Board of Nurse Examiners?

:angryfire

The TX BNE...what a bunch of jerks IMHO. Here's why:

1. Since my license had been reprimanded in another state (for petty reasons and lies) they decided that I had to pay the extra $150 for their "eligibility review".

2. Finally receive my license (after 2 years) with the stipulation that I had to take one of their courses, which I promptly did.

3. Receive a letter from them saying that all I had to do was send them the license with stipulations and I would receive one without. Since I had been injured in a car accident and couldn't drive, I sent it regular mail (big mistake)

4. After several weeks pass, I call to find out that they never (or say they never) received the license, even though the letter wasn't returned to me.

5. I send them a notarized statement (as they requested) by certified mail with delivery restricted to the person monitoring my license. They have the nerve to REFUSE the certified letter and send it back to me. I still just have the certificate thing that you can frame and no wallet size license. :angryfire

funny this should show up... i just came off the texas bon site and was looking at the rn programs in texas... it is so very outdated some of those programs i know have been closed for at least 4-5 years... i personally have never had trouble with the bon but i don't doubt if i did what a mess it would be.... ive heard the horror stories....

anyone else hate the tx bne?? they make me so sick. i am a new grad and i applied for licensure in tx way back in november. i just recently got approved to practice as a gn in texas, but now i am already a gn in another state. i received a letter from the bne saying that although they had approved my application before, i would need to send them an additonal $150 on top of everything else i had sent them!!! oh, and my entire application is now invalid because i am a gn in another state, so i have to apply for endorsement when i become licensed in the other state. :angryfire: this means more $$ in additon to the previous $$, and the new $$! i just don't understand it!

i am also frustrated with their website. everything seems to directly contradict everything else on the website so far. and i can't even access the nurse practice act! how am i supposed to know the legal scope of practice for an rn in tx if i can't view the npa???

anyway, just putting my vote in to abolish the tx bne :rotfl:

thanks for letting me vent, and y'all have a good day.

At least the TX BNE made it easy for me to renew my license online.

I had to get fingerprinted, though. The place they sent me was miles away from my house and in an unmarked shed type of building in back of a house, that is some kind of home for kids. I had a hell of a time finding the place.