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Specializes in geriatric and military hospital.

this is a ways off for me since i am going to just be starting on my pre-nursing courses in the fall for rn but i was curious do you have to take the nclex in the same state as the school you went to?

reason i ask is we are considering moving after i finish school so i was wondering if i had to take the nclex in the state where the school is first and reciprocity to another state or if i could test in another state ?

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No. It is advisable to take it in the state in which you wish to be licensed for the first time, to make it easier, but you can take it in any state.

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No. It is advisable to take it in the state in which you wish to be licensed for the first time, to make it easier, but you can take it in any state.

why is that advisable?

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... i was wondering if i had to take the nclex in the state we where the school is first and reciprocity to another state or if i could test in another state ?

love your sentence structure!

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why is that advisable?

Ack.....I said it wrong. You can take the exam in any state, but choose which state you want to be licensed in after the exam. If you live in MA and want to work in NY, apply for licensure in NY and take the exam in MA. What I said was nothing close to what I intended to say, and I have no idea why!!! :trout:

It's advisable to get your first license in the state in which you want to work because it makes no sense to apply for licensure in your residence state if you have no desire to work there. Getting a license in your residence state just drags things out because then you would have to go through getting your license endorsed in the state you want to work in.

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Believe me when I tell you --- there is a loooooooooooooong paperwork trail attached to being certified to take the NCLEX exam. For one thing, your school has to present documentation of your transcript. The transcript has to meet state requirements. What if something is required in one state but not another? Much easier to take in the same state in which you went to school, then get a reciprocal license elsewhere.

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Specializes in Nurse Anesthesia, ICU, ED.

Also the compact license states that allow one license to be good in the other states, which are members of the compact.

https://www.ncsbn.org/158.htm

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Specializes in geriatric and military hospital.

so dumb question but with the compact states, it seems as we are moving closer and closer to having a nationwide nursing license instead of just one state.

someone commented on my sentence structure, I know my typing is sometimes hard to read but sometimes when i am typing a reply i am trying to type too fast and forget to proofread so if anyone needs clarification on anything i post please ask :)

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