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Meals on Wheels of R.I. adds 2 health leaders to board

PROVIDENCE – Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island has appointed Elena Nicolella and Sherri Sprague to its board of directors, the nonprofit announced. Nicolella, CEO...
LYNN BLAIS, president of the United Nursing & Allied Professionals, is among the people in the health care sector who have expressed skepticism about the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact, in which both Rhode Island and Massachusetts are members. PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Mass. joins multistate nursing compact, but where does that leave R.I.?

While many in Massachusetts are celebrating the state joining the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact as a way to reduce the shortage of nurses, opinions...

R.I. joining more licensing compacts, but will there be any difference?

Rhode Island is joining another interstate medical ­licensure compact that allows health care workers to practice in multiple states with an expedited licensing process,...
HELP ON THE WAY? Nurses Leah Kosteva, foreground, and Mary O’Reilly prep a room at Rhode Island Hospital. The state has reentered the Nurse Licensure Compact, which would allow nurses to work in multiple states without obtaining a new nursing license in each of those states. Joining the compact may assist the recruitment of nurses to Rhode Island. 
COURTESY ­LIFESPAN CORP./WILLIAM MURPHY

R.I. reenters Nurse Licensure Compact to stave off potential hospital staff...

After seeing what the shortage of health care workers did to Rhode Island hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic, the state decided to reenter the...

Rhode Island rejoins multistate nurse licensure compact

PROVIDENCE – Following a six-year pause, Rhode Island has opted back into a shared licensure program that allows nurses to practice throughout most of...

Sherri Sprague

2022 40 Under Forty Awards Sherri Sprague, 38 Associate chief nursing officer, Kent County Memorial Hospital How has COVID-19 changed your industry? COVID-19 has caused us...

Kent Hospital nurse recognized for patient care

WARWICK – A Kent County Memorial Hospital nurse has been presented with a DAISY Award, a recognition awarded by the DAISY Foundation, a California-based...
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