Holders [pdf]

• Licensure of Massage and Bodywork Therapists

REINSTATEMENTS

• RN/LPN Reinstatement Packet [pdf 180k]
  
• APN Reinstatement
• Reinstatement Information

RENEWAL INFORMATION

• Renewal letter from Acting Director, Stephen B. Nolan [pdf]
• March 6, 2006 Fee Increase
• Frequently Asked Questions and Answers Regarding On-line Renewal
• List of New Jersey Nurses for Whom The Board Does Not Have A Current Address [pdf file 280K]
• Online Change of Address Form

General Information For Employers Checking Licenses

Know Your Board

Mandatory Reporting Guidelines

Mission Statement and Vision

Standing Committees

Directions to the Board

Agenda     Minutes      Meeting Dates

ONLINE LICENSEE DIRECTORIES

Advanced Practice Nurses

Forensic Nurse- Certified Sexual Assault

Registered Professional Nurses

Licensed Practical Nurses

Homemaker Home Health Aides

Massage Bodywork and Somatic Therapists

SCHOOLS

DISCIPLINARY

Complaint Form (pdf)

Nursing Disciplinary Actions

Homemaker Home HealthAide Disciplinary Actions

RULES

• Nursing Statutes [pdf 79k]
• Nursing Regulations [pdf 252k]
• Rule Proposals & Adoptions
• Uniform Enforcement Act [pdf 68k]
• Licensee Duty to Cooperate [pdf 20k]

LICENSURE

• (RN and LPN) Application Packet NCLEX
• NCS Pearson Vue
• (RN and LPN) Application Packet Graduates of Foreign Nursing Programs

• RN/LPN Application Packet

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE CERTIFICATION

MASSAGE, BODYWORK, AND SOMATIC THERAPIST

Agenda       Minutes      Meeting Dates

• Certification Application Packet
• Mailing List Form
• Complaint Form (pdf file, size 28K)
• Fact Sheet
• Frequently Asked Questions

ALERTS

• Notice for Massage, Bodywork and Somatic Therapy Certification Holders
• Licensure of Massage and Bodywork Therapists

OTHER WEB RESOURCES

• National Council of State Board of Nursing, Inc.
• Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools
• Department of Health
• NJ Hospital Association
• National League for Nursing
• Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
• American Nurses Association
• New Jersey State Nurses Association