In preparation for our eventual move to Florida I need to obtain a Florida nursing license so that I may work (and all those years of education I still have to pay for don't go to waste). It seems like the Florida board needs everything EXCEPT the kitchen sink, our firstborn, a DNA sample, and the toenail clippings of the doctor who delivered me. Okay...that might be an exaggeration...
Firstly it cost $223.00 JUST to apply for a license. Then there is a laundry list of things I have to do which the simplest of these things would seem to be having my fingerprints put on cards and mailing them to the nursing board. It says simple enough just go down to your local law enforcement center and get fingerprinted on a specific type of card. Should be easy enough. NOT.
We talked to someone at the police station in Florida when visiting family. Down there they said we needed a written order, almost like a prescription, to be fingerprinted. WELL....the Board simply said just go down to see the cops and get it done. So we tried going to the police station here at home........well they fingerprint BUT only if you provide your own cards. They sent us over to the UPS store which by the way will NEVER apparently give you actual cards because their fingerprinting service is all digital and inkless. Not to mention you also have to register through a site (supposedly takes about an hour) that will electronically send your fingerprints to the requester IF you have an order number from said requester. (Nursing board fails to have an order number). They did mention that a larger UPS store in Savannah (an hour away) MIGHT have cards, be able to print cards, or offer more help.
Checking back it looks like the Florida board does happen to offer an opportunity to order the appropriate fingerprint cards through their own site, which of course I will also need to spend time inputting all my demographic data and after paying a fee I will have to wait for the cards to arrive, again go to the police station, and mail them in.
Obtaining fingerprint cards seems just about like obtaining the Holy Grail.
*sigh*
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It seems like you're having to go through as much for your nursing license as Dustin did to get his concealed weapon's license! Strange that you want to help people while his was for protection against people. Haha!
Goodness.....what an obstacle!
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