Which information would the nurse provide as rationale for supporting the nurse licensure and mutual recognition movements?
A) Advancing technologies, especially telehealth and telephone triage makes single state licensure problematic.
B) Some areas have an oversupply of nurses while others are still experiencing a nursing shortage.
C) Multistate licensure will protect the safety of consumers who use call-in phone lines for health advice.
D) The number of practicing nurses holding more than one state license is increasing.

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Rationale 1: Advancing technologies such as telehealth and telephone triage have expanded practice beyond geographic boundaries.
Rationale 2: Multistate licensure is not a logical means of correcting this situation.
Rationale 3: There is no guarantee that changes in licensure will protect these patients.
Rationale 4: While this situation has some relation to mutual recognition and nurse licensure compacts it is not the most important force to consider.

Which Information Would the Nurse Provide as Rationale for Supporting