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I would get the license. You never know what may happen in the future that might make the nursing license necessary. If I were looking at your record, I would find it negative that you received a BSN but did not move forward with obtaining the license. You can always make the license inactive, then it is a simple matter to make it active if you need to. JMO
Hi,
Congratulations on finishing nursing school, seems like you have a bright future ahead of you. It is a good idea to hold a license, just incase. If you are not going to work with it, then it does not matter when you take the exam. During medical school you will be in a situation where you wish that you have a job and that will be the time to use the license to work. I went to medical school, and my first two years, i was busy as well as the clinical years so i did not have the time for anything. The problem will come when you graduate and could not pass your USMLE;s or could not get match to a residency program then you can work meanwhile waiting for be matched, same thing happened to me. GOOD LUCK!!
bluejay87
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I'm graduating with my BSN this month and will be starting medical school in the fall.
I had originally planned on taking the NCLEX and getting my nursing license, just because I can, but now I'm not so sure. It's expensive, and I'm wondering if it might be a bad idea to get a license and then not use it. Thoughts?