Moving to Texas from WV -- what license?

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I'm writing for my mother. She is an RN BSN and took the Original Nursing Exam in 1969 in West Virginia and has always practiced there. She now wants to move to Texas which does not have a licensing compact with West Virginia for reciprocity. What does she need to do to be licensed to practice nursing in Texas? She's hoping she doesn't have to take any new exams.

P.S. I'm not a nurse so all technical writing in this post is purely my misunderstanding.

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Every state has a state board of nursing. She needs to contact the Texas State Board of Nursing to get the exact details on how to apply for her nursing licensure in that state.

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Yeah, I figured that. I guess none of this information is online?

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I was thinking about moving to several other states & just went online & found out what I needed.

You can go to the state & then the Board of Nursing

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google texas board of nurse examiners. the site has all you need for obtaining an RN license in texas. Also check the texas message forum on allnurses.com for more info.

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