NY + NJ dual licensure??

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Can anyone tell me how to go about getting your RN license for both NY + NJ?? I live in NY & already applied for my NY license, but I was thinking of possibly getting a NJ license also, in case I want to cross the bridge and work in NJ. I've heard of it being done, but I can't seem to find out how you are suppossed to do it. Thanks for any help with this topic!

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I am considering doing this myself, because although I live in NY, one of the agencies I work for has choice assignments stationed in NJ; the only reason I can't do it is because I can't practice in Jersey.

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Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.

Thanks for all of the information, everyone. I was just speaking to people about dual licensure in New Jersey today, and to see this gave me the incentive to download the information and get this thing started. Maybe I can obtain everything by the end of the summer.

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Hello:

If a student completes a nursing program in NJ, can he/she apply for a license in NY? Or, would the student have to get a license in NJ and then transfer to NY?

Thanks!

Yes. If you go to nursing school in NJ, you can choose to take your boards for NY first, and then get reciprocity in NJ later on if you want to. You do not have to automicatically take the boards for NJ just because you went to school in that state.

espikey :)

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Thanks espikey! that really helps :idea:

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Yes. If you go to nursing school in NJ, you can choose to take your boards for NY first, and then get reciprocity in NJ later on if you want to. You do not have to automicatically take the boards for NJ just because you went to school in that state.

espikey :)

SO if i'm correct..as a student who attends nursing school in nj and wants to relocate to ny i can take the boards in ny and apply for nj endorsement? b/c i would like to be able to work in both states since they are soo close..please can someone tell me how to go about this..i'm graduating in dec 07' from an ABSN school and i'm soo confused about the child abuse and ID courses required for NY. aLSO those who passed NCLEX, what helped i'm having a hard time being motivated to start studying for NCLex as i'm still going to school and it's a lot of work this last semesters..

thanks

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SO if i'm correct..as a student who attends nursing school in nj and wants to relocate to ny i can take the boards in ny and apply for nj endorsement? b/c i would like to be able to work in both states since they are soo close..please can someone tell me how to go about this..i'm graduating in dec 07' from an ABSN school and i'm soo confused about the child abuse and ID courses required for NY. aLSO those who passed NCLEX, what helped i'm having a hard time being motivated to start studying for NCLex as i'm still going to school and it's a lot of work this last semesters..

thanks

Correct. You can take your boards in NY and later apply for endorsement in NJ, allowing you to have a license in both states. So get your license first from NY's Office of Professions, and once you have that in hand go to the NJ Board of Nursing website to download an application for endorsement and follow the instructions.

espikey

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