ohioRN07

75 should mean you passed. The exam is adaptive so we all got a lot wrong. I was done in 52 minutes--that blue screen is a shock for sure. One guy in my class, one of the smartest, had 263 questions and passed.

A related issue I wrote about in Bioethics was the fathers and even extended families repoductive rights and responsibilities, as far as minor mothers/fathers, child support, sibling rights, societal claims on children, and societal rights to things like incarceration, the draft, eminent domain and relating that to pregnancy. I wrote form a contractual/property law viewpoint and it was fairly easy to put for both sides with strong examples and case law on each viewpoint, not all fromt he US courts though.

Wow--waiting 6 weeks is awful. They told me today the consent agreement was mailed out-- I have yet to learn the particulars. I will say they are very courteous at the BON. I have a firm offer from a major hospital that I accepted contingent on licensure. I should be licensed by my start date, but if they put me on any probation or employer monitoring I bet I will be looking for another job, or another state to nurse.

From what I was taught, go by the facility policy manual, usually on intranet in a bigger facility. If it is NOT in there, it probably is NOT part of your scope of practice. A simialr issue came up while I was still preceptoring in the ED concerning manual disimpaction. All nurses refused the disimpaction order stating it was not in the scope and not in the policy manual. An enema was ordered.

When I was doing my ED rotation/preceptorship, a doc gave a verbal to disimpact. I was the student. Immediately all 6 RNs in the ED told me NOT to do it and refuse. It is invasive with risk of vagal response and perforation. The charge nurse reminded the doctor it is not within the RN scope of practice and we did find it in the facility policy manual. Of course an order for an enema immediately followed.

All I can say in Ohio the BON states they can 'only make a decision on matters before the board' so when you apply to a nursing program you are spinning a roullette wheel. I have a 25+ yr old misdemeanor that is exponged and have had NO trouble in clinicals (all 9 locations so far have fingerprinted). I applied or worked at 3 different facilities and mentioned an exponged very old misdemeanor (not specific at all) and had no trouble finding work or even RN offers. However, when I applied to take the nclex and the BON informed me I must do additional paperwork after my exam and I 'may' have disciplinary action. They are very very vague. Naturally I contacted a nursing atty. who informed me Ohio is the MOST draconian(her word not mine) State when it comes to background checks. No time limits, and very arbitrary. I feel I will be ok, I may have to wait a month and do extra paperwork. I may have a notation on my license but I was told it should be unrestricted and unmonitored. She did suggest intial licensure in another state (any other state) and endorsing in Ohio but the same exact backgorund check will be done at that point. I know other students in my class had problems due to DUI/OVI citations but I do not know the particulars. And of course like another poster said, murder, rape, child abduction and the like are absolute bars to licensure. I read the Ohio statutes and they are very concerned about medicare fraud and the like as well. The main thing is to be honest and not avoid or lie about anything--they will find it and fraud on application is serious and stays with you even to another state. Goes for the BON and employers. They are humans too but they must follow through on what the legislature decided(or failed to decide in Ohio's case)or what their lawyers told them. If Ohio scares you away look into any other state and they may be much more amenable.