State Boards

[vrsgirl30]

Hi everyone...I am new to this site but it looks to be very informative. I have been going to school forever it seems,lol, to get to an RN- associates degree, and finally I thought I had made it my pinning was to be Dec. 12 I had taken my finally and completed everything except for a couple more weeks of clinicals. Well my kids have been sick alot the last couple of months and I seem to catch everything they bring home, I got a virus in Sept and had to miss two days of clinical , my instructor sent me home and told me not to come back until I wasn't running fever, I got a note from the doctor . And then the week before Thanksgiving I ended up with Strep throat so my doctor said I shouldn't go to clinicals until I was on antibiotics for 48 hours so any way to make a long story shorter , the college I was attending has now decided that I can't graduate because I missed those hours of clinical. Some people have told me that there are some states where you can sit for your boards without having your degree, I don't know if this is true or not but I would appreciate any information anyone has I was getting ready to start a job as an RN and now I am being told that isn't going to happen. Thanks for taking time to read this and for any response you might have....

[New Castle Ken]

Originally posted by vrsgirl30

Hi everyone...I am new to this site but it looks to be very informative. I have been going to school forever it seems,lol, to get to an RN- associates degree, and finally I thought I had made it my pinning was to be Dec. 12 I had taken my finally and completed everything except for a couple more weeks of clinicals. Well my kids have been sick alot the last couple of months and I seem to catch everything they bring home, I got a virus in Sept and had to miss two days of clinical , my instructor sent me home and told me not to come back until I wasn't running fever, I got a note from the doctor . And then the week before Thanksgiving I ended up with Strep throat so my doctor said I shouldn't go to clinicals until I was on antibiotics for 48 hours so any way to make a long story shorter , the college I was attending has now decided that I can't graduate because I missed those hours of clinical. Some people have told me that there are some states where you can sit for your boards without having your degree, I don't know if this is true or not but I would appreciate any information anyone has I was getting ready to start a job as an RN and now I am being told that isn't going to happen. Thanks for taking time to read this and for any response you might have....

I am not positive, depends on your state, but I have never heard that you could take boards without the basic school stating that you graduated.

[Spazzy Nurse, RN]

Wow, that's just awful! I'm so sorry you had to go through all of that---- I bet you're just a wreck!

I think there are 2 ways that states can do it---- some only require the school to send the State Board an affidavit of graduation (proof that you have graduated even though you technically haven't actuallygraduated yet. There are a few states that do it this way--- I know Minnesota, TX, and Ohio are 3. There are a couple more though. The 2nd way is actually more time consuming because you have to wait and wait until you HAVE actually graduated.

I do have a question though....... you can't graduate on Dec. 12th..... but the next semester that will be starting--- is there a clinical rotation that they would be willing to stick you on then so you can finish up your clinicals?