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Travel Nursing Jobs in Pennsylvania for RNs

Compare travel nurse jobs in Pennsylvania around your next start date. Weekly pay, city and shift are listed together for each RN opening.

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146,520
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Travel Nursing Jobs in Pennsylvania: RN Staffing

BLS estimated 146,520 employed Pennsylvania RNs in May 2025. The hospital association's August 2026 fact sheet reports 9% hospital RN vacancy. These measures cover broader employment and hospital staffing, rather than the travel nursing jobs in Pennsylvania currently listed here.

Travel Nurse Jobs in Pennsylvania: Teams, Act 31

LPNs are part of direct patient care in Pennsylvania's hospital workforce. In HAP's 2025 survey, 96% of responding hospitals reported using LPNs in that role. The report also identifies team-based care and patient care technicians among workforce approaches. For an RN traveler, a bedside team can include several nursing roles; the number of people supporting care isn't necessarily the number of RNs on the unit.

A new Pennsylvania RN license carries a specific education requirement. The state's Act 31 guidance generally requires three hours of approved child-abuse reporting training for initial applicants and two hours for renewal. This matters when your practice route requires a Pennsylvania-issued license. Temporary work under a valid home-state compact privilege doesn't itself make you an applicant for that license.

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FAQs on Travel Nurse Assignments in Pennsylvania

Do compact RNs need another license for travel nurse jobs in Pennsylvania?

No, if they hold an active multistate RN license from their compact home state and a valid Pennsylvania practice privilege. Pennsylvania's Board of Nursing compact guidance allows that practice without a separate Pennsylvania license or temporary practice permit.

Can I start travel nurse assignments in Pennsylvania while my license is pending?

Yes, if you hold a valid temporary practice permit or an active compact privilege. A pending application doesn't let you start nursing care. Pennsylvania allows eligible out-of-state licensees to request a temporary permit with their initial license application.

Did my Pennsylvania single-state RN license automatically become multistate?

Pennsylvania's compact guidance says an existing single-state license remains single-state unless you apply and qualify for a multistate license. An active Pennsylvania single-state license still permits RN practice within Pennsylvania; it doesn't provide privileges in other compact states.

Does Pennsylvania limit mandatory overtime for travel nurses?

Act 102 protects covered hourly direct-care nurses, including agency staff. Exceptions include permitted on-call work, unforeseeable emergencies and completing a procedure when leaving could harm the patient. Emergency overtime is a last resort after reasonable staffing efforts. Chronic understaffing isn't an emergency, and on-call arrangements can't evade the law. Private and group-practice offices are excluded, and nurses may voluntarily accept overtime.

Is time off required after working more than 12 consecutive hours?

Covered employees are entitled to at least ten consecutive hours off immediately after overtime that takes the workday beyond 12 consecutive hours. Pennsylvania's Act 102 guidance applies this whether the overtime was required under an exception or volunteered. You may voluntarily waive that off-duty period.

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