470 QUIZ 2 NCLEX QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
What is a nurse licensure compact? Correct Answer: Under
mutual recognition, practice across state lines is allowed, physical
or electronic. Allows a nurse to have one license and to practice
in other states
Relationship between interstate agreements (nurse licensure
compacts) and state laws? Correct Answer: Interstate agreement
supercedes state laws; may be amended by all party states
agreeing and then changing individual state laws
Timeline of the creation of the National Licensure Compact
Correct Answer: 1996: process began1997: endorsement of
mutual recognition model\n1998: NCSBN board approved policy
goal\n2000: RN and LV/PN compact bean\n2002: NCSBN
approved adoption of model language for a compact for APRNS
States in the National Licensure Compact Correct Answer:
Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky,
Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
Virginia, Wisconsin
What is required for a nurse to work in licensure compact?
Correct Answer: To work in compact states, a nurse's primary
residence must be in a one of the 24 compact states. Nurses are
responsible for complying with the Nurse Practice Act in all states
where they practice
How does one become a member of the licensure compact?
Correct Answer: No separate application for a compact license. A
nurse holding an active license in good standing issued by
compact state, having declared residency in that compact state,
holds a multistate license. \n\n\nShouldthat nurse have applied for
the license while a resident of a non-compactstate, the license will
, be a single state license until the nurse declares thecompact state
as the primary state of residency.
What are the advantages of nursing licensure compact? Correct
Answer: Reduces barriers to interstate practice, improves tracking
for disciplinary purposes, promotes cost effectiveness and
simplicity for the licensee, nurses able to act as an unduplicated
listing of licensed nurses for disaster planning, and facilitates
interstate commerce
True or false: both the state of licensure and the state where the
patient is located at the time of an incident may take disciplinary
action Correct Answer: True
What were the concerns raised in 1999 by the ANA about nursing
licensure compacts? Correct Answer: State standards will be
weakened, consumer protection is not improved, state boards of
nursing will be weakened
What were the 2003 NCSBN responses to the ANAs seven points
of concern in writing? Correct Answer: 1. State of predominant
practice should be the state of licensure2. Interstate practice must
not facilitate strikebreaking\n3. Approaches to interstate advanced
practice should be addressed\n4. Nurses should have timely
access to practice-related information including current BON
practices\n5. Mechanisms should be in place to ensure that a
BON knows who is practicing in its state under the authority
granted by another state\n6. Right of nurses to a fair hearing of
any disciplinary matter must be protected, without undue burden
on the nurse\n7. Any rule making process to implement any
interstate practice legislation should be clearly spelled out
What NURSYS (TM)? Correct Answer: Coordinated licensure
information system that grants the public access to nurse
licensure information thati ncludes nurse's name, jurisdiction of
licensure, license expiration dates, licensure classification and
status, public emergency and final disciplinary actions, status of
multi-state licensure privilege
What is the current problem with creating a nurse compact for
APRNS? Correct Answer: Main problem is lack of uniformity
ANSWERS
What is a nurse licensure compact? Correct Answer: Under
mutual recognition, practice across state lines is allowed, physical
or electronic. Allows a nurse to have one license and to practice
in other states
Relationship between interstate agreements (nurse licensure
compacts) and state laws? Correct Answer: Interstate agreement
supercedes state laws; may be amended by all party states
agreeing and then changing individual state laws
Timeline of the creation of the National Licensure Compact
Correct Answer: 1996: process began1997: endorsement of
mutual recognition model\n1998: NCSBN board approved policy
goal\n2000: RN and LV/PN compact bean\n2002: NCSBN
approved adoption of model language for a compact for APRNS
States in the National Licensure Compact Correct Answer:
Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky,
Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
Virginia, Wisconsin
What is required for a nurse to work in licensure compact?
Correct Answer: To work in compact states, a nurse's primary
residence must be in a one of the 24 compact states. Nurses are
responsible for complying with the Nurse Practice Act in all states
where they practice
How does one become a member of the licensure compact?
Correct Answer: No separate application for a compact license. A
nurse holding an active license in good standing issued by
compact state, having declared residency in that compact state,
holds a multistate license. \n\n\nShouldthat nurse have applied for
the license while a resident of a non-compactstate, the license will
, be a single state license until the nurse declares thecompact state
as the primary state of residency.
What are the advantages of nursing licensure compact? Correct
Answer: Reduces barriers to interstate practice, improves tracking
for disciplinary purposes, promotes cost effectiveness and
simplicity for the licensee, nurses able to act as an unduplicated
listing of licensed nurses for disaster planning, and facilitates
interstate commerce
True or false: both the state of licensure and the state where the
patient is located at the time of an incident may take disciplinary
action Correct Answer: True
What were the concerns raised in 1999 by the ANA about nursing
licensure compacts? Correct Answer: State standards will be
weakened, consumer protection is not improved, state boards of
nursing will be weakened
What were the 2003 NCSBN responses to the ANAs seven points
of concern in writing? Correct Answer: 1. State of predominant
practice should be the state of licensure2. Interstate practice must
not facilitate strikebreaking\n3. Approaches to interstate advanced
practice should be addressed\n4. Nurses should have timely
access to practice-related information including current BON
practices\n5. Mechanisms should be in place to ensure that a
BON knows who is practicing in its state under the authority
granted by another state\n6. Right of nurses to a fair hearing of
any disciplinary matter must be protected, without undue burden
on the nurse\n7. Any rule making process to implement any
interstate practice legislation should be clearly spelled out
What NURSYS (TM)? Correct Answer: Coordinated licensure
information system that grants the public access to nurse
licensure information thati ncludes nurse's name, jurisdiction of
licensure, license expiration dates, licensure classification and
status, public emergency and final disciplinary actions, status of
multi-state licensure privilege
What is the current problem with creating a nurse compact for
APRNS? Correct Answer: Main problem is lack of uniformity
