Ok, I dont know if this is a rumor...........but there was a new employee at the hospital I work in and she said that she has a license that 'works in several states in the south', jut not Georgia.   She  just took her GA state boards for her RN and I was amazed.  Does anybody else know about this?  The person at work said thatTennessee is part of this thing........but where would you get info?   I tried to call the state board in TN, but no answer yet!  

Hello,

There is a loop hole for both the licensure and working as a traveler. Yes, it is true as the previous poster stated.  I would avoid all of the expenses obtaining the nursing license in every state. I would call the nursing board and ask the qualifications to obtain a nursing license in a compact state. I believe one must meet the residence requirement of the state and it varies state to state (90 days, a year, one day and etc.)

      A traveler nurse was assigned to a compact state and obtained a license in Maryland. The nurse applied for one in Delaware and did not need one because she had a compact licensure. It was recognized and honored by several compact states and it was legal.

       Some travel agencies are taking grad nurses to one year experience for assignment. The assignments are traveling with a catch of filling a full-time position for 6 months to a year and the nurse can be relocated afterwards. The contract is a little different from the traditional traveler.

       I would be careful with any travel agency due to the complex of contracts, salary, commitment, housing, and lack of experience of negations. I had seen a nurse fired from an assignment outside the USA two weeks prior of the completion. I was curious and looked into the history of the hospital and the travel companies’ placements of nurses. I revealed the hospital was firing all the nurses two prior of the ending of the assignment. I showed the pattern to the four traveler agencies and explained the hospital did not want to keep the commitment of the contract due to monetary reasons.  The traveler agencies are taking legal actions against the hospital and terminate all contracts with the hospital. Therefore, I was acting as my friend's agent and challenging the travel agency for the reason of termination and I found the real reason which the travel agencies never looked or watched out for their nurses.

     It’s your choice and in a year the rules may change again. Just be careful, honest, and protect your license because it was hard to obtain and it can be easy to lose.