Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) and APRN Compact Receive Support of the American Telemedicine Association and National Patient Safety Foundation
Posted almost 10 years ago by Nicholas M Perrino
"The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), www.ncsbn.org, enhanced NLC and APRN Compact have received letters of support from the American Telemedicine Association and National Patient Safety Foundation. These organizations join a list of more than 25 others that recognize that nursing care in the 21st century must be dynamic and fluid across state boundaries and that these compacts offer the best mechanism by which to achieve this goal.
Allowing nurses to have mobility across state borders, the enhanced NLC and the APRN Compact increase access to care while maintaining public protection. The enhanced NLC, which is an updated version of the current Nurse Licensure Compact, allows for registered nurses (RN) and licensed practical/vocational nurses (LPN/VN) to have one multistate license, with the ability to practice in both their home state and other NLC states. There are currently 25 states in the NLC. The APRN Compact allows an advanced practice registered nurse to hold one multistate license with a privilege to practice in other APRN compact states.
The enhanced NLC and APRN Compact enable nurses to provide telehealth nursing services to patients located across the country without having to obtain additional licenses. In the event of a disaster, nurses from multiple states can easily respond to supply vital services. Additionally, almost every nurse, including primary care nurses, case managers, transport nurses, school and hospice nurses, among many others, need to routinely cross state boundaries to provide the public with access to nursing services, and a multistate license facilitates this process."