Confused about NLC and Non-compact states.

Just when I thought I understood the NLC I find myself getting more confused.

I'm a new grad RN licensed in Maine, a compact state. Recently however, I have moved to NJ while my fianc� attends grad school. After waiting forever my license is finally endorsed in NJ, which isn't part of the compact. I have applied to about 70-100 jobs with no success. Not only am I stuck in the rut of being an unemployed new grad RN, but i'm now concerned about claiming residency is NJ and its affect on my Maine compact license.

If I claim residency in NJ will I have my license to practice in Maine? (I do plan on going home to Maine while we are on summer break).

I called the Maine BON and they said that once I change my address I will no longer have my multi state license even though I will still be licensed in Maine and endorsed in NJ. Instead, I will be given a single state license. How does that work?

Anybody have any light to shed on the subject?!
Compact states have two different types of licenses: single state and multi-state (compact). Multi-state is only for nurses that are living in a compact state. If you had a compact license in Maine and move to North Carolina, you would just change your address with NCBON and retain your compact license. If you move out of a compact state, then your license becomes a single state license because you are no longer living in a compact state. I live in Indiana, if I apply to Maine for a license, I could only get a single state license because I don't live in Maine even though Maine is a compact state.

Thank you so much! I was unaware the compact states offered two different types of licenses, which is probably why I was so confused.

Quote from Don1984...If you had a compact license in Maine and move to North Carolina, you would just change your address with NCBON and retain your compact license...