NLN Examination Information
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National League for Nursing (NLN) Examinations

The National League for Nursing examinations are given to Registered Nurses who do not have individual course credit for Pharmacology, Nutrition, Anatomy & Physiology, and Microbiology. Not all students need to complete an NLN examination. If you successfully completed (with a grade of C- or higher) coursework in any of these sujects, you may not need to complete the NLN Examination. If you have any questions, please email any questions to rn2bs@umb.edu.

The National League for Nursing (NLN) Examinations are held once a month at the Unviersity of Massachusetts Boston. The examination dates are listed below. They are held from 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, 2nd Floor, Science Building.

Examination Date Registration Deadline
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 August 4, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 September 5, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 October 3, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 November 3, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 December 1, 2008

For an application, please click one of the links below.

NLN Application - MS Word

NLN Application - PDF

If you have trouble with either of the links, please email rn2bs@umb.edu. For more information on the NLN examinations, please visit www.nln.org.

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