Nearly every state now participates in major interstate compacts that let doctors and nurses practice across state lines, expanding the healthcare workforce and giving patients more options. Yet when it comes to advanced practice nurses—the clinicians who could most immediately fill the gap in primary care—fewer states have jumped on board. The nation is rapidly adopting streamlined licensing for physicians and nurses, but the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Compact remains stuck, and patients are paying the price.
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