For registered nurses moving to Louisiana
How to Transfer Your Nursing License to Louisiana
Is Louisiana a nurse compact state? Yes. Louisiana 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 Louisiana without another license, and a nurse who lives in Louisiana applies for the multistate license there. A nurse from a state outside the compact needs a Louisiana license from the Louisiana State Board of Nursing, by endorsement for a nurse licensed in another state. (NCSBN, read 9 Nov 2026.)
The Louisiana State Board of Nursing's endorsement page has not been read here, so no fee is stated; its own page states it.
What the Louisiana State Board of Nursing asks
The board's own page is where to apply; its endorsement page has not been read here, so no fee or rule is stated.
Apply to the Louisiana State Board of Nursing. A nurse licensed in another state applies by endorsement: the license is verified through Nursys, the board runs a background check, and it charges an application fee its own page states.
The steps
What every move takes; the board's page above says what it asks in each.
- Check whether your home state and the new state are both in the Nurse Licensure Compact: if both are and you keep living in your home state, your multistate license already lets you work there.
- If you are moving your home to the new state and it is a compact state, apply for its multistate license; if it is outside the compact, apply to its board of nursing for a license by endorsement.
- Have your current license verified to the new board, through Nursys where your state takes part in it.
- Complete the background check the board asks for (most ask for fingerprints) and any state exam or course it names.
- Pay the board's fee and, where the board offers one, ask for a temporary permit so you can start work while the application is processed.
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Nursing jobs in Louisiana today
1,310 registered nurse and 302 LPN jobs are open in Louisiana on this board, read every night from each employer's own job board.
- Ochsner Health · 430 RN jobs
- LCMC Health · 232 RN jobs
- FMOL Health · 148 RN jobs
- CHRISTUS Health · 96 RN jobs
- Advantis Medical · 51 RN jobs
- TRS Healthcare · 48 RN jobs
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Transferring a nursing license to Louisiana: common questions
Is Louisiana a nurse compact state?
Yes. Louisiana 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 Louisiana without another license, and a nurse who lives in Louisiana applies for the multistate license there. A nurse from a state outside the compact needs a Louisiana license from the Louisiana State Board of Nursing, by endorsement for a nurse licensed in another state. (NCSBN, read 9 Nov 2026.)
How do I transfer my nursing license to Louisiana?
If your home state is another compact state and you keep living there, your multistate license already lets you work in Louisiana. If you move to Louisiana, apply to the Louisiana State Board of Nursing for its multistate license. If your license is from a state outside the compact, apply to the Louisiana State Board of Nursing for a license by endorsement: have your license verified through Nursys, complete the background check, and pay the fee.
How do I transfer an LPN or LVN license to Louisiana?
The same way: the compact covers LPN/VNs too, so a multistate LPN license from a compact home state works in Louisiana; otherwise apply for a license by endorsement to the Louisiana State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners, which licenses practical and vocational nurses there (not the RN board). Its own page states the LPN fee. LPN jobs in Louisiana.
How much do registered nurses make in Louisiana?
Open registered nurse jobs in Louisiana that post an hourly rate pay $40.17–$54.75 an hour in the middle half, median $46.59 (50 jobs from 16 employers on this board today).
Do employers in Louisiana offer relocation assistance?
39 open healthcare jobs in Louisiana 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.
Who is hiring registered nurses in Louisiana?
By open jobs on this board today: Ochsner Health (430), LCMC Health (232), FMOL Health (148), CHRISTUS Health (96), Advantis Medical (51), TRS Healthcare (48). Every RN job in Louisiana.
Sources and method
The compact status is NCSBN's map on the day read. The board's rules are its own page's words, shown only where the page states them; a sentence of it is checked against the page every week, and a change is read again. The jobs and pay are the registered nurse jobs open on this board in Louisiana.
- NCSBN Nurse Licensure Compact map (nursecompact.com), read 9 Nov 2026, published 9 Nov 2026
- CareJobs.Now job board: open jobs read every night from each employer's own careers site
Cite this page
CareJobs.Now. (2026). How to Transfer Your Nursing License to Louisiana. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/transfer-nursing-license/louisiana