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The Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) is an agreement that allows mutual recognition (reciprocity) of a nursing license between member U.S. states ("compact states"). Enacted into law by the participating states, the NLC allows a nurse who is a legal resident of and possesses a nursing license in a compact state (their "home state") to practice in any of the other compact states (the "remote ...
The present-day concept of advanced practice nursing as a primary care provider was created in the mid-1960s, spurred on by a national shortage of physicians. [7] The first formal graduate certificate program for NPs was created by Henry Silver, a physician, and Loretta Ford, a nurse, in 1965. [7]
While enrollment in bachelor's degree programs in nursing had a slight uptick (0.32%) in Massachusetts from 2022 to 2023, enrollment in registered nursing programs dropped 11% over the one-year ...
Alternatives to individual licensing include only requiring that at least one person on a premises be licensed to oversee unlicensed practitioners, permitting of the business overall, random health and safety inspections, general consumer protection laws, and deregulation in favor of voluntary professional certification schemes or free market ...
The Maine State Nurses Association is a professional organization and trade union of registered nurses in the U.S. state of Maine. It is an affiliate of National Nurses United. It was incorporated on December 10, 1914. Superintendent of the Children's Hospital in Portland, Edith Soule, was its first president.
Master of Science in Nursing - Clinical Nurse Leader Online; Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Online Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Public Health Nurse Leader (PHNL) Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP) Post Master's DNP Completion. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Nursing
Nursing credentials and certifications are the various credentials and certifications that a person must have to practice nursing legally. Nurses' postnominal letters (abbreviations listed after the name) reflect their credentials—that is, their achievements in nursing education, licensure, certification, and fellowship.
Nurse licensure is the process by which various regulatory bodies, usually a Board of Nursing, regulate the practice of nursing within its jurisdiction. The primary purpose of nurse licensure is to grant permission to practice as a nurse after verifying the applicant has met minimal competencies to safely perform nursing activities within nursing's scope of practice.