Current state list

Here is the list of states and where they are in the process of adopting the 'Nurse Licensure Compact' as of right now. This list is by no means authoritative. It is what I was able to develop over just a short time searching the web. I hope some of you out there will be able to expand on it.

Arizona Alabama Alaska Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri

Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Compact member states

Legislation pending

No legislation Proposed

Unknown

Passed, awaiting implementation date

As you can see, there are many states who have already adopted the compact, but only two that I could find currently in the process of adopting it. Let's increase both those numbers.

Who we are and what we want

WE are really just me right now. I am hoping to become we in very short order. I have decided that there needs to be an active group of people, medical professionals and non-medical people, who wish to actively work for enactment of the 'Nurse Licensure Compact' in more states. My eventual goal would be to create a true national nursing license. In future posts, I will go in to the reasons why I feel this is necessary. I will also address the objections that some have over the passage of the compact. I hope to make everyone aware of where bills are introduced in the states that have not yet adopted the compact and the status of those bills. For now, I just wanted to get a group started and build from there. If you feel as I do, you are welcome to 'hop on board', as it were, and help build a grassroots movement toward passage in more states. If you are one of those against the compact, you are welcome as well as I am truly interested in hearing and discussing your objections. If anyone knows of any discussion currently happening out there, please let me know and I will be sure to 'get the word out'. For now, welcome and let's get started.