The Texas Board of Nursing Responds to Disaster

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In the aftermath of hurricanes in Texas in recent years, the Texas Board of Nursing (BON) has developed a history of working with multiple stakeholders to provide disaster relief nursing services. The BON, along with other stakeholders, has established several methodologies to expedite licensure verification. User feedback from the BON’s processes is reviewed, as are lessons learned during Hurricane Harvey. In the aftermath of hurricanes in Texas in recent years, the Texas Board of Nursing (BON) has developed a history of working with multiple stakeholders to provide disaster relief nursing services. The BON, along with other stakeholders, has established several methodologies to expedite licensure verification. User feedback from the BON’s processes is reviewed, as are lessons learned during Hurricane Harvey. Katherine A. Thomas, MN, RN, FAAN, is the Executive Director, Texas Board of Nursing, Austin, and President, National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Chicago, Illinois. Mary Beth Thomas, PhD, RN, FAAN, is a Consultant, Special Projects, Texas Board of Nursing. Conflict of Interest Compliance Article 1Journal of Nursing Regulation Vol. 12Issue 2PreviewAs is standard in scholarly publishing, NCSBN’s Journal of Nursing Regulation (JNR) requires its authors to disclose any potential conflicts of interest (COI). Although COI information has always been collected by our staff in order to support editors’ review of the paper, it was not our standard practice to publish COI statements in each article. In this issue, JNR is retrospectively publishing the COI statements, which were collected with the below papers at submission, in order to make potential COI’s transparent to readers, as well as editors. Full-Text PDF