I've found in the past it can be up to 8 weeks before they start processing your application? Is that still true? I have a previous healthcare license (not RN) with them and I thought it took about 3 weeks after I sent in the paperwork in for initial licensure. I do remember trying to get them to fill out the endorsement back to my home state took about 6 weeks.

I also used Nursys but I mailed paper fingerprint cards (3) of them to their vendor.

Maybe it'll be a tad quicker because they have some of info on file?

1 week in! It's pending now. I am going to lean towards it's pending for my background check. I hope they accepted my finger print cards (we had issues and had to do it 4 times).

I'm still debating on whether to do this now or next May. I qualify to sit for the LPN, but I don't know if it's worth getting the background, finger prints, licensure & NCLEX just to have to do it again next year for the RN.

Hope everything goes smoothly for you :)

I know in Ohio, the board had to have the fingerprints on file within a year. So I would look into whether Michigan had the same rules. For me, I paid 25 for both cards but apparently I could have gotten them cheaper for 5 bucks at the local court house.

My status is still pending after the initial change in one week.

I'm still debating on whether to do this now or next May. I qualify to sit for the LPN, but I don't know if it's worth getting the background, finger prints, licensure & NCLEX just to have to do it again next year for the RN.

That would depend on whether you want to work as an LPN while going for your RN.

Are you working now? If so, do you make more or less than what you'd make as an LPN?

Do you already work in healthcare? If not, working as an LPN for a year while finishing your RN makes you a more attractive job candidate when you get your RN.

But if you're not going to work as an LPN, or if you're already working in healthcare, there's no need to bother sitting for your LPN.

Whether it's "worth it" simply depends on numbers -- will the couple hundred bucks you spend on getting licensed be offset by earnings and/or hiring potential.

I'm having a hard time justifying spending $315 to take the NCLEX-PN, background check/fingerprinting & licensing fee for something that I may or may not use. I'm not sure if I want to attempt working while going to school. I've only got 2 semesters left after this one is over, so I think I'm going to wait to take the NCLEX-RN.

It took 3 weeks but I think they tied it to my Michigan paramedic license for faster processing.

I was previously licensed as an LPN in Michigan and just transferred my license back. It took me about 4 weeks, and I had to use a third-party finger printer as well.