How long does it take for the Ohio Board of Nursing to process Program Completion Forms sent from a nursing school?

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Hi,

I recently graduated from an accredited institution within Ohio this past Spring semester. I have submitted all required information and applied for RN licensure/to test and I believe my school has sent over the program completion form to prove that I have successfully completed a nursing program in Ohio just today. 

My question is In regards to the status. When I log in it states that the application is in progress, but there is nothing on the website that indicates what this status means. I was hoping someone could tell me so I can better understand the process to receive my ATT for the NCLEX-RN.

Also, what’s the usual turnaround time once the information has been received from the institution/nursing school to provide the student with their Authorization To Test (ATT)?

Thank you

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Not sure if you'll get a response in this forum, but if you don't, you may want to ask an Admin to move your post to USA > Ohio for a more exact response

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Specializes in CVICU, Hospice, Administration, LTC.
34 minutes ago, Mergirlc said:

Not sure if you'll get a response in this forum, but if you don't, you may want to ask an Admin to move your post to USA > Ohio for a more exact response

I'm not quite sure how to do that, unfortunately. 

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You should try calling the Ohio Board of Nursing to see what your status is. I ended up resending the graduation form by email and it was able to be processed much faster than the ones by mail, you can see if Ohio lets you do this.

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Ohio BON has very slow processing and slow or no response to email or phone (check Google reviews for lots of people with the same issue). They also seem to be fairly disorganized in terms of processing documents that they receive - there doesn't seem to be a good "first received, first processed" system in place since some people get quick turn around and others wait months.

When I applied (graduated in Dec), my application went from "in progress" for over 3 months after they should have had my documents, to ATT in one day without any in between updates about documents received. I firmly believe documents just sit in a pile on someone's desk waiting to be entered and new ones probably get added to the top instead of the bottom of the pile...

All this to say, if your school just submitted your program completion letter, give it some time. If you get lucky and it is processed within a few weeks, celebrate. If not, consider filing a complaint through your state reps or the BON website since this seems to help some people who have been waiting for a long time.

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