Sep. 5—Hoping to ease the nursing shortage, Pennsylvania began allowing nurses who hold a multistate license to begin practicing in the state as of Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Department of State ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gov. Ned Lamont signed the NLC into law on May 30, 2024, making Connecticut the 42nd jurisdiction to enact the NLC. The compact allows registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical/vocational nurses ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The state of Connecticut Thursday joined a multistate licensure compact, allowing nurses to practice in 43 participating states and territories, according to Gov. Ned Lamont ...

Once again, Michigan’s heath care labor force and administrators are at odds. Legislation was introduced last month for the state to join the Nurse Licensure Compact — a mutual reciprocity agreement ...

AARP agrees with the Anchorage Daily News’ April 13 editorial, “Why won’t legislators act on a tool to ease Alaska’s nurse shortage?” Alaska should pursue an “all of the above” solution to get more ...

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 ...

Pennsylvania will fully implement the NLC on July 7, 2025, allowing registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical/vocational nurses (LPN/VNs) who are Pennsylvania residents to have one multistate ...

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 ...