your post made me wonder about my own profile...I chose ADN-RN because that is my ultimate goal with "considering nursing" as my status since I have not made it to school yet...did I choose the wrong things?

Rick, I understand exactly what you are saying.  Some of these license verification sites list your HOME ADDRESS.   I don't think for us girls that is a good thing to ever post online.  Someone could show up at your door, Or worse show up at your door while only your kids are home, and know your kids name....(especially if you have posted their pictures and names) etc  "Hi, Sarah, I know your Mom Mary Sue, she works at XYZ".  I see pictures and all kind of personal details posted.  While, I feel that being safe is an ABSOLUTE PRIORITY, a lot of nursing license verification's also provide such details as MAIDEN NAMES, and previous addresses (if you know that they had license in another state).  All these are details that could be used to forge someone's identity.  While there are people here online, that I too suspect of Fraud, I'm not willing to make myself or my kids an internet target for anyone.

 I certainly agree with the concern about posting too much info on the net because you never know who is reading it. When I hire a nurse I am online with dept of Registered nursing but I would NEVER want to have people in this forum checking on others lic or not, that gives personal info and your nursing lic for someone else to potentially steal. SO I think for the sake of this forum you take people at there word because lets face it most of us will NEVER meet and who cares really anyways?? We are NOT asking someone to give us a personal reference. My husband is a lawyer too and I can tell ya there are many ways to check on people, BUT who has the time or inclination?? This is just for fun, if someone wants to lie about there position or license WHO CARES! Maybe they need to feel good about them self while online, no biggee to me really, I know who I AM and a handful I have met here that we also email personally and I'm good.  People can make whatever assumptions they want and will no matter what anyone else says.

Maybe LawyerRN thinks there might be some guys signing up just to prey on females or vice versa I guess....and they're really not health care professionals at all.....just creeps trying to use NL as a dating service.  Maybe the message here is be careful who you get close to....not necessarily verify everyone's license number.

LawyerRN....you're so protective of us.  I love it! 

Like Grandma said, trust 'em as far as you can throw 'em.

Sometimes my b.s. detector goes off pretty loud - not sure what the pathological need is of some people to post here. Attention Seeking Syndrome, if you get my drift ...

Good points everyone!

New Jersey used to give full home addresses too, but there was such an outcry from the nursing community that now they just give the city. I didn't realize some states still do! Yikes! If yours does, use a p.o. box for your licensing board, that's what I used to do.

Lying about a  license to feel important is harmless, but there are predators out there in society who use phony info to get people to reveal personal information that they could use for a scam or worse. I've seen it.

I want all my friends here to be careful!

The bottom line is just stay safe, friends!

 This is my point, do you really want ALL your personal info on the net for any screw ball (some on this very site) to know where you live? Be careful is right, people can try anything now a days. Be safe and careful

You are right. You never freaking know and there are some strange ones on here.

Hey, I come to this forum for fun, camaraderie with other nurses.  I just like to 'talk' with people who know what I mean by a statement like:, "he's got chronic pain, so It doesn't surprise me that he's grumpy." Or when we had our  (sometimes rather heated) political disussions, someone who had the intelligence to know (because, as nurses, we need to be very intelligent" )  what we know, or have thought about things we have.

About whether or not people who say they're real nurses:  that isn't my concern. Actually, I don't see that it's anyboys  concern as long as they're not  hurting me or disrupting the 'fun-ness' of  the board.

We may have  differing opinions, but we all have an opinion on things like illegal immigration  (especially those of  you from border states) or we all  have ideas about which health care system will benefit the US of A in the long run.

Not to be a curmudgeon, but there are only certain parts of my life that get sent over cyberspace. The government or other agencies can find out all they need to, but I'm not going to make it easy for them.

Annie

Oh, I am sure there are phonies on here, looking for a date, a nurse with a purse, etc.  You never really know what's going on anywhere.  I do, however, like to think most of us on here are on the up and up.  I have made some great friends here.  Some of us are just thinking about going to school for nursing, some (like me) are actively attending school to be an RN.  Some are well-seasoned nurses, helping us make it to be a nurse.  I am grateful for the seasoned mentors I have met on here, however I do keep an eye out for the fakes.  I have come across some on here......................................  just be careful.