About the little pocket license you get :)

elkpark · Apr 11, 2008

I have always received the wallet size and everyone wants to see the actual license. They never look on line. I'm in Calif.

Some of the hospitals are very slow to make the change. I last worked as a hospital surveyor/inspector for my state and CMS four years ago, and I was finding then that hospitals were still putting photocopies of the nurses' licenses in their files as "proof" that they had a valid license. We would cite them for failing to verify the licenses -- the photocopy of the physical license no longer "counts;" they are required to have verified the license (and be able to prove that they did, of course :)) on the BON website. I'm sure lots of hospitals that haven't been surveyed recently still aren't aware of this change.

elkpark · Apr 11, 2008

I think it's a shame that more states are doing away with a tangible license. Heck, I paid $90 for mine(plus the money you have to pay to NCLEX before you test) and I pay $95 dollars each time to renew it, so I want that piece of paper dammit!:)

:chuckle :chuckle :chuckle

You do realize it's not the piece of paper you're paying $95 for, right? :chuckle

In all seriousness, though, I doubt they would ever reduce the licensure fee, but, if the state BON no longer has to pay to print and mail out all those paper licenses every year or two years, that saves them a lot of money -- they might skip or at least delay a fee increase ... That would be nice ... :)

santhony44, MSN, RN, NP · Apr 11, 2008

I also have a GA license, and they still give out the little cards, but since they can be verified on-line, I'm sure that they'll eventually stop doing that, too.

mark3274 · Apr 11, 2008

in New York I have card just like my Driver license from the office of professions that has the state seal and says Registered Nurse and my license number on it.