About the New Mexico NCLEX exam
New Mexico Board of Nursing. Like every state, New Mexico adopts the federal standards as a baseline and adds state-specific requirements, fees, and procedures.
- NCLEX + state licensing fee: approximately $200 NCLEX fee + $110 NM fee.
- State nursing board: New Mexico Board of Nursing.
- New Mexico is an NLC member; New Mexico faces significant rural nursing shortages and actively recruits nurses from compact states.
To get started, read the official New Mexico handbook (linked above), practice with the tests on this page until you consistently score above 70%, and then schedule your exam with the New Mexico Board of Nursing.
What's in the New Mexico exam: Practice questions modeled on the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) and Practical Nurses (NCLEX-PN), organized by client need category as defined by the NCSBN test plan.