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Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators Elects 2022 Executive Committee

Posted 10/5/2021

The Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators (ICNLCA) announces new members of its Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) Executive Committee, elected Oct. 1, 2021 to two-year terms.

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Leading Nursing Organizations Provide Guidelines to Nursing Programs About Unvaccinated Students

Posted 9/28/2021

NCSBN and eight other leading nursing organizations* have issued a policy brief to provide guidance to boards of nursing and nursing education programs that are receiving requests from students for alternate clinical experiences when a program’s clinical sites require the COVID-19 vaccine.

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NCSBN Elects National Leadership and Considers New Business with its Members at its 2021 Annual Meeting

Posted 8/23/2021

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Delaware Enacts Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Compact

Posted 8/5/2021

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NCSBN Award Ceremony Honored Outstanding Nurse Regulators

Posted 8/2/2021

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Support for a Health Care Worker Vaccine Mandate

Posted 7/27/2021

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2021 NCLEX Conference On-demand
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2021 NCSBN REx-PN Conference
Nov. 9, 2021, Virtual

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