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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 ...
There is variation in the level of supervision required for NPs across different states. As of 2023, 27 states grant NPs full practice authority, meaning they can practice independently without physician oversight. The remaining 23 states require NPs to have a collaborative agreement with a physician to provide patient care.
They examined changes in the number of nurse practitioners in North Carolina and its neighboring states from 2016 to 2023. (Disclosure: the Pope Foundation, for which I serve as president ...
As healthcare demands have increased in the United States due to an aging population, a physician shortage and the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 there has been a shift toward more independence in practice for professionals such as physician assistants, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and dental ...
The Oklahoma State Medical Association released a statement Wednesday urging Gov. Kevin Stitt to veto a bill that would allow nurse practitioners to prescribe drugs in the state.. OSMA's president ...
In 2011, sixteen states granted CRNAs autonomy, allowing them to practice without physician oversight. [6] In 2017, there were 27 states in which CRNAs could independently practice (that is, "without a written collaborative agreement, supervision or conditions for practice"). [ 7 ]
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.
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association (ANA), is a certification body for nursing board certification and the largest certification body for advanced practice registered nurses in the United States, [1] as of 2011 certifying over 75,000 APRNs, including nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists.