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Crossing State Lines: Can a School Nurse Travel to Another State with Students? 

Empowered Nurses

Like a complex medical case that requires careful assessment from multiple angles, understanding interstate nursing practice during school trips demands attention to legal details, professional standards, and most importantly, student safety. Currently, 42 states are part of the eNLC, creating a safety net that spans much of the country.

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Nurses as Key Players in Telehealth

Daily Nurse

Additionally, licensing requirements were relaxed in many states, which helped enable nursing professionals to practice across state lines via telehealth, as were requirements that patients have an established relationship with a provider before they could receive telehealth services. The answer is yes and no.

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How to Become a Registered Nurse

Every Nurse

Registered nurses must have technical nursing skills to administer nursing care, medical knowledge of drug properties and interactions, critical thinking skills to diagnose and treat illnesses and injuries, organizational skills to implement care plans, and the communication skills to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

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Questions you should ask before volunteering

American Nurse

Is the type of event aligned with your nursing license, experience, and knowledge? Are you practicing in a state for which you hold a valid nursing license at the level you intend to practice (such as RN, APRN, or licensed practical/licensed vocational nurse)?

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Your Guide to Becoming a Nurse: Step-by-Step Journey

Post University

The NCLEX is a licensing exam that has been standardized across every state. Licensing and Certification Licensure is required for all nurses for them to be able to practice in a healthcare setting. Pass the NCLEX Exam The NCLEX is the premier nursing licensure exam, and it is used nationwide. What Type of Nurse Should You Become?

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The Ultimate How-To Guide for Aspiring School Nurses

Post University

They may also provide first aid or emergency care when necessary or administer medications that have already been prescribed. Through ADN or BSN programs, you may develop important clinical skills such as performing assessments and providing basic or urgent care.

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Into the Minds of Nursing Excellence: Dean Angela Amar on Psychiatric-Mental Health and Forensic Nursing

Minority Nurse

To become a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner, one must complete a graduate education program and become licensed and certified. Forensic nurses in critical and emergency care and psychiatric nursing routinely interact with individuals who have experienced violence and its consequences. What is forensic nursing?