Question regarding ATTs

luvmy2angels · Feb 17, 2006

As long as you applied for and got your temporary practice permit your ATT shouldn't matter. You cannot work if you don't have a TPP though.

Altra, BSN, RN · Feb 17, 2006

This depends entirely on the regulations of the board of nursing in your state. If it is a state that issues temporary practice permits, that permit is what allows you to work as a GN, not the ATT. It's possible that the employer may require you to have obtained your ATT, and/or to take & pass NCLEX within a certain time frame.

Jesskanurse · Feb 17, 2006

My state does not do TPPs. It is the ATT that is considered your work permit until you take your boards. If you do work without the work permit your state or organization states it needs, what happens?

suzanne4, RN · Feb 17, 2006

Just to clarify a few things for all of you, and this pertains to every single state. For the states that have Interim Permits, you must meet all requirements for licensure in that state except for taking the NCLEX exam.

For you to work as a GN, you must have a letter from the state that says that you may. You will not get the ATT from Pearson-Vue until you pay the fee to them for the exam.

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Now, to the final poster, your employer let you start work without proof that you could function at that level? Working without having whatever document that your state says that you need, could be considered practicing without a license. And it would be considered as such.

nursemomruns · Feb 17, 2006

Just to clarify a few things for all of you, and this pertains to every single state. For the states that have Interim Permits, you must meet all requirements for licensure in that state except for taking the NCLEX exam.
For you to work as a GN, you must have a letter from the state that says that you may. You will not get the ATT from Pearson-Vue until you pay the fee to them for the exam.
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Now, to the final poster, your employer let you start work without proof that you could function at that level? Working without having whatever document that your state says that you need, could be considered practicing without a license. And it would be considered as such.

It will depend for what position you are being hired. Also, some states don't recognize a GN status.

At the hospital where I pick up shifts, new grads are hired as a higher level nurse extern. They just have to show proof of graduation.