South Carolina Nursing Case Study

South Carolina is a member of the interstate nurse licensure compact (National Council of State Board of Nursing, 2017). Being a member of the interstate nurse licensure compact, will allow the nurse more flexibility to practice in the different states within the compact state. The nurse can respond to a state of emergency located in the compact state. For example, with the most recent catastrophic event that occurred in Texas with the hurricane Harvey. The local nurses were over worked and desperately needed relief from the long hours in response to hurricane Harvey. Since Texas is a member of the interstate nurse license compact, this allowed a quicker response to the catastrophic event and the nurses where able to find relief from their duties quickly. If Texas was not a member of the interstate nurse licensure compact, with the entire state of Texas being considered a state of emergency, and there would have been a delay with the nurses in the state of Texas with relief from their duties.
As you already know, there is continues to be an issue with nursing shortage. Using telenursing, this would allow patients with the interstate licensure compact to have a more access to address the patient concerns or health care needs. The benefits of online nursing education will allow the nurse to go back to school and find an online program in which works around their family and job. By obtaining the online nursing education, the nurse can further their education, network and connect with people. In the end, the overall goal is to allow the nurse to discover ways to improve the overall outcome and condition of the patient