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HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF NEW ORLEANS I  MAY / JUN 2025 43 Karen C. Lyon, PhD, MBA, APRN-CNS, NEA Chief Executive Officer Louisiana State Board of Nursing cluding the aged, people of color, native Americans, low-income individuals, and many citizens with physical and mental disabilities. Our care benefits individuals, communities, and societies. Our strengths represent opportunities to achieve and sustain a nursing workforce of diversity and expertise to achieve equity in health outcomes and reverse the historically poor health status seen in many communities across this nation. During this week and throughout the month of May, recognize and celebrate nurses by expressing your gratitude for the invaluable contributions they make to your health and the health of our community. n REFERENCES 1 American Nurse Enterprise. “The Power of Nurses.” Accessed March 2025. https://www. nursingworld.org/ana-enterprise/nurses-week/ 2 National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine; National Academy of Medicine; Committee on the Future of Nursing 2020- 2030. The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity. National Academies Press May 11, 2021. DOI: 10.17226/25982 ing or otherwise preparing IV solutions in non-emergency circumstances as a prohibited act for all its licensees due to the current state and federal laws and rules related to compounding. • Issued the Newly Licensed Registered Nurse (NLRN) Survey and Snapshot, which provides employers of NLRNs and nurse educators with important information that can be used to help create a seamless transition from aca- demia to practice and increase reten- tion of NLRNs: • Finding Employment as a Newly Licensed Registered Nurse in Louisiana 2024 — https://www. lsbn.state.la.us/wp-content/ uploads/center-for-nursing/2023- newly-licensed-registered- nurse-report-final-01092024. pdf?v=1730670508 • 2023 Louisiana Snapshot of Newly Licensed Registered Nurses (NLRNs) Survey Results — https:// www.lsbn.state.la.us/wp-content/ uploads/center-for-nursing/ lcn2023-new-licensed-rns- snapshot-final.pdf?v=1743525881 • Approved Chamberlain University to provide Master of Science in nursing (MSN) degrees in the following APRN roles: • Family nurse practitioner. • Adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner. • Adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner. • Psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner. • Graduate certificate in nursing education (non-APRN). • Approved a second campus in New Iberia for South Louisiana Community College’s Associate of Science in nurs- ing (ASN) program. • Approved the addition of the Health- care Transitions Hybrid RN track at William Carey University's Louisiana campus to allow applicants with licen- sure or certification in a healthcare-re- lated field to complete the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree. The Healthcare Transitions Hybrid RN track will offer online, hybrid de- livery methods for didactic courses with face-to-face skills lab, simulation, and clinical experiences in healthcare agencies in Mississippi and Louisiana. • Approved increasing enrollment at LSU Alexandria School of Nursing by 25%. The nursing workforce in the U.S. is the largest among all health profession- als and is nearly four times the size of the physician workforce. 2 Nurses practice in a wide variety of settings and provide care to the most vulnerable of our citizens, in- Last updated (4/1/2025) Number of Active RN Licenses by State Total Number of RN Licenses: 5,812,522 Total Number of Registered Nurses: 4,908,796 <20,000 20,000 - 39,999 40,000 - 74,999 >= 75,000 data not available National Council of State Boards of Nursing. "Active RN Licenses: Number of Active RN Licenses by State." Last updated April 22, 2025. https://www.ncsbn.org/nursing-regulation/national-nursing-database/licensure-statis- tics/active-rn-licenses.page