HealthLeaders Media June 19, 2023
NLCs are ‘one tool in the toolbox’ for broader workforce discussions, NCSBN official says.
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38 states and two U.S. territories have enacted the NLC.
For hospitals or health systems with telehealth, the NLC can create nursing jobs that reach patients across state lines.
The U.S. Department of Defense supports the NLC because of the benefits to military families when they relocate.
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).
The compact allows RNs and licensed practical/vocational nurses (LPN/VNs)...
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