Professional Nursing and State-level Regulations

Professional Nursing and State-level Regulations

 

The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) is an independent organization that serves as an umbrella on nursing regulation bodies working towards a common goal of protecting public safety. In their advocacy and mandate to protect the public, empowering these nursing regulatory boards made them a world leader in regulatory excellence (National Council of State Boards of Nursing, n.d.). For this discussion I chose my home state Texas and the neighboring state, Louisiana, to expound on the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) regulations.