Do you keep your license(s) in your wallet?

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I am a (happily) newly licensed RN and as I lovingly gaze at my shiny new card, I'm wondering if I should keep it in my wallet, or in a safe spot at home?

Same question for my BLS and ACLS cards....

What do you guys do?

~ m

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Specializes in Critical Care, Emergency, Education, Informatics.

Nope they are all locked in the firesafe.

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Specializes in ICU, psych, corrections.

Our state is doing away with hard licenses, so after next year, I will not have one to keep in my wallet :cry:

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Specializes in Urgent Care NP, Emergency Nursing, Camp Nursing.

I'm not an RN yet, but I have an EMT license through my state - I have the certificate which stays at home and the card which I keep in my wallet.

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Specializes in PACU, ED.

My RN license, ACLS, and PALS are in my safe at home. I do carry my BLS card but a copy of it is at home as well.

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I carry nothing. Have scanned credentials in my iPhone however.

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Specializes in long term care, school nursing.

I carry the card version of my license because I need my license number on a death certificate to pronounce a death.

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Nope, info is readily available online.

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

We don't get hard copies anymore either...but when we did I used to carry mine in a plastic pocket on my work badge until my boss asked me to take it out and put it in a safe place telling me a story about how someone had stolen her friends nursing license and got a job pretending to be this nurse...there was lots of red tape for her friend....

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Specializes in PCU/tele.

i keep mine in my wallet, along with BLS and ACLS cert cards... never know when you might need it!

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Specializes in jack of all trades.

We were always told you should always have it in your immediate possession. In the 3 states I'm licensed in they send me a wallet and a certificate form of proof of licensure. I do carry the wallet form with me. My BCLS etc I keep in a firesafe.

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Specializes in Cardiology.

I have copies of all the cards in my wallet, but not the original

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