Nurse Licensure Compact Presented By: Maria Randall & Joi Mauk Leadership N 431 Illinois Benefits and Barriers Definition Benefits: The Nurse Licensure Compact • Clarification for telenursing allows a registered nurse and • Greater mobility for nursing • Easy access for nurses to travel to other states licensed practical/vocational in a time of disaster or time of great need nurse to have one multi-state • Facilitates lawful nursing practice license in a primary state of • Strengthens relationships between Boards of residency and to practice in other Nursing Barrier: compact states, while subject to • There is a fear of a union strike occurring. In each state’s practice laws and this instance, nurses would use their pirvilege to practice in another state where there was a disciplines (NCSBN). strike. The nurses in this case would not primariliy be focused on the patient, instead Currently about him or herself. The Nurse License Compact (NLC) model language is summarized in four main parts: Illinois is not a History 1)Jurisdiction- The nurse is licensed in In 1999, Utah and Arkansas the state of residence known as the compact state became the first two states to home state. pass NLC legislation. On January 2)Discipline- Both the home state and the remote state may take disciplinary 1, 2000, Texas, Utah, and action. However, only the home state Wisconsin became the first states can take action on the license. The to implement the NLC (NCSBN). remote state (where the violation occurred in, not the home state) may take any action allwoed by the state Purpose: The general purpose of the NLC is to facilitate the There are 24 states who on the multistate practice privilege. state’s responsibility to protect the public’s health and safety, currently are participating 3)Nursys (Nurse System)- A compact states. comprehensive information system and to ensure and encourage cooperation of party states to hold containing data on all nurses licensed each party state and nurse accountable (NCSBN). in party states and is used to verify nursing licenses. Definitions: • Compact- An interstate agreement between two or more states established for the purpose of remedying a 4)Compact Administration- The NLC particular problem of mulstistate concern. References authorizes the formation of the Nurse • Party or Compact State- Any state that has adopted the NLC Hellquist, K. (2006). What nurse case managers need to know about the nurse licensure Licensure Compact Administrators. • Home State- The party state that serves as the nures’s primary state of residence. compact. McDougal, B. (2011). The 2011 uniform licensure requirements for adoption. Journal of • Primary State of Residence- The state in which a nurse declares a principal residence for legal purposes. Nursing Regulation, 2(3), 19-22. Muller, L.S. (2011). Case managers in the crosshairs. Professional Case Management, 16(1), • Remote State- A party state other than the home state where the patient is located at the time nursing care is 39-42. (Poe, 2008; Hellquist, 2006; McDougal, National Council of State Boards of Nursing. Nurse Licensure Comact (NLC) fact sheet for provided. licensees and nursing students. Retrieved from http://www.ncsbn.org/nlc 2011, NCSBN) Poe, L. (2008). Nursing regulation, the nurse licensure compact, and nurse administrators: • (NCSBN) Working together for patient safety. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 32(4), 267-272. RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION DESIGN © 2011 www.PosterPresentations.com.