Can I write "RN" if only have license number online

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Specializes in Medical ICU, Orthopedics.

I just passed my NCLEX and found my license number confirmed on the Pennsylvania Board of Nursing Website. I know it will take a few weeks for them to mail a paper copy of my license, but in the mean time- can I write "RN" after my name on resumes I am handing out?

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Specializes in Emergency & Trauma/Adult ICU.

Yes, you have been licensed by the state.

Congratulations! :yeah:

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

If your name and license number is online then you are an RN. Employers can confirm your license by checking the state board of nursing. Congrats on passing the NCLEX!

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.

Once you've been issued a license number, you are officially an RN and may call yourself as such. Congratulations!

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Congrats.....Yes you can!

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Specializes in ER/ICU, CCL, EP.

Grats! And take pleasure in signing your name!:yeah:

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Specializes in Med/Surg, LTAC, Critical Care.

In Texas, we don't get paper licenses anymore. It's just online.

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Specializes in ICU.

OOhhh!! Congrats! You CAN use RN after your name if you have a listed license number on the official board of nursing web site for your state! I LOVED the first time I got to write RN after my name a few months ago..but now I accidentally write it on my checks after I sign my name..lol..Congrats again!

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Specializes in LTC, Hospice, Case Management.

LoriNJ RN

Nice ring to it

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Specializes in Med/Surg.
OOhhh!! Congrats! You CAN use RN after your name if you have a listed license number on the official board of nursing web site for your state! I LOVED the first time I got to write RN after my name a few months ago..but now I accidentally write it on my checks after I sign my name..lol..Congrats again!

LOL so do I. Its funny....hey CONGRATS!!!! Its an awesome feeling isnt it?? Good luck to you

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See how fast you can memorize your license number just for fun. Yep, you're an RN with an RN license number, I would be looking for ways to use my signature and add the RN after it. Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? Congratulations!!!

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

If your license number has been listed on your state board of nursing's verification website, you are officially an RN, and you may legally utilize the title of 'RN' or 'registered nurse.'

Congratulations, new RN!

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