Wanting to work in Michigan, but have a Minnesota license.

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Hi guys,

I was wondering if anyone was familiar with this issue because I cannot find a thread discussing it!

I just wrote my NCLEX-RN exam yesterday and I called the BON and they told me that my license will be posted on the Minnesota website tomorrow morning. (Yay! I passed!)

However, I live across from Detroit and my dream is to work in a US hospital across from me.

What do I need to do now? I don't believe I can work in Michigan with a Minnesota license and each state needs their own individual license, correct? Or do they transfer licenses? The whole process is sucking my credit card dry! I know it's worth it, just no-one else I know is doing what I'm doing from school. I'm the first... so I feel like I'm walking through the dark here.

If anyone can help me out with that, that would be great. :jester:

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Specializes in ACNP-BC, Adult Critical Care, Cardiology.

Just wondering how you ended up deciding to get a license in Minnesota when you had intentions to work in Detroit, Michigan. You can't practice in Michigan with a Minnesota license. You'll have to endorse that license and the steps and forms are in the Michigan Board of Nursing website. I have worked in a few Detroit hospitals when I lived in Michigan and I had so many Canadian RN co-workers who commute to work from SW Ontario.

http://www.michigan.gov/lara/0,4601,7-154-27417_27529_27542---,00.html

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I also worked in Detroit and had many Canadian co-workers who commuted across the border every day. Each state needs its own license (besides compact states-which michigan is not). Keep in mind that if you practice in different states and have multiple licenses you will need to keep up w/ these in terms of paying to renew, different CEU requirements, etc.

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