The Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact was implemented in 29 member states Jan. 19 after governors of Colorado and New Mexico signed their legislation enacting the agreement the evening before. The eNLC ...

Pennsylvania became the 43rd state to join the Nurse Licensure Compact. The law will go into effect July 7, allowing registered nurses and licensed practical and vocational nurses in Pennsylvania to ...

New York is now one of just eight states across the nation that have not yet taken a critical step toward addressing our chronic and severe health care workforce shortages: joining the Nurse Licensure ...

The Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) lets qualified nurses hold one multistate license to practice across participating states, streamlining mobility and reducing costs. While 40 states are active ...

For three consecutive sessions, efforts to join a licensure compact for nurses have stalled. The holdup may lie in a standoff between unions and industry. As of Jan. 1, 2024, there were more than ...

Sep. 5—Hoping to ease the nursing shortage, Pennsylvania began allowing nurses who hold a multistate license to begin practicing in the state as of Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Department of State ...

Nurses licensed in 42 other states and jurisdictions will be eligible to practice in Massachusetts — both in person and via telehealth platforms — as part of the "Nurse Licensure Compact," an ...

Massachusetts will soon start allowing nurses licensed in other states to work here without needing an additional license. Nurses licensed in 42 other states and jurisdictions will be eligible to ...

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AARP agrees with the Anchorage Daily News’ April 13 editorial, “Why won’t legislators act on a tool to ease Alaska’s nurse shortage?” Alaska should pursue an “all of the above” solution to get more ...

Alaskans value resilience. We know what it means to work together in tough times, and we require solutions that meet the unique challenges of our vast, remote state. Few areas demonstrate this need ...

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