Getting a lisence in another state/province

Silverdragon102, BSN · Dec 2, 2009

Each state and province will be different. You will have to meet the state or province requirements even if you have a license already ion one state or province. Remember if you pass CRNE then in most cases you still have to take and pass NCLEX as CRNE is for Canada and NCLEX is for the US (I say this as a remind because you talk about province/state)

Morning-glory · Dec 2, 2009

In Canada, (except Quebec) you only write the test once. You still have to apply to each province for your licence however. I live and graduated in Ontario but I did go out to British Columbia for a while. It took about 6 months to get my licence there. Once you have it you need to maintain it or you will have to start all over. I haven't paid for my BC licence in over 10 years so if I wanted to go back, I would have to re-apply.

In Quebec, it is a whole different process as they do not recognize the CRNE and they have a French language requirement that needs to be met. You need to pass the French test within 2 years. If you don't pass, you will be suspended/fired from your job.

The rules may have changed in the past 10 years since I went through it so have a look at each of the provincial nursing colleges to see what they require. There are many links in the immigration posts.

Belmont_Murse · Dec 3, 2009

It really depends on the state you're licensed in. I would check out online the nursing boards for respective states you're thinking about applying. As well, note if any of the states have reciprocity (license good to practice in multiple states) as this will allow for greater mobility, imo. You have to be a resident of the initiating state, but it will give you multi state privelages.