temporary PN license

I applied for my temporary license before I wrote the exam. I already had a job waiting so I wanted to get it to start those paychecks coming in! I had the temp license and was working for a couple of weeks before I got the official word that I had pased.

Depending on when you graduate and are elgible to write the exam, of course you need the temporary permit.

I worked on one for the better part of four months. I graduated two weeks after the exam was written and had to wait four months for the next exam date.

You'll consolidate your knowledge by working and be better prepared for the exam.

The temporary license is only good for Hospital Nursing and LTC, etc. But you are not allowed to work in the community with a Temp license. You do not need to have a temp license to write the exam, just if you want to work as a Practical Nurse prior to writing the exam

I know new grads who work in community clinics here in AB on a temp permit. Perhaps it's a provincial thing.

It most likely is. In Ontario their reasoning behind it is because they dont want Unregistered/New Grad Nurses working by themselves without any assistance nearby. I can understand their reasoning but it sucks for the agencies that are crying for nurses. I know my work is begging nurses to come.

A temporty license IS a current practice permit.

Nearly every new grad I've worked with (both PN and RN) have worked under a temporary permit. Employers are used to them when hiring new grads. You even provide a copy of it when hired.

When I was a new grad, my employer just said will you be writing CPNRE at the next writing, I answered yes and was hired. You get paid at a lower rate until the Pass certificate is brought in and you get a retro check back until your hiring date.

It's no big deal.