MAAPC advocating for the APRN Compact in Maryland 2023-2024

Updates as we receive them will be at MAAPC's page: The APRN Compact

IN 2024:

The Fells Group is pleased to announce that the Marylanders for Healthcare Workforce Access website is now live! https://www.workforceaccessformd.org/. 

Visit our "take action" page  to send emails to the General Assembly supporting the APRN Compact. 

 

IN 2023:

• Lorraine Diana’s review of the benefits of the APRN Compact, featured in MNA’s The Maryland Nurse can be found here.
• Elaine Crain’s examination of the details of the APRN Compact, featured in MNA’s The Maryland Nurse can be found here.
• An example of an individual APRN’s cost of doing business without a compact license can be found here
• In 2021 and 2022 the Board of Nursing and NCSBN conducted a survey of APRNs and RNs in Maryland to gauge their knowledge of, the need for, and support for the APRN Compact. MAAPC's survey earlier this year revealed the same percentage of APRNs in favor of the Compact.
• Questions/Answers
  • What are advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs)?
  • Support for the Compact: Nursing, Others
  • Visit the NCSBN website for further information.
  • NPAM sent a letter and MAAPC has been fielding questions since, click here for some explanations.