If you take the NCE during the two years following the completion date of your nurse anesthesia educational program (up to four times in each year) and are not successful, you will not be eligible to apply to take the NCE again until you return to and complete a full and unabridged accredited nurse anesthesia educational program. If you decide to take a break between attempts to take and pass the NCE, you may do so; however, you cannot apply again after the second calendar year following completion of your program even though you have not utilized the maximum of eight attempts. After two years following completion of your program, if you have not passed the NCE, you must return to and complete a full and unabridged accredited nurse anesthesia educational program.
What happens if I am not successful on the NCE within the two years following the completion of my program, or I want to take a break between attempts to pass the NCE?
