What are the duties of the KBN? (4 things) correct answers 1.Enforcing the Kentucky Nursing
Laws and nurse licensure requirements;
2.Approving nurse education programs in school and universities;
3.Developing laws and administrative
regulations;
4.Taking disciplinary action when the nurse provides unsafe nursing care or otherwise violates
KRS Ch 314
Kentucky Nursing Laws describe what main things? correct answers 1. Qualifications for
licensure;
2. Nursing titles that are allowed to be used;
3. Scope of practice;
4. Actions that can or will happen if the nurse does not follow the nursing law
What are Nursing professional associations? correct answers Private organizations that advance
the nursing profession by addressing the practice, political and professional issues affecting
nurses.
What is a Nurse Licensure Compact? correct answers For nurses in good standing, KBN will
issue a multi-state license that grants Kentucky nurses the priviledge to practice in other compact
states.
In order for a nurse to have a compact license, he/she must declare his/her
_______________________ residence in a state that is a member of the compact and have an
_____________________________ active RN or LPN license. correct answers permanent;
unencumbered (no disciplinary action)
If a nurse has a multi-state license, and chooses to work in a state that is not her permanent
residence, which state's laws/regulations should she follow? correct answers BOTH states