License endorsement

[dienne]

Hello,

I have a question for you all.....I am a new grad RN and live in California. Needless to say, there are no jobs (or very few) for new grads RN here in my home state

I really wanna be a nurse and I am thinking about moving to another state. My question is: if I endorse my license to another state, am I going to lose my original CA license or am I just going to be licensed in two states?

I wouldn't want to lose my CA license because my plan is to come back home after I gained experience elsewhere.....thank you for you help!

[AntMarchingRN, RN]

No, you will not lose it, you will just be licensed in another state. For example I am licensed in NJ and PA. I must do CEUs for each license and follow renewal proceedures for each.

However, I think this differs with compact states. I am licensed in VA but work in MD because they are both covered my the compact. When I went to applied to get a MD license I was told that I could only have a compact license in the state I resided in and if I was to move to MD I could apply for that license and I would have to give up my VA license.

***Please check this info though. This has only been my personal experience.

If anyone knows different, please correct me.