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 ...

In this editorial, the complex issue of the Nurse Licensure Compact was presented in an overly simplified way. Yes, we are facing a nursing shortage in Alaska and in the rest of the country.

The approval comes as the state takes the first steps to implement the Nurse Licensure Compact – an agreement it has with 40 other states that allows registered nurses, licensed practical nurses ...

In 2025, our state lawmakers must support New Yorkers’ access to care by passing legislation that permits New York to join the Nurse Licensure Compact. Advertisement Article continues below this ...

Health care professionals in Texas are advocating for a policy that would add the state to interstate agreements allowing ...

Legislation was introduced last month for the state to join the Nurse Licensure Compact — a mutual reciprocity agreement between states to give nurses in one state the authorization to work in ...

But opposing senators said the implementation of the Nursing Licensure Compact would make it easier for nurses to leave Guam for better pay. Sen. Mary Torres, the primary sponsor of the bill ...