NCBON Out of State Program Verification

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Hi, I'm a new grad from an out state nursing school. I'm worry about the time it is taken for my transcript to be process. I got a new grad job offer and I need my license by the first week of Feb. I called NCBON and the person on the phone said that transcripts takes 10 business days to be process. My school sent my transcript on Dec. 17th and NCBON received it on Dec 28th. It is now Mid January (two weeks away from Feb.) and no word from NCBON about my application and my transcript still pending on Nurse Gateway. Is this normal for out state students to go through this? Is there a reason why they are taking this long to verify my school? The state where my school is from belongs to the compact states (NC is one of those compact states) so I'm thinking it shouldn't take this long. I called then again and sent an email too last week about it. I'm scare to called the again and make the process even slower because they are tired of hearing from me. I'm also scare to lose the job offer because I won't have my RN license before the training starts. Any advise?

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are you licensed in the state where you graduated? Are you trying to endorse or get your NC license by exam? These things make a difference in the time frame to obtain a license. I would contact the employer and discuss options if your license is not kissed prior to your start date. Most employers have more start dates and do not want to incur the expense of recruiting another nurse. Hopefully, they will understand and work with you. When did you get the job offer and when did you originally apply for your NC license?

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are you licensed in the state where you graduated? Are you trying to endorse or get your NC license by exam? These things make a difference in the time frame to obtain a license. I would contact the employer and discuss options if your license is not kissed prior to your start date. Most employers have more start dates and do not want to incur the expense of recruiting another nurse. Hopefully, they will understand and work with you. When did you get the job offer and when did you originally apply for your NC license?

I'm not licensed in the state where I graduated. I moved to NC right after I finished nursing school, so I'm trying to get NC licensed by examination. The employer doesn't have different starting dates because it is a New Grad RN Resident program. All new graduate nurses start the same date. I got the job offer and applied for NC license before I finished nursing school.

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I'm not licensed in the state where I graduated. I moved to NC right after I finished nursing school, so I'm trying to get NC licensed by examination. The employer doesn't have different starting dates because it is a New Grad RN Resident program. All new graduate nurses start the same date. I got the job offer and applied for NC license before I finished nursing school.

Hey there. I applied for licensure by examination as well from another state. I want to say that I sent my transcript on May 17th 2015 and I did not get approved to take the exam until the beginning of July. I was also very frustrated, but I had no other choice. Luckily, I was able to schedule my test for a week from the date I was approved by Pearson Vue.

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Hey there. I applied for licensure by examination as well from another state. I want to say that I sent my transcript on May 17th 2015 and I did not get approved to take the exam until the beginning of July. I was also very frustrated, but I had no other choice. Luckily, I was able to schedule my test for a week from the date I was approved by Pearson Vue.

OMG! I can't believe NCBON is so inefficient! Half of my cohort already have taken the NCLEX and they applied for licensure by examination to other states from the one we graduated. What is NCBON doing?! How long those it takes to verified a transcript?! NC and the state where I graduated belong to the compact agreement. How hard it is to call the school or the BON of the state from where that transcript is and verified accreditation or the classes?! This is so frustrating! I'm terrified that my employer will withdraw my job offer because I won't be license by the time training starts.

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OMG! I can't believe NCBON is so inefficient! Half of my cohort already have taken the NCLEX and they applied for licensure by examination to other states from the one we graduated. What is NCBON doing?! How long those it takes to verified a transcript?! NC and the state where I graduated belong to the compact agreement. How hard it is to call the school or the BON of the state from where that transcript is and verified accreditation or the classes?! This is so frustrating! I'm terrified that my employer will withdraw my job offer because I won't be license by the time training starts.

I completely understand your frustration. I called my school several times and requested extra transcripts because I was convinced that they were not being received. Meanwhile, many of my cohorts had already passed the exam. I started to feel behind as I wanted to take the exam right away, but I used that time to study lightly every day and did my best to be patient. My advice would not to to contact the BON, they will likely just brush it off. I would however update HR at your new job, I think that they will understand.

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OMG! I can't believe NCBON is so inefficient! Half of my cohort already have taken the NCLEX and they applied for licensure by examination to other states from the one we graduated. What is NCBON doing?! How long those it takes to verified a transcript?! NC and the state where I graduated belong to the compact agreement. How hard it is to call the school or the BON of the state from where that transcript is and verified accreditation or the classes?! This is so frustrating! I'm terrified that my employer will withdraw my job offer because I won't be license by the time training starts.

Also, it took almost two weeks from the day I took the exam that my actual license was issued to me. And I started the application process in February 2015, so I was very much on top of things.

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YOU MUST SEND ALL YOUR COLLEGE TRANSCRIPTS to the NCBON. I want to comment on this post (even though enough time has passed that the OP has likely resolved their issues) because it might save some folks some time. I live in NC, finished school across the border in TN, and am getting my BON license here in NC. There are a few of us in this same boat. In spite of how the NCBON website reads, YOU MUST SEND ALL YOUR COLLEGE TRANSCRIPTS to the NCBON. It doesn't make sense and the website reads as if this were not the case, but there were several of us in my cohort that went through this. I have almost missed a really important job opportunity because of this issue. So, save yourselves some time and right away - get all your transcripts sent.

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YOU MUST SEND ALL YOUR COLLEGE TRANSCRIPTS to the NCBON. I want to comment on this post (even though enough time has passed that the OP has likely resolved their issues) because it might save some folks some time. I live in NC, finished school across the border in TN, and am getting my BON license here in NC. There are a few of us in this same boat. In spite of how the NCBON website reads, YOU MUST SEND ALL YOUR COLLEGE TRANSCRIPTS to the NCBON. It doesn't make sense and the website reads as if this were not the case, but there were several of us in my cohort that went through this. I have almost missed a really important job opportunity because of this issue. So, save yourselves some time and right away - get all your transcripts sent.

Yea, it is so stupid! Why do they need pre-requirements courses?! They should know we took the courses, if not, we won't got into nursing school anyways. NCBON sent me an email TWO WEEKS after receiving my nursing school transcript asking for pre-requirements transcript. Then, it took them THREE WEEKS to finally processed my documents (my transcript was process last week!:bored:).

My advise to every out of state student is that if the state where you finish nursing school is part of the compact state agreement, make yourself a favor and get license in that state. You can still get a job in NC and work because of the compact agreement. You will have a 90 days grace period to change the license to NC. It is way better that getting license by examination. Do not suffer for a month and half with the inefficiency of NCBON.

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