what form of license to expect

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Hi everyone hoping someone could help me, so l recently passed my Nclex RN in hawaii and returned the registration notice with the check for my licensure. Some friends told me that it could take few weeks or a month for the release, my question is what kind of license am l gonna expect because other state have cards or wall certificates? Does hawaii bon send notice form first before they send the actual license card (for example)?

Specializes in PACU.

Thank you so much for all your replies, l just hope someone a RN from hawaii could share an info about this it would be great!

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I've never heard of a nursing license being granted as a wall certificate.

Florida did AGES ago ;)

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Specializes in Reproductive & Public Health.
That's weird. What do you do with it? Do you hang it in your home? Do they send you a new one with each renewal?

I have a little paper card that I don't even know where I put. In 2015, having a hard copy of one's nursing license isn't really essential- anyone can look up my license online.

I got a wall certificate from CT, but not from Massachusetts. It's in my filing cabinet lol. What am I gonna do, hang it up in the break room at work?

I do have (some of) my diplomas on the wall at my house. But those are pretty and meant to be displayed. My wall certificate just looks like a bigger version of my card.

I had to present paper copies of my license for some of my RN jobs as well as for my CNM program. It's really weird IMO, because the card in NO WAY verifies that I still hold a license. Just one of those holdovers, I guess. I keep my RN licenses tucked in my wallet with my NRP/ACLS/BLS cards.

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I have a 8x10 inch wall certificate and a license "card". The card is bigger than a credit card but smaller than a half sheet of paper. I framed my certificate (it looks different than my license and is decorative) and it's on my mantle with my diplomas and STTI certificate. I'm in NY

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Specializes in ICU / PCU / Telemetry / Oncology.
Does NY have online license verification? If so, how come employers are not using it for verification?

You can look up anyone online who is licensed in NY on the BON website. I have worked at 2 NY hospitals, one as staff and one as a traveler. As a traveler tho, my agency wants a copy of my paper license regardless of the state (that is, if the state indeed sends you one. If the state does not, I guess they dont require it). When I was staff in NY, that hospital required us to submit the original paper license so that THEY can photocopy it and return the original to you. It was one of the many oddities at that place.

But in NY, I would have to say it might depend on the hospital as to whether or not you need to provide the paper proof of licensure.

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

I'm licensed in three different states.

In 2008 the Texas BON stopped issuing wallet card licensure to curb the incidence of nurse impostor fraud, and now all license numbers are to be verified online.

The California BRN issues a plastic wallet-sized license, and the Oklahoma BON issues a paper wallet-sized license.

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The standard now, for all the licensing and regulatory agencies, is that hospitals are doing "primary source verification," that is, checking the BON website directly. I was a hospital surveyor in the early 2000s, more than 10 years ago, and we were citing hospitals then for failure to verify licenses if they had a copy of the hard license in personnel files but not documentation that they had checked the website. More and more states are just not issuing physical licenses (paper or plastic) any more and that is clearly the trend for the future, but lots of employers are still requiring people to bring in their physical license to be copied for the file, more out of old habit than anything else, I suspect.

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Am also in NY. Got a licensing wall certificate (not fancy, but suitable for a document/diploma frame) from the State Board of Education when I first was licensed; at that time I was told by the I was required to post it in my place of employment. As I worked in a hospital (with no wall for myself, LOL), our NM took a copy of everyone's and kept them in a folder that could be reviewed upon request. I also received a Registration certificate, which I kept in my home file and provided a copy to the hospital as well.

Only one wall Certificate of License was issued; every renewal I get a new Registration paper I file away. The original License from the BOE (BON is under the BOE) is now on my office wall, displayed as requested ;) My hubby is a professional engineer, and is required to post his license in a visible location. Maybe it's just the NYS BOE rules?

Every employer I know of does an online verification every couple of years anyway, in between renewals. Where I am now, it's all online processing, I don't provide a paper copy of anything.

FWIW, NYS doesn't give free wallet cards/ID/licenses; if you want a wallet-sized proof of license you get the privilege of paying $30 for it! I opted out, I know I have a license already :)

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Specializes in PACU.

How long did you wait for pocket version? Did it take months since your passed?

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Specializes in PACU.

Do they send you license card every renewal? Whats the average waiting period for that card?

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Specializes in PACU.

OMG :) l just noticed NY nurses are so active hooooray! Haha thank you guys, i saw it from hawaii site too you need to pay for Wall Cert., but the infos are limited like i dont know what licenses they provide

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Specializes in Pediatrics/Developmental Pediatrics/Research/psych.
thats what l hope to get, a credit card like license

Can I use that one at the store?

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