Texas Board of Nursing (BON) Practice Exam 2025 – All-in-One Guide to Excelling in Your Licensure Exam!

The multistate RN license is designed specifically for registered nurses who wish to practice in multiple states. Under the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC), nurses holding this type of license can provide care in any signed member state without needing to obtain additional licenses for each state. This facilitates greater flexibility for nurses, allowing them to work in different locations as required by their circumstances, thereby addressing the demands of regional healthcare needs more efficiently.

In contrast, a single state RN license allows a nurse to practice only in the state where they are licensed, restricting their mobility and ability to respond to job opportunities in other states. A practical nurse license typically refers to a license for practical (vocational) nurses, which may not have the same multistate practice privileges as the RN license under the NLC. Finally, a specialist nurse license is not a recognized license within the compact framework and generally pertains to advanced practice roles or certifications that do not necessarily grant multistate privileges.