Applying for out of state jobs

[MollyMak]

I am currently working as an RN in California, and my husband and I recently decided to consider moving to another state due to cost of living here in California. My question is, if I am applying in multiple states, do I need to apply for licensure if every state that I'm applying in? Most, if not all, job postings I've seen list current licensure in the state where I'm applying as a requirement, but in order to get a license in another state you either have to live there or provide a statement of intent to move there. Not to mention it gets expensive to pay for licensure in multiple states. Has anyone done this before or have any suggestions?

[meanmaryjean, DNP, RN]

You are mistaken about proving residence or intent. I am faculty with an online university. I am licensed in half a dozen states and no such question appeared on any of the applications I filled out. I am licensed in states I've never visited.

[chare]

I wouldn't apply for licensure until offered a position. If the application won't let you proceed without this, select t yes and explain in a comment that you will obtain licensure when offered a position.

Best wishes

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[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

in order to get a license in another state you either have to live there or provide a statement of intent to move there.

False. In order to obtain a multi-state license in a compact state you must live in the state you are licensed in but, other than that, there is no residency requirement for nursing licenses. You can literally hold licenses in all 50 states if you are willing to pay for them. I know California is a huge state so everyone probably lives and works there but I have worked with plenty of nurses over the years who live in New Hampshire or Rhode Island and are licensed only in Massachusetts/commute to work there with no intention to ever move.

In your cover letters to the out of state employers, state that you are currently licensed in CA but intend to apply for licensure by endorsement in whatever state it is. One of my former colleagues easily obtained a job offer in NY before she was licensed there last year.