NUR 478 Week 2 Individual Assignment Nursing Licensure Debate

Assignment 1: NUR 478 Week 2 Individual Assignment Nursing Licensure Debate

Debate the benefits of national nursing licensure versus individual state licensure, with pro- and con-, or benefits versus disadvantages, positions assigned by the faculty.
Discuss the benefits of having individual state Nurse Practice Acts by exploring the Nursing Practice Act for a state of your choice.
Investigate multi-state licensure compacts to determine how these compacts might benefit or place at risk professional nursing practice. This paper should be between 700—1050 words and include at least three references (one reference from the text and one references should be from the University of Phoenix Library).

Assignment 2:

Learning Plan 03 LP03.1 Assignment: Nursing Licensure

Directions: In a paper no longer than 1 page, discuss the following:

Choose a state (it can be the state in which you live or some other state) and do a web search to find the state agency or board that licenses nurses in that state. Then, summarize the licensure requirements for nurses in that state. Also, summarize the methods used to license out-of-state nurses who wish to work in that state.

Submit this assignment to your instructor via the dropbox “LP03.1 Assignment: Nursing Licensure.” This assignment is worth 5 points.