The General Assembly of North Carolina finds that mandatory licensure of all who engage in the practice of nursing is necessary to ensure minimum standards of competency and to provide the public safe nursing care. ?(1981, c. 360, s. 1.)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 90-171.19

  • Nursing: is a dynamic discipline which includes the assessing, caring, counseling, teaching, referring and implementing of prescribed treatment in the maintenance of health, prevention and management of illness, injury, disability or the achievement of a dignified death. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-171.20