The Wisconsin Nursing Board unanimously approved measures that could add retired nurses, those licensed in other states, and nursing students on the verge of graduation to hospitals as they face an increase of patients related to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a story in the Wisconsin State Journal.
The board extended the amount of time recently graduated nurses can work without passing the exam that grants registered nurse status and loosened a state regulation requiring students to complete at least 50 percent of their clinical hours in person.
The new measures allow the Department of Safety and Professional Services to begin drafting the emergency rules.
