How to Transfer Your Nursing License to Connecticut

Yes. Connecticut is in the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC): a nurse whose home state is a compact state and who holds its multistate license can work in Connecticut without another license, and a nurse who lives in Connecticut applies for the multistate license there. A nurse from a state outside the compact needs a Connecticut license from the Connecticut Board of Nurse Licensure, by endorsement for a nurse licensed in another state. (NCSBN, read 9 Nov 2026.)

If your home state is another compact state and you keep living there, your multistate license already lets you work in Connecticut. If you move to Connecticut, apply to the Connecticut Board of Nurse Licensure for its multistate license. If your license is from a state outside the compact, apply to the Connecticut Board of Nurse Licensure for a license by endorsement ($180 by its own page): have your license verified through Nursys, complete the background check, and pay the fee.

The same way: the compact covers LPN/VNs too, so a multistate LPN license from a compact home state works in Connecticut; otherwise apply for a license by endorsement to the Connecticut Board of Nurse Licensure. Its own page states the LPN fee, which differs from the RN fee above. LPN jobs in Connecticut.

By the Connecticut Board of Nurse Licensure's own page: Applicants with a current, valid RN license in another US state or territory can get a 120-day, non-renewable temporary permit, issued within 15 business days of an approved online application; the page states no fee for it.

By the Connecticut Board of Nurse Licensure's own page: The temporary permit is issued within 15 business days once the online application is approved.

Open registered nurse jobs in Connecticut that post an hourly rate pay $49.50–$57.04 an hour in the middle half, median $57.04 (465 jobs from 62 employers on this board today).

Not fixed ratios: Connecticut hospitals must have a staffing committee, mostly direct care nurses, that develops the nurse staffing plan reported to the state twice a year. (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-89e(c)(1)) Connecticut hospitals must post the nurse staffing plan on every patient care unit and keep shift records of patient-to-nurse ratios. (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-89e(f)) The law's own words are on this page.

Connecticut law limits it: Hospitals may not require nurses to work overtime or retaliate for refusal, except for surgery in progress, critical care until relieved, and declared or institutional emergencies (covers registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse's aides in hospitals). (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-490l) The law's own words are on this page.

68 open healthcare jobs in Connecticut offer relocation help in their own posting today, each quoting the offer (a set amount, reimbursement or a package); ask for the terms in writing before you accept.

By open jobs on this board today: Hartford HealthCare (280), Yale New Haven Health (279), Trinity Health (90), Advantis Medical (70), Connecticut Children's (45), Cross Country Healthcare (30). Every RN job in Connecticut.