Registered Nurse (RN) License

A Registered Nurse, or RN, is a nurse who has completed an accredited nursing programme, either a two to three year associate degree or a four year bachelor's degree, and passed a licensing examination such as the NCLEX-RN used in the United States and Canada. New Zealand became the first country to formally register nurses under law in 1901, and licensing bodies in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia and elsewhere followed with their own regulatory systems. Registration protects the title by law, sets a defined scope of practice, and requires ongoing continuing education to maintain. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/