Need to change name on RN license

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I'm a moron and didn't realize that the Ohio board of nursing requests you contact them within 30 days of a name change. Well I am nearly 8 months out on changing my name (got married.) I'm nervous!! Will they just make me pay a fee? I work with Early Head Start as a home visitor so I'm not actively using my license but I want to keep my license up to date and applicable!

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

Have you contacted the OH BON? They're the only ones who can accurately answer your questions.

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Specializes in critical care, ER,ICU, CVSURG, CCU.

Just contact the Bon,

advised you got married

may need copy of certificate

and you chose to change your name.....

hint......you may have chose to change your nurse name yesterday :yes:

congratulations...

just notify the board

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

You decided to use your married name professionally recently, right? Since as a licensed professional you established your professional reputation using your maiden name but recently decided to use your married name....you will need your marriage certificate.

I have a friend that her driver's license and everything else is in her married name but as she has been published for nursing research using her maiden name her professional licensing and credentials use her maiden name. She teaches using her maiden name.

It's not uncommon to keep maiden professionally and not just in nursing. My son's teacher uses maiden professionally with her extended credentials and married everywhere else

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Do you know how that would then work for CEUs? I have CEUs in both my maiden and married name.

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

Call the BoN.

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Whatever happened with your name change?

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