Night nurses in Portland

Oregon reserves the title nurse for people who hold a nursing license (ORS 678.023), and it is one of the few states outside the Nurse Licensure Compact. A nurse with a multistate license from Washington, Idaho or anywhere else cannot care for your baby in Oregon until they also hold an Oregon license.

That matters on both sides of the Columbia. A nurse working in Portland needs an Oregon license. A nurse working in Vancouver or Camas needs a license that covers Washington. Many overnight newborn care listings also call caregivers "night nurses" who hold no nursing license at all.

Before you hire anyone called a night nurse, ask for their license number and look it up on the Oregon State Board of Nursing verification page or on Nursys. Night Nurse never calls an unlicensed caregiver a nurse, and every unlock of a nurse includes license verification.

Browse for free. See each caregiver in Portland with their photo, credentials, experience, nights and hourly rate, with no account. Names stay hidden. Browse nurses.

Unlock the ones you like. $250 covers up to 3. Each unlock shows their first name and starts their vetting: license verification for nurses, and an interview by a registered nurse using your own questions.

Add the checks you want. Background, drug screen, references and more, each priced on its own. How we vet.

Hire directly. Pay one flat placement fee, less one $250 credit, and their last name, phone and email are released to you. You pay your caregiver yourself.

Rather not browse? Send a free request and our nurse picks for you, or get a call from a nurse.

Experienced night nurses book 4 to 6 months ahead. Births in the US peak from July to September, so Portland families due in late summer start looking in February to May. Holiday nights fill early too.

Your nurse comes to your home, wherever you deliver: OHSU, Legacy Emanuel, Providence St. Vincent, Providence Portland, Kaiser Westside or a birth center. Some families start the first night home; others wait until a partner goes back to work.

We take requests from every Portland neighborhood, including the Pearl District, Northwest, Irvington, Alameda, Grant Park, Laurelhurst, Hawthorne, Richmond, Sellwood, Eastmoreland, Alberta Arts, St. Johns, Hillsdale and Multnomah Village, and from Lake Oswego, West Linn, Beaverton, Hillsboro, Tigard, Tualatin, Happy Valley, Milwaukie, Gresham, and Vancouver and Camas in Washington.

You are the employer. You hire your nurse directly, so your family is the employer. Oregon's domestic worker law (ORS 653.547) covers people who care for children in a private home. It requires time and a half for hours over 40 in a workweek, at least 24 hours in a row off each week, and three paid personal days a year for someone who averaged 30 or more hours a week the year before.

What that means for your plan. Four 10-hour nights a week is 40 hours. A fifth night adds 10 hours at time and a half, so at $58 an hour it costs $870 instead of $580. A household payroll service can handle the rest. Ask a tax or legal adviser how the law applies to you.

Paid leave. Paid Leave Oregon pays up to $1,692.16 a week for claims starting on or after June 28, 2026, for up to 12 weeks of bonding leave. It does not pay for a night nurse, but it shapes how many nights most families book.