TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Applying for State Licensure A1 - Dillon, Deborah L. PY - 2021 T2 - Successful Transition to Practice: A Guide for the New Nurse Practitioner, 1e AB - Licensure is required by many professions as a means of protecting the public from harm. It is licensure that sets the minimal qualifications and competencies for safe, entry-level practitioners. The general public may not have sufficient information and experience to identify an unqualified healthcare provider, and is therefore vulnerable to unsafe and incompetent practitioners. A license issued by a government entity (e.g., the state Board of Nursing [BON]) provides this assurance to the public that the nurse has met these predetermined standards.1 SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - apn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1189767888 ER -