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Nursys e-Notify article in NOVA newsletter

Posted 10/15/2019

Government Affairs wrote an article about Nursys e-Notify and it's use by VA facilities, for the Nurses' Organization of Veterans Affairs newsletter.

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Student Loan Default and State Licensing Board Discipline

Posted 3/4/2019

NCSBN issues letter of support for the Protecting JOBs Act, which would prevent states from disciplining licensees purely due to their failure to make student loan payments.

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White House Health Care Report Addresses Scope of Practice, Worker Mobility, and Telehealth

Posted 1/10/2019

On December 3, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Labor released a report entitled, Reforming America’s Healthcare System through Choice and Competition.

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Legislation Addressing Opioid Epidemic Becomes Law

Posted 10/8/2018

The SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act expands treatment options for patients with substance use disorder by allowing greater access to APRN delivered care and telehealth services

2019 Environmental Scan

The 2019 NCSBN Environmental Scan represents a systematic and continuous effort to search for information about how nursing is evolving, and what that means for the future of nursing regulation. A variety of sources have been used to compile this document. Of course, this publication represents a mere snapshot in time of the world around us - both inside and outside of nursing regulation. It was distributed as a supplement to the Journal of Nursing Regulation in January 2019.

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