Nurse Practice Acts Guide and Govern Nursing Practice

Board of Nursing (UNC TV, 2012). New Jersey, New York, and Virginia passed registration laws that same year. These early acts did not define the practice of nursing, but in 1938, the state of New York did define a scope of practice for nursing (NCSBN, 2010). By the 1970s, all states required licensure for registered and practical nurses. ................
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