Does Oklahoma recognize "graduate nurses" as a hired position?

I know a lot of hospitals will employ individuals with a nursing degree as "graduate nurse externs" until they have passed boards, and their duties are not unlike those of a student in an RN program that goes through an externship during school. The hospital I worked at did not even allow you in scrubs on the floor or the unit until you had a license, but it depends on the hospital. The pay is also commensurate with that of the duties of a patient care tech.

My husband is in a nurse residency program here at Baptist in OKC, so he is orienting as an RN with a preceptor, etc. He takes boards the 29th and unless he fails, following that he is simply a full-time RN new hire.

Short answer-yes. You may/will have some restrictions until you pass, and that depends on the facility.

my hospital does but you can't pass meds at all since you have no license to practice with/under. Students can pass meds because they are working under the license of the clinical instructor.