An Overview Of Nursing Compact Licenses

well said!

You are on a roll with these very informative articles, right on target with the most common questions posed on this site!

I always wondered why we had to get new licenses...and your drivers license example was perfect!

Great resource, thank you! I find it perplexing that Georgia and Florida are not part of the compact.

I wish D.C. was part of the compact Signed, Disgruntled DMV Nurse lol.

I believe nursing licenses should just all be national. I am also a Certified CPR instructor and it is national, such as Radiology Technicians ARRT is national. There's no logic to me at all, except for the real reason simply being revenue. Endorsing to California was a rodeo.

Georgia is in the process of becoming a compact state as well as several others, including new York and Chicago. Now will it ever go through, I have no idea...but it has been in the works since last year.

Yeah, obtaining/transferring an RN California license was a nightmare and it took a while too.....I was like are you serious?????? The entire country ought to conform to compact licenses to reduce the stress of registering as an RN in a new state of residency......how ridiculous !!!!!!!!!!!

Quote from nursegirl2001Yeah, obtaining/transferring an RN California license was a nightmare and it took a while too.....I was like are you serious??????

They sure will !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Exactly !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Typical bureaucratic poo-poo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nurse Virgo--You have hit the (Chicago) nail on the head! (If you can, please hit it again, harder.)The State of Chicago, alas, decides what & how things shall be done in the other 96 or 98 counties of the State of Illinois, ignoring applicability & relevance.It is as if, "If it's good for the State of Chicago, it has to be good for the entire State of Illinois."

The main reason that the "other" states have not joined the Nursing Compact is money. Particularly in states with a large amount of nurses (think Florida and New York) and high-priced licensure fees, there would be a significant drop in revenue from nursing licenses if they were to join the Compact. I'm thrilled that I finally live in a Compact state, because it's allowing me the opportunity to pursue my dream of doing consulting work across the country. Wouldn't you know it--my first big job (several month contract) is in a NON-compact state!Hot tip--don't give up your licensure in ANY state, even if you think you'll never work there again. I had multiple licensures back in the day, and now I wish I had kept them up. It would have made this easier, since they were in mostly non-Compact states. I'll never let another lapse again.