I went to LPN school at a hospital that no longer exists, I graduated in 1977.
I practiced, primarily in acute care, for 14 years.
Won't go into why I left, the imortant issue is I want to come back!
I've contacted my state (Ohio) and started the process of CEUs to renew my license but have been unable to find any truly helpful info for medication card.
I had the NAPNES Pharm card, which when I took the course and passed the test was for life. Now, they don't even want to talk to you if you haven't paid them in the last 5 years.
I am unemployed for crying out loud, how do they expect me to wait weeks on end to sign up for a certification exam. I have noticed NAPNES is just as screwed up as they were years ago!
But that produces my delima. If Ohio doesn't remember that I am certified or also feels like it should be renewed every 5 years as NAPNES does, what should I do? I really need help on this one. I can't find a single viable resource on the internet.
Oh believe me, CEUs to bring me up-to-date on meds are already being taken, it's that darned elusive little card that worries me.
I do not have my original card, nor my diploma from the now closed hospital or anything else that could be helpful. I even went to the first hospital I worked at after graduation. They would have copies of diploma, NCLEX results and NAPNES results (I vaguely remember providing then as I was a GPN when I first started there. However, that was the late 70s and those records are stored off-site and would require someone to go search through God only knows how many boxes to find it.
Oh I hope somebody has a suggestion or knows if Ohio will check my license for meds based on my old license.
I practiced, primarily in acute care, for 14 years.
Won't go into why I left, the imortant issue is I want to come back!
I've contacted my state (Ohio) and started the process of CEUs to renew my license but have been unable to find any truly helpful info for medication card.
I had the NAPNES Pharm card, which when I took the course and passed the test was for life. Now, they don't even want to talk to you if you haven't paid them in the last 5 years.
I am unemployed for crying out loud, how do they expect me to wait weeks on end to sign up for a certification exam. I have noticed NAPNES is just as screwed up as they were years ago!
But that produces my delima. If Ohio doesn't remember that I am certified or also feels like it should be renewed every 5 years as NAPNES does, what should I do? I really need help on this one. I can't find a single viable resource on the internet.
Oh believe me, CEUs to bring me up-to-date on meds are already being taken, it's that darned elusive little card that worries me.
I do not have my original card, nor my diploma from the now closed hospital or anything else that could be helpful. I even went to the first hospital I worked at after graduation. They would have copies of diploma, NCLEX results and NAPNES results (I vaguely remember providing then as I was a GPN when I first started there. However, that was the late 70s and those records are stored off-site and would require someone to go search through God only knows how many boxes to find it.
Oh I hope somebody has a suggestion or knows if Ohio will check my license for meds based on my old license.