| 153 × | renewal | 15 × | connecticut | |
| 114 × | transfer | 15 × | address | |
| 93 × | reciprocity | 15 × | nebraska | |
| 85 × | expired | 14 × | idaho | |
| 82 × | exam | 14 × | certificate | |
| 76 × | requirements | 14 × | south-carolina | |
| 49 × | texas | 13 × | montana | |
| 38 × | georgia | 13 × | virginia | |
| 34 × | california | 13 × | alabama | |
| 29 × | wisconsin | 13 × | status | |
| 28 × | florida | 12 × | ohio | |
| 27 × | illinois | 12 × | new-hampshire | |
| 27 × | arkansas | 12 × | cost | |
| 24 × | pennsylvania | 12 × | skills | |
| 24 × | endorsement | 12 × | job | |
| 23 × | number | 11 × | new-york | |
| 22 × | north-carolina | 11 × | delaware | |
| 21 × | new-jersey | 11 × | district-of-columbia | |
| 19 × | missouri | 11 × | copy | |
| 19 × | reinstatement | 11 × | background-check | |
| 18 × | tennessee | 11 × | test | |
| 18 × | course | 10 × | foreign | |
| 17 × | massachusetts | 10 × | arizona | |
| 17 × | kentucky | 10 × | online | |
| 17 × | iowa | 9 × | kansas | |
| 17 × | indiana | 9 × | instructor | |
| 17 × | colorado | 8 × | washington | |
| 17 × | lapsed | 8 × | lost | |
| 17 × | nursing-student | 8 × | employment | |
| 16 × | louisiana | 7 × | west-virginia | |
| 16 × | name | 7 × | minnesota | |
| 15 × | mississippi | 7 × | michigan | |
| 15 × | maryland | 7 × | lpn |