What is the most important driving force behind the movement for multistate licensure?
1. The issue of multiple licenses held by a number of practicing nurses
2. Safety of consumers who use call-in phone lines for health advice
3. Advancing technologies, especially telehealth and telephone triage
4. Oversupply of nurses at a time when there is no nursing shortage
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Rationale: Advancing technology is the primary driving force for this issue. While patient safety is always a concern, this mode of patient care is just one aspect of the problem as it exists today. Nurses have frequently held multiple licenses while practicing in various states, and there is not an oversupply of nurses. The nursing shortage is not the driving force for this issue.
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