Frustrated with NJ BON

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HOPING SOMEONE CAN HELP ME WHO RECEIVED THEIR LICENSE RECENTLY IN NJ... THE BON IS SOOOOO SLOW. i TOOK MY NCLEX ON 10/26.. WHEN CAN EXPECT THAT NUMBER. WHAT ARE OTHER PEOPLES EXPERIENCES, TIPS OR SOMEONE TO SPEAK WITH AT THE BON... OTHER THAN THE CALL CENTER

THANKS

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I took my NCLEX on 10/2/2011, and just got my license today 11/16/2011. Keep calling them, that is the only way to get them to issue it.

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.

It takes at least 4 weeks, often closer to 6 weeks post passing NCLEX. They review not only your results but also the results of your background check, and then I'm told a committee votes on issuing licenses. You can call the BON and ask the status of your license. Since you took your NCLEX on 10/26 they'll likely tell you to not expect your license until around 11/28-12/2 or so. Mine took 5 weeks from the time that I passed the NCLEX. My classmate got hers in 4 weeks, but she was previously fingerprinted as a CHHA so only needed the updated background.

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mine also took more than a month. but my friends who took nclex on the same day i did, they got it earlier than that because I am 100% sure you have to keep calling and calling them to really open your file and review. I finally got it after I called 3 days in a row...

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Specializes in ER.

I took my exam in July and didn't get licensed until September. I think the call that finally got results was asking for a supervisor and then asking for her to explain how classmates who took NCLEX after me got licensed before me....my number was issued a little bit later that day. They even called me back to give me my info.

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Thank you for all your helpful info... this process really takes away from the excitement from finishing nursing school.. i was a pca for a hospital and have tuition reimbursment and now that i have graduated and taken my nclex i cannot work as a pca but i cannot work as an rn with out the license number... sucks because they let me do orientation and now that im done i cant work at all until i get that number.. its good that i def have a job tho... i sent my app the first week of sept and wasnt put on file till oct 7 then took my nclex on oct 26 so im moving along but this waiting is killing me.. guess ill just keep calling everyday like have been... any advise?

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it takes 6 weeks really. i hand delivered my application for endorsement to NJ BON and they said everything was good and it will take 6 weeks. 6 weeks later, after checking NURSYS repeatedly, it was there. I know endorsement and initial licensing application is different, but it does take a while.

if i was you, go enjoy urself for the next couple of weeks, before u go back to the toxic life we call nursing.

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it takes about a month after passing the NCLEX. i took the test on Oct 4 and just received my license yesterday. did you check the website? my license number appeared on the website about two weeks before i got my license. if you have your number you can work as a RN. your hospital just has to verify it online.

here's the website: https://newjersey.mylicense.com/verification/

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