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Because of the COVID-19 outbreak that is causing practice facilities to limit or refuse clinical experiences, just when we need more nurses in the pipeline, many nursing programs are struggling to find ways to meet students’ clinical experiences. Here is a list of changes that some Nursing Regulatory Bodies (NRB) have implemented to facilitate completion of nursing education clinical experiences. When available, we are including pdfs of letters to the deans and directors. The state links under NRBs provide the specific changes to the educational requirements.

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This policy brief is the collaborative effort of nursing leaders who propose and support academic-practice partnerships between health care facilities and prelicensure registered nursing (RN) and practical/vocational nursing (PN/VN) programs across the country during the COVID-19 crisis. This is one potential model to consider. It is not mandated, rather an innovative approach to meeting academic and workforce needs...