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I am a school nurse/ health advocate in a preschool program in ohio. My license is active in this state with multi state added. I a m researching how to become a personal caregiver in Virginia. Virginia is on the compact state list.  What do I need to do? Is there a special certificate or anything? Please help.

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Wouldn't you need to live in Virginia to be a personal caregiver in Virginia? And what type of personal caregiver are you referring to - I.e. working as a personal caregiver for an agency, getting paid as a caregiver through the VA or medicaid for a family member, etc. ?

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Specializes in emergency dept.

The term personal caregiver is considered non - medical. There are some programs that offer a certification but certainly not for an RN.   Do you mean private nursing?

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Yes , I Do actually mean Private Duty.

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Private duty nursing is like other nursing in that you would need to be licensed so whatever state you are interested in working contact that BON to see what you need to do to obtain licensure for that state.

As far as jobs..unless you live in the state/area you are wanting to work in I think it may be difficult to get an interview/job offer living elsewhere. How would you be able to get to the interview? What time frame for starting a job would you have since you would have to move? You may could look into travel agencies and go that route but I don't know of any nursing travel agencies that have private duty contracts. Some private duty companies do have agencies in multiple states so that may be an option for you.

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