Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 5—Hoping to ease the nursing shortage, Pennsylvania began allowing nurses who hold a multistate license to begin practicing ...

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 on Tuesday became the latest state to join the nurse licensure compact, which is expected to aid efforts by Pennsylvania providers to recruit nurses. The addition of Pennsylvania means 41 ...

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 ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vetoed a previous attempt in 2020. Legislation to allow Michigan RNs and licensed practical nurses (LPNs) to hold multistate licenses through the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) ...

Amy Milson estimates she lost up to $15,600 in income while waiting for the Pennsylvania Board of Nursing to approve her license. Milson, a nurse of 32 years, moved with her husband from Missouri 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 Ocean State became the 39 th to enact the NLC. Rhode Island RNs and licensed practical nurses will now be able to have one multistate license, with the ability to practice in person or via ...

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Most neighboring states, and 41 US jurisdictions in total, let nurses licensed in one state practice in the others. Joining that compact would give Massachusetts’ employers a better shot at filling ...

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