Licensure has undergone many stages. Place these stages in chronological order. Put a comma and space between each answer choice (for example: a, b, c, d, e)
a. The International Council of Nurses passed a resolution stating that each nation and state must examine and license its own nurses.
b. Hospitals established training programs to prepare staff to work in their institutions.
c. The model nurse practice act provided guidelines for state boards of nursing.
d. Much variability was noted between states regarding nursing education requirements.
e. Permissive licensure standardized the minimum education requirement at 2 years.
ANS:
b, a, e, d, c
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