Registered Nurse License first issued in 1981

181 of Washington’s 106,983 active registered nurse license credentials — 0.2% of them — were first issued in 1981.

The 1981 intake, and where it stands now

These 181 people were first credentialled as registered nurse license during 1981 and are still active today. A first-issue year is the closest thing this register has to a start date: it says when the Department first recognised someone in this role, not how long they have worked in health care.

2 of the 181 active credentials in this group carry a disciplinary flag in the Department’s file — 1.1% — and 0 carry one marked pending.

This site publishes that count and no more: never who. The reason is not discretion, it is accuracy — the published file carries a yes/no flag and nothing else: no reason, no date, no case number. Naming someone on the strength of it would publish a suspicion rather than a fact. Every credential counted here is active. Why the line is drawn there.

Do not let the date pass

181 credentials of this type were first issued in 1981. Washington renews most of them on the holder’s birthday, every year or every two years, and continuing-education hours have to be done before that date — not after. Leave your details and we will tell you when yours is close, and pass your request for continuing-education hours to providers who teach for this credential.

We take no commission and we vouch for no training provider. We have no arrangement with any provider today — we are collecting these requests in order to go and find them. What we do with this.

Who they are

This is a slice of a bigger group: all 106,983 registered nurse license credentials, and what a license is.

Other groups of a similar size

• Licensed Practical Nurse — 2006 183
• Medical Assistant Registration — 2018 183
• Medical Assistant Registration — 2019 183
• Radiologic Technologist Certification — 2008 182
• Dentist License — 2007 181
• Medical Cannabis Consultant Certification — 2024 181
• Dentist License — 2013 180
• Speech Language Pathologist License — 2013 180
• Dietitian Certification — 2021 179
• Medical Assistant Hemodialysis Technician Certification — 2024 179
• Nursing Assistant Registration — 1997 179