PR in front of nursing license number

diane227, LPN, RN · May 13, 2009

I have never seen this. I don't know what it means. Did you go to your board web site to see if you can find out?

KateRN1 · May 13, 2009

PR apparently stands for "practical nurse."

shrinky · May 13, 2009

Usually there is an e or r in front of your number in SC, e means by exam and r is by reciprocity 9hope I spelled that right). I have an R in front of my RN license because I was originally licensed in another state by exam and didn't have to reeaxamine here. P= practical nurse.

KateRN1 · May 14, 2009

So then PR would be a practical nurse licensed via reciprocity. I based my answer on the BoN website, whose search turned up LPNs with PR before their license numbers.

moomoo111 · May 15, 2009

I am the one who posted the question on the forum. "P" does not stand for practical, my number does not have a "P" in front of it. I think it means what someone else said, the "P" is for reciprocity from another state. I was looking up someone to see if they passed their state boards that I attended school with and noticed it on one and had never seen it. Thanks, moo

KateRN1 · May 15, 2009

Hmmm . . . I'm confused. I searched the SC database and all persons listed licensed as LPN have "P" in front of their license numbers, a few have PR (assuming as previous poster suggest that the R is for reciprocity). On the other hand, RNs don't have any letters in front of their license numbers. Moomoo, if you're an RN, you wouldn't have the P in front. (I did a simple search for the last name "Smith" and viewed 13 pages of LPNs named Smith. Every single one had at least a P before the license #.)

moomoo111 · Jul 31, 2009

You are right, I apologize. I do have a "P". I am working way too much! :banghead: