Natinal Licensure Debate - 1432 Words

Pro national licensure debate by Zhaojun Huang Introduction Suppose there is a Labor/Delivery nurse with many years of experience; a national healthcare organization employs him or her to be a teletriage nurse, a role which he or she enjoys and contributes more to the public. He or she can be located in Calofornia, giving advice to a patient in North Carolina. Software programs are used to guide patient through a series of questions. Depending on this nurse ¡Ã‚ ¯s judgment of the severity of the patient ¡Ã‚ ¯s problem, he or she gives patient advice to rest at home, go to see a health practitioner without delay or give patient the name and phone number of the nearest community hospitals. The†¦show more content†¦Coordinated Licensure Information System affords information sharing more efficient and valuable As NCSBN launched this model, a centralized data base was created. It contains both licensure and disciplinary information. Although the security of the data remains unclear, its value is not to be discounted. To have any nurse ¡Ã‚ ¯s licensure status verified quickly proves valuable to both nurses and boards of nursing. Endorsement into a compact state becomes much more efficient. With regard to the disciplinary information, much dispute has been raised due to the vague and broad terms used about the disciplinary information to be contained in the database. Confidentiality and privacy are the key issues left unaddressed. Nonetheless, since not all states require criminal background check, this disciplinary information might be helpful for those healthcare providers who have access to it. Dual disciplinary actions: the double-edged sword Under the mutual recognition model,  ¡Ã‚ °Both the state of residence and the remote state may take action to limit or stop the practice of an incompetent or unethical nurse. ¡Ã‚ ± (Ginny2006). Suppose a nurse is negligent in carrying out her duty by failing to monitoring the worsening condition of a patient and patient died as a result, both the home state and the remote state retain the power to investigate and