Studying out of state

If you are still in Florida at the time, you do not need to make a special trip to MI to write the exam..............you can do it in Florida for Michigan. . .

Application for licensure is the same for an RN applying to work in Michigan. Same fee as well. Where you trained has no bearing on anything. You will need to have your final transcripts sent to MI BON before you can be licensed, but this is the same for any BON in any state.

Forget what they told you, just submit your application to them. I have no idea of who you were talking to, but they were wrong. You do not have to get a license in the state where you trained.

(ps. I grew up in MI, went to school there, and my original license is from there, and I know many nurses who got there original license there, who did not attend school there.)

WHen i called MI-BON they told me I had to take the NCLEX in NC because that is where I am living right now, then told me that I would have to submit my paper work and they would tell me if I was approved to take the MI test...is there a different standard because I live in NC right now (god bless the military) than that of the florida students?

I am just wondering because I REALLY want to go back to Michigan when I graduate!

There is no specific MI test for licensure. I have a MI license. It was not my first license. I didn't have to take another test to get the MI license. The test for licensure is the same for all states and the passing standard is the same for all states. You can apply to any board of nursing you choose and take the test at any testing site you choose. You can take the NCLEX in NC to become licensed in MI. Maybe that is what the person you spoke with was referring to. You need to submit your paperwork to be licensed in MI if that is where you want your license, but you can take the test anywhere. Heck, you can fly to Seoul to take it if you want to.