Onward Can Help
Obtaining your state-specific nursing license is one of the core travel nursing requirements. Luckily, when you partner with Onward, your recruiter helps you take all appropriate steps to ensure that you obtain your nurse licensure and/or nurse license verification for the state to which you’ll be traveling.
Nursing licensure timeframes vary from state-to-state, and it’s easier to obtain a nursing license in some states than it is in others.
The chart below outlines which states accept compact state licensure and which ones offer expedited walk-through licensure, as well as the standard timeframe to obtain a nursing license from the state's board of nursing.