Clarifying some common misconceptions about results..some ohio specific

I just took my NCLEX Thursday August 20th in Ohio. I've discovered a few things along the way that might be of help to those still waiting to test or waiting anxiously for results.


1. PearsonVue results do not always take 3 business days. I checked the website Sunday morning (Only one business day after my test since it was a Thursday test) paid my $7.95 and got some relief!

2. The Ohio Board of Nursing does NOT process results on the weekend. I had been told multiple times by school, classmates, etc. that they did. Not true. I talked to a live human today and she told me they have 3 business days to process the results...so for my Thursday test they could have taken up until Tuesday to process. I got my approval online at 1pm today (Monday)

(Tip: very hard to get a real human on the phone at OBN...your best option is to choose option 4 "speak to a receptionist"
but even that sometimes dumps you into a voicemail).

3. You cannot verify licensure status via the Ohio Board of Nursing phone number if it is outside their business hours, despite what the website says...at least i could not figure out how to...all I could get was a voicemail.

Hopefully this helps relieve some stress...realize that the systems run very slow, and more than likely it's the systems and not your failing that delays your licensure.

Best Wishes to all soon-to-be RN's!

-LiveZen