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Multistate Nurse Licensing: What You Need to Know

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With so many positions to fill, working across state lines will help you expand your options as a registered nurse, but you’ll need to get licensed in multiple states. Navigating each state’s licensing requirements can be daunting to say the least, especially if you’re already working full time at a hospital.

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Nurses Need to Be the Change!

The Nursing Site

This was after the Tennessee BON cleared her in 2020 and told her they “ had bigger fish to fry. ” Please take the time to watch this replay and reinforce how you need to protect yourself and your license. How and why that changed two years later needs your attention! You can watch the replay of the Zoom session. Check out Lorie A.

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Health Care Workers Push for Their Own Confidential Mental Health Treatment

American Nurse

States are redefining when medical professionals can get mental health treatment without risking notifying the boards that regulate their licenses. States have also reworked medical licensing questions to avoid scrutiny for providers who need mental health treatment. The changes are modeled after Virginia legislation from 2020.

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The Nurse Licensure Compact: Accessibility, Ease, and Portability

Daily Nurse

In the old days, nurses needed to apply for and maintain multiple licenses, a ponderous process by any measure. territories) have the flexibility of a portable license that allows for an easy process of working in multiple jurisdictions. Cleghorn explains how states issue compact licenses. The compact works similarly in U.S.

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If Your Nursing License Expires, Can You Renew It At Any Time?

CynaMed

2 minute read To be a working nurse, you must have an updated nursing license. Without a renewed license, your nursing status becomes inactive. As a nurse, you are responsible for renewing your license before it expires. On the surface, the process of renewing your license seems simple.

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Why Nurse Practitioners are a Solution to Rural Healthcare Challenges

Health Leaders | Nursing

With more than 100 million Americans lacking access to primary care, employing more nurse practitioners (NPs) and allowing them to practice at the top of their license is critical to making healthcare more accessible in rural areas, NP leaders say. during that same time period, according to a 2020 study. Nearly 80% of rural U.S.

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Top 4 Challenges Nurses Faced in 2020

Hospital Recruiting | Nursing

Phongthorn Hiranlikhit/123RF.com Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization designated the year 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife to honor the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth and to emphasize the vital role that nurses play in global healthcare.