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NCSBN is a not-for-profit organization whose U.S. members include the nursing regulatory bodies in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and four U.S. territories.

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NCSBN empowers and supports nursing regulators in their mandate to protect the public.

(Mission Statement Adopted by Delegate Assembly 2019)

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Leading regulatory excellence worldwide.

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Latest News See All News /news/news.page ncsbn news t-navy [COVID-19, News Release, News Update, Nursys Update, NCLEX Update] [COVID-19, News Release, News Update, Nursys Update, NCLEX Update] [x-request-id] = [da695b5e81b4a4c737fd092f2e187238] [cdn-loop] = [google] [accept-language] = [en-US,en;q=0.5] [x-forwarded-for] = [10.1.51.7] [accept] = [text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8] [via] = [1.1 google] [x-real-ip] = [198.18.2.35] [if-modified-since] = [Thu, 08 Jun 2023 06:08:36 GMT] [x-forwarded-scheme] = [https] [x-original-forwarded-for] = [44.197.111.121, 34.149.217.49] [x-cloud-trace-context] = [64ae5ac8533f448077353ba42a4b8f77/12624853883290842278] [host] = [lsds] [connection] = [close] [x-scheme] = [https] [accept-encoding] = [br,gzip] [user-agent] = [CCBot/2.0 (https://commoncrawl.org/faq/)] about 2 en_US lmtx1i4f /default/main/NCSBN true ncsbn/News manual 2023-10-03 11:50:56 /default/main/NCSBN/STAGING 2023-10-03 10:38:08 en_US templatedata/ncsbn/News/data/2023/interstate-commission-of-nurse-licensure-compact-administrators-elects-2024-executive-committee.xml templatedata/ncsbn/News/data/2023/interstate-commission-of-nurse-licensure-compact-administrators-elects-2024-executive-committee.xml /default/main/NCSBN/WORKAREA/default lmtx1i4f 2023-10-03 10:38:08 lmtx1i4f lmtx1i4f templatedata/ncsbn/News/data/2023/interstate-commission-of-nurse-licensure-compact-administrators-elects-2024-executive-committee.xml lmtx1i4f 2023-10-03 10:33:00 /default/main/NCSBN News Release lmtx1i4f lmtx1i4f 2023-10-03 11:50:56 /default/main/NCSBN/WORKAREA/default/templatedata/ncsbn/News/data/2023/interstate-commission-of-nurse-licensure-compact-administrators-elects-2024-executive-committee.xml interstate-commission-of-nurse-licensure-compact-administrators-elects-2024-executive-committee lmtx1i4f lmtx1i4f 1 Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators Elects 2024 Executive Committee News Release 2023-10-03 10:33:00 /sites/ncsbn/news/news-releases.page /templatedata/ncsbn/Vertical-Navigation/data/news.xml <p>The Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators, the governing body of the Nurse Licensure Compact, announces new members of its Executive Committee, elected Oct. 1, 2023 to two-year terms.</p> /images/NLCNewsUpdate-f-2024-elections6.jpg yes yes <p>CHICAGO &ndash; The Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators (ICNLCA), the governing body of the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC), announces new members of its <a href="https://nursecompact.com/about/commission.page#executive-committee">Executive Committee</a>, elected Oct. 1, 2023 to two-year terms:</p> <p><strong>Chair<br /></strong>Pam Zickafoose, EdD, MSN, RN, NE-BC, CNE, FRE,&nbsp;executive director, Delaware Board of Nursing<br />Term expires: Sept.30, 2025 (re-elected)</p> <p><strong>Member-at-Large<br /></strong>Jenny Barnhouse, DNP, RN, executive director, Oklahoma Board of Nursing<br />Term expires: Sept. 30, 2025 (re-elected)</p> <p><strong>Member-at-Large<br /></strong>Linda Young, MS, RN, FRE, executive director, South Dakota Board of Nursing<br />Term expires: Sept. 30, 2025 (re-elected)</p> <p>The remaining members of the Executive Committee include:</p> <p><strong>Vice Chair&nbsp;<br /></strong>Missy Poortenga, MHA, RN, executive director, Montana Board of Nursing&nbsp;<br />Term expires: Sept. 30, 2024</p> <p><strong>Treasurer<br /></strong>Joe Baker, Jr., executive director, Florida Board of Nursing&nbsp;<br />Term expires: Sept. 30, 2024</p> <p><strong>Member-at-Large<br /></strong>Carol Moody, MAS, RN, NEA-BC, board executive, South Carolina Board of Nursing<br />Term expires: Sept. 30, 2024</p> <p><strong>Member-at-Large&nbsp;<br /></strong>Sherry Richardson, MSN, RN, executive director, Tennessee Board of Nursing<br />Term expires: Sept. 30, 2024</p> <p><strong>About the ICNLCA<br /></strong>The ICNLCA facilitates cross border nursing practice through the implementation of the nationally recognized, multistate license, the NLC. The ICNLCA enhances nurse mobility and public protection through maintaining uniform licensure standards among party state boards of nursing; promoting cooperation and collaboration between party states, facilitating the exchange of data and information between party states; and educating stakeholders. The ICNLCA is a quasi-governmental and joint public agency of the party states created and established on July 20, 2017. The Executive Committee is the seven-member elected leadership of the ICNLCA.</p> <p><strong>About the NLC<br /></strong>The NLC allows for registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical/vocational nurses (LPN/VNs) to have one multistate license, with the ability to practice in person or via telehealth in both their home state and other NLC states. Thirty-eight jurisdictions are presently members of the NLC. Licensing standards are aligned in NLC states, so all nurses applying for a multistate license are required to meet the same standards, which include a federal and state criminal background check that will be conducted for all applicants for multistate licensure.</p> <p>The NLC also enables nurses to provide telehealth nursing services to patients located across the country without having to obtain additional licenses. In the event of a disaster, nurses from multiple states can easily respond to supply vital services. Additionally, almost every nurse, including primary care nurses, case managers, transport nurses, school and hospice nurses, among many others, needs to routinely cross state boundaries to provide the public with access to nursing services, and a multistate license facilitates this process.</p> <p>For more information, contact&nbsp;<a href="mailto:nursecompact@ncsbn.org">nursecompact@ncsbn.org</a>&nbsp;or visit&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ncsbn.org/nurse-licensure-compact.htm">www.nlc.gov</a>.</p> Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators Elects 2024 Executive Committee The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) is a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to provide an organization through which boards of nursing act and counsel together on matters of common interest and concern affecting the public health, safety and welfare, including the development of licensing examinations in nursing. NLC, ICNLCA, compact, executive committee Compacts, Nurse Licensure Compact FALSE yes en_US lkkmmpwl /default/main/NCSBN true ncsbn/News manual 2023-09-18 09:06:23 /default/main/NCSBN/STAGING 2023-09-18 09:02:49 en_US templatedata/ncsbn/News/data/2023/ncsbn-nursys-enotify-database-enrolls-more-than-1-million-individual-nurses.xml templatedata/ncsbn/News/data/2023/ncsbn-nursys-enotify-database-enrolls-more-than-1-million-individual-nurses.xml /default/main/NCSBN/WORKAREA/default lkkmmpwl 2023-09-18 09:02:49 lkkmmpwl lkkmmpwl templatedata/ncsbn/News/data/2023/ncsbn-nursys-enotify-database-enrolls-more-than-1-million-individual-nurses.xml lkkmmpwl 2023-09-18 08:56:00 /default/main/NCSBN News Release lkkmmpwl lkkmmpwl 2023-09-18 09:06:23 /default/main/NCSBN/WORKAREA/default/templatedata/ncsbn/News/data/2023/ncsbn-nursys-enotify-database-enrolls-more-than-1-million-individual-nurses.xml ncsbn-nursys-enotify-database-enrolls-more-than-1-million-individual-nurses lkkmmpwl lkkmmpwl 1 NCSBN Nursys e-Notify Database Enrolls more than 1 Million Individual Nurses News Release 2023-09-18 08:56:00 /sites/ncsbn/news/news-releases.page /templatedata/ncsbn/Vertical-Navigation/data/news.xml <p>More than 1 million individual nurses have chosen to self-enroll free of charge and reap the advantages of being enrolled in NCSBN Nursys e-Notify database.&nbsp;</p> yes yes <p>CHICAGO &ndash; More than 1 million individual nurses have chosen to self-enroll free of charge and reap the advantages of being enrolled in NCSBN Nursys e-Notify database. In the same system, as an additional benefit, nurses can also obtain their unique nurse identifier, NCSBN ID at the same time they enroll for Nursys e-Notify.</p> <p>&ldquo;We are extremely pleased that we have reached this significant milestone because we know how beneficial Nursys e-Notify is for both individual nurses and institutions that employ them,&rdquo; comments NCSBN CEO&nbsp;David&nbsp;Benton, RGN, PhD, FRCN, FAAN. &ldquo;We want all of the nation&rsquo;s more than 4 million nurses who are currently not enrolled in e-Notify to take advantage of this free service that delivers timely updates directly to your email address.&rdquo;</p> <p>Nurses selecting to enroll gain many benefits from individual participation in this system, including keeping on top of license status to help them potentially prevent fraudulent licenses or certificates being issued in their names. Enrollment is free, quick and easy. In just a few minutes via the Nursys eNotify nurse self-enroll portal, nurses can receive licensure status updates, create and manage multiple license expiration reminders, and keep track of their license verifications for endorsement to boards of nursing.&nbsp;</p> <p>The NCSBN ID is a distinct numeric code, unique for each nurse, that allows nurses to easily identify themselves to applications and processes without providing detailed information, protecting their personally identifiable information.</p> <p>Powered by U.S. nursing regulatory bodies (NRBs), Nursys is the only national database for verification of nurse licensure, publicly available discipline and practice privileges for registered nurses, licensed practical/vocational nurses and advanced practice registered nurses provided directly by participating NRBs and designated by them to be primary source equivalent.</p> <p>Nurses can enroll at <a href="https://www.nursys.com/EN/ENDefault.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.nursys.com/e-notify</a> and select &ldquo;As a Nurse&rdquo; to complete the enrollment process.</p> <p>Additionally, institutions that employ nurses or maintain a registry of nurses can register and&nbsp; enroll their nurses in the <a href="https://www.nursys.com/EN/ENDefault.aspx">Nursys e-Notify system for institutions</a>. With this registration, institutions gain the ability to receive automatic licensure, publicly available discipline, <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">and</span> practice privileges notifications and the NCSBN ID for nurses in their employ quickly, easily, securely and free of charge.</p> <p><strong>About NCSBN<br /></strong><strong><br /></strong>Empowering and supporting nursing regulators across the world in their mandate to protect the public, NCSBN is an independent, not-for-profit organization. As a global leader in regulatory excellence, NCSBN champions regulatory solutions to borderless health care delivery, agile regulatory systems and nurses practicing to the full scope of their education, experience and expertise. A world leader in test development and administration, NCSBN&rsquo;s NCLEX Exams are internationally recognized as the preeminent nursing examinations.&nbsp;</p> <p>NCSBN&rsquo;s membership is comprised of the nursing regulatory bodies (NRBs) in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and four U.S. territories. There are seven exam user members and 23 associate members that are either NRBs or empowered regulatory authorities from other countries or territories.&nbsp;</p> <p>The statements and opinions expressed are those of NCSBN and not individual members.</p> NCSBN Nursys e-Notify Database Enrolls more than 1 Million Individual Nurses The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) is a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to provide an organization through which boards of nursing act and counsel together on matters of common interest and concern affecting the public health, safety and welfare, including the development of licensing examinations in nursing. nursys,enotify,e-notify,unique id NCSBN Organization, Nursys FALSE yes

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Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators Elects 2024 Executive Committee

Posted 10/03/2023

The Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators, the governing body of the Nurse Licensure Compact, announces new members of its Executive Committee, elected Oct. 1, 2023 to two-year terms.

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NCSBN Nursys e-Notify Database Enrolls more than 1 Million Individual Nurses

Posted 09/18/2023

More than 1 million individual nurses have chosen to self-enroll free of charge and reap the advantages of being enrolled in NCSBN Nursys e-Notify database.