Nurse Leicensure Argumentative Analysis

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National Council of State Boards of Nursing (2018) supports the mutual recognition model of nurse licensure as well as a single state model. According to NCSBN (2018) the mutual recognition model of nurse licensure allows a nurse to have one license (in his or her home state of residency) and to practice (both physically and electronically) in other states that participate in this model of nursing regulation. As of January 19, 2018, there are 26 states in the Compact: Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming. We live in the era of technology and telehealth is becoming a part of our lives. According to Guido (2014), telehealth Is a removal of time and distance barriers for the delivery of health care services and related health care activities. Internet and other communication technologies are the means for health care professionals to practice across state lines. …show more content…

Plus, it allows nurses to work through the Internet which is also a big plus and awesome experience. But of course, each state has own rules and policies that's why the opponents to the NLC argued that allowing both the home state and the remote state to discipline a nurse for a single infraction could result in duplicative investigations and conflicting rulings on the nurse's behavior. For example, a remote state could issue a disciplinary sanction against a nurse for performing a task that is outside of the remote state's scope of practice requirements but is entirely consistent with the nurse's home state's laws and rules (Becker,

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