Starting September 5, many nurses moving to Pennsylvania will be able to bypass the state's time-intensive licensing process, a change with enormous benefits not just for those nurses but for patients.
Created by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) is a standardized system through which a nurse licensed in any active member state is cleared to work in any of the other member states. Pennsylvania is turning to it as the state faces a severe nursing shortage—by some measures the worst in the nation.
