Reciprocity question!

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i just passed my boards!!!!!!! i live in mass and i am going to start the paperwork for my reciprocity in ny. i hear so many different things and i'm hoping there's someone here with recent experience with this.

some people are telling me all i have to do it pay to have my license in two states, some people say certain states make you retake the boards depending on what state you came from. i met with a recruiter from a nyc hospital and he spoke of paperwork but nothing about another nclex exam... what's the deal?! just the paperwork? i know i muct also have the infection control and child abuse training; but besides that, anything?

thanks a ton!

kaite

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They are not going to make you retake the NCLEX. It is the same test for all states. They will rpobably make you submit your transcripts and fill out the paper to get reciprocity. It generally just takes some time.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

you just follow requirements for endorsement and complete the 2 courses

http://www.op.nysed.gov/nursing.htm

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

You will never have to take NCLEX ever again. It's good in all 50 states.

Congratulations!

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Specializes in CNA/ ALF & Hospital.
i just passed my boards!!!!!!! i live in mass and i am going to start the paperwork for my reciprocity in ny. i hear so many different things and i'm hoping there's someone here with recent experience with this.

some people are telling me all i have to do it pay to have my license in two states, some people say certain states make you retake the boards depending on what state you came from. i met with a recruiter from a nyc hospital and he spoke of paperwork but nothing about another nclex exam... what's the deal?! just the paperwork? i know i muct also have the infection control and child abuse training; but besides that, anything?

thanks a ton!

kaite

i know exactly where u r coming from. i feel 4 u. i went through it with getting a resiprocity from florida getting turned over to the georgia registry, guess what.......i got screwed royally by ga. board bcuz they let my cna certificate expire while i was waiting on a reciprocity. i dont know what ny board & mass. board will worli t out but, dont plan on coming to georgia anytime soon, you will loose your lic. in the waiting process just like i did and they had 10 months times to do it:more than enough time, too much time. :madface:

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this may be a "dumb" question, but if you wanted a NY lic. why didnt you sit for your boards in NYS?

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
this may be a "dumb" question, but if you wanted a NY lic. why didnt you sit for your boards in NYS?

not a dump question but who knows maybe something changed once she had paid for it to be taken in MA

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Specializes in CNA/ ALF & Hospital.
not a dump question but who knows maybe something changed once she had paid for it to be taken in MA

I didnt want to take my boards in NYS. i got my boards in Florida . What happend was my certificate expired while waiting on getting a word or anything about transfer sucess when I moved from Florida to Georgia.:uhoh3:

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Specializes in CNA/ ALF & Hospital.
I didnt want to take my boards in NYS. i got my boards in Florida . What happend was my certificate expired while waiting on getting a word or anything about transfer sucess when I moved from Florida to Georgia.:uhoh3:

?what?

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not a dumb question at all!

i was planning on taking them in ny but everyone convinced me to stay home and save money and work in boston. i interviewed with the nurse manager i had my internship with in boston but they needed nurses asap so i didn't get the job. i called the recruiter back and she told me to look online for other positions so i could then interview with her (backwards, i know lol). i called her back a few times and emailed her and got nothing. i finally called one last time and turns out she didn't even work at the hospital anymore. so i got the number for the new recruiter at the boston hospital and she said all the positions for new grads had been filled and my name was never passed on. this was the end of june. i was so bummed... and slightly pissed!

in boston the positions fill up in late may early june because there was a shortage of new grad positions because there is a shortage of staff who can take on new grads... it's a vicious cycle.

but i called every hospital a few times and the recruiters either told me the positions were filled or they never called back. so i decided to go for it and call a nyc hospital and he called me back in 15 mins! and the state board of nursing in ny emailed me back in 10... i never got a call back from the ma state board of nursing (good thing my question was already answered!)

by the time i set up a meeting with the nyc hospital, i had gotten my att so it was too late to switch the state board in which i would be licensed under. thank god this hospital is "new grad friendly" and he said they are always taking on new grads!

long story, but there it is lol

thanks for all your help everyone, i really appreciate it :)

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You know you could have taken the test in the state that you are in but get licensed in another state. My sister just recently took and passed her bords in Connecticut while getting licensed in California.

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i know that, but as i said in my second post, my att already came in and you cannot change the state board to be licensed under once your att had been sent. i was planning on staying home for a while and saving money but i have no job and by the time i called the nys hospital, i had my att.

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