New to CBO's Can Anyone Help???

Tweety, BSN, RN · Nov 11, 2004

I can't help you but am currious as to what are CBO's. What does that stand for? Perhaps this isn't the right forum to ask, maybe in general forum or somewhere else like that.

Nurse Ratched, RN · Nov 11, 2004

Don't know about the CBO, but the rule at any facility I have worked with re: the license is (1) you bring in the original and the super makes a copy which is kept on file or (2) you don't work. Period. You are legally obligated to have proof of the licensure of the people you hire to care for your clients.

lsyorke, RN · Nov 11, 2004

I have always been told to NEVER let anyone make a copy of your license!! They just have to see the original in person and mark down the license number. They don't need a copy.

proudmommielpn · Nov 11, 2004

It stands for Competency Based Orientation

ragingmomster, BSN, MSN, RN · Nov 11, 2004

Making a photocopy of a license is one thing, but be sure you write copy across the front of it, so it can't be used or re-copied.

hoolahan, ASN, RN · Nov 11, 2004

I don't know what state you are in, but all anyone has to do in NJ is go to the state board of nursing web site and look up names to find license. You could print those copies out.

I have always allowed copies of my license to be made. In fact in NJ, it is permissable, now, to make copies of your license. I guess because it can be so easily be checked on-line.

lsyorke, RN · Nov 11, 2004

Hoolahan, What you are seeing on the NJ Board of Nursing site is only a verification of licensure and you have to have the nurses full name and town of residency to get the information. This is taken from the NJ Board of Nursing site:

WHEN INSPECTING EMPLOYEE LICENSES:

DO inspect the original license - NOT a copy.

DO check the original license to see that the New Jersey license is current and valid.v

DO verify that the name on the license is the employee's legal name.

DO check that the New Jersey licensure status (R.N., L.P.N., C.H.H.H.A. or A.P.N.) corresponds with the nursing position in which the nurse is employed.

DO retain a secured record of the license inspection, including the license number, date checked and by whom, etc.

DO license verification annually of all nursing employees.

DO NOT ask a nurse for a photocopy of a license.

DO NOT accept a photocopy as a valid license.

DO NOT accept a license with a name different from the employee's legal name.

DO NOT accept a license from any other state, as valid evidence of the individual's right to practice nursing in New Jersey.

It is VERY risky to let anyone have a copy of your license!

proudmommielpn · Nov 12, 2004

I am in the state of KY and why we are doing this is because we are wanting to get licensed. We HAVE to have a book with everyone's credential's, emergency contact information and CEU's so that when state shows up they will ask for the book and all we have to do is hand it to them. It is mandated by the state it HAS to be done. Also, they want a skills checklist in the binder also. It has to have a record of PPD test and everything. Some of the nurses say well we have always just kept up with this ourselves but times have changed sorry to say.

hoolahan, ASN, RN · Nov 12, 2004

Hoolahan, What you are seeing on the NJ Board of Nursing site is only a verification of licensure and you have to have the nurses full name and town of residency to get the information. This is taken from the NJ Board of Nursing site:
WHEN INSPECTING EMPLOYEE LICENSES:
DO inspect the original license - NOT a copy.
DO check the original license to see that the New Jersey license is current and valid.v
DO verify that the name on the license is the employee's legal name.
DO check that the New Jersey licensure status (R.N., L.P.N., C.H.H.H.A. or A.P.N.) corresponds with the nursing position in which the nurse is employed.
DO retain a secured record of the license inspection, including the license number, date checked and by whom, etc.
DO license verification annually of all nursing employees.
DO NOT ask a nurse for a photocopy of a license.
DO NOT accept a photocopy as a valid license.
DO NOT accept a license with a name different from the employee's legal name.
DO NOT accept a license from any other state, as valid evidence of the individual's right to practice nursing in New Jersey.
It is VERY risky to let anyone have a copy of your license!

Interesting, Let me explain why I said what I did. When I had to do clinical for my RN to BSN program, they needed proof of my licensure. In the past, in NJ, you had to have a letter stating that you did indeed have an active NJ license, but in 2000, when I called the BON (BTW, have you ever had to call them? It is not unusual to get a different response from 3 different people) they said they no longer did this because it was now legal for me to make a photocopy of the license and the school could call to verify it if they wished.

As far as an employer, well of course they would have to see your license. This has been my experience with looking up validity on line. I was a HHA supervisor, and had to interview some people for the job. There was some union issues going on as well, and we had some folks actually try to pose as HHA's to "plant" union people in the company. Why they would go to this extreme, I don't know, but I also suspect they were trying to "catch" us in hiring unlicensed people, which may indeed have happened before I was the sup. But, I had this suspicious chick come in, I asked her for her license, she said she "forgot it." I said, no problem, while you are filling out your application, I can check you on-line, suddenly she remembered she did not have a certificate yet. :rolleyes: But, I did verify other people on-line. Of course I had their first and last name, it was on the application. But I don't think you need more then the name to look it up, I was appalled at how easy it is to look up. In fact this was why NJ nurses kicked up such a fuss when this came out because you could indeed look up a nurse and find her complete address info. I haven't tried to look anyone up in about 4 years, so maybe it has changed.

That was the basis for what I said. But thanks for posting the actual web site info. It seems to be in direct conflict with what the BON told me on the phone. Unfortunately, this does not surprise me.