Travel Nurse with Puerto Rico RN license

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Hello, I hope someone can help me. Im a Puerto Rico RN and willing to work as a Travel Nurse. I know the only place that takes my license is the VA, because we dont need take the nclex, even though we are US territory. We take a state exam, wich I passed :) I have my BSN lic since 2013 with 9 month nursing work experience and willing to relocate thru the states of MA, CT, NY, FL or any eastern states. Thank you in advance!

My wife and I tried to do the same thing in reverse. We really wanted to work in PR and found out we had to be fluent in Spanish to take the licensing exam. That was a surprise and disappointing, because I don't think we ever met anyone in PR who didn't speak English. I can muddle through enough to communicate with my Spanish speaking patients, but would never be able to take a licensing exam in it.

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Really, no reciprocity?

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Zjinn, may i ask if do you have a lic? Because if you do i dont think you have to take a test. But if applying for a lic. maybe were misinform, because you have the choice of either take it in spanish or english. I can tell you this because I was given the choice to when i went to take it. It is computerized to. If any other question I might be able to help you with.

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Could the dual language availability be a relatively new thing? We haven't checked on it in a few years, but the PR BoN told us we would need to be fluent in Spanish to test for a license there. There is definitely no reciprocity. We're currently licensed in 32 states and the Virgin Islands. I thought it a bit strange to be able to get a VI license, but not a PR license.

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