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How Nurse Licensure Compacts Can Ease Chronic Nursing Shortages

Health Leaders | Nursing

Nurse Licensure Compacts (NLCs) may be “one tool in the toolbox” to help ease chronic nursing shortages reaching into every state and practically every health facility, says Nicole Livanos , director of state affairs at the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN).

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Pennsylvania to Allow Out-of-State Nurses to Practice

Health Leaders | Nursing

Pennsylvania nurses, however, must wait for criminal background check authorization before receiving a multistate license. RNs and licensed practical/vocational nurses (LPN/LVNs) from 38 states and two U.S. Military spouses who experience moves every few years also benefit from the multistate license.

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A Nurse Making a Difference: Nurse Alice Benjamin

Minority Nurse

I didn ’ t plan to be a nurse practitioner, especially not in the emergency room. When he was in the military, he began smoking cigarettes because they would say to smoke them if you got him. As someone who ’ s gone back for more, I started with the LPN certificate and then ADN, and I initially thought a nurse was a nurse.

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A Nurse Making a Difference: Nurse Alice Benjamin

Daily Nurse

I didn ’ t plan to be a nurse practitioner, especially not in the emergency room. When he was in the military, he began smoking cigarettes because they would say to smoke them if you got him. As someone who ’ s gone back for more, I started with the LPN certificate and then ADN, and I initially thought a nurse was a nurse.