Is this legal?

U.S.A. Indiana

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Hey guys I graduated 5 months ago from a nursing school in Indiana. I still have not been allowed to take boards because my school will not release my certificate of completion to the state. They have have a NCLEX test prep thing that they want us to pass before they will release our info. Anyways I actually did it and you have to get a certain score to pass it. I ended up being 1% alway from what they want and they told me I would have to spend another month studying.

So I got to thinking is this even legal for them to withhold my information. Technically i'm done with the nursing program, and even have my degree hanging on my wall. And this extra test prep is counting as continuing education.

Contact the board of nursing for your state. The board makes the rules.

And the reason my college is doing is because our program isn't accredited so they think if they put us thru this extra bit we will have better pass rates on boards which I understand but the program is ridiculous that they want us to do.

Aha. That explains it. The nursing board is correct to let them do this.

One more reason for people to check out the school before signing up and paying. Now we know what school you attended...and you better hope you never leave Indiana, because even if you pass NCLEX there and get licensed there, a lot of other states will not grant you a license by reciprocity because your program doesn't have national accreditation.

Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
Contact the board of nursing for your state. The board makes the rules.

They make the rules for accreditation...but the schools make the rules for the school. The board is probably requiring this for them to receive their approval.

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