A medical technician working in a physician's office routinely refers to herself as a nurse. Which type of licensure protects that title as well as the professional actions associated with nursing?
A) Mandatory
B) Institutional
C) Transitional
D) Permissive

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Rationale 1: Mandatory licensure requires that all persons who are compensated as a member of a licensed profession obtain licensure prior to practicing actions of the profession. It protects both the title "nurse" and the professional actions associated with the nursing.
Rationale 2: Institutional licensure is the process by which a state government regulates health institutions and is an alternative to individual licensure. It does not protect individual practice or title.
Rationale 3: Transitional is not a term used to describe licensure in this text.
Rationale 4: With permissive licensure, nurses cannot use the title RN unless duly licensed, but can perform many or all of the same actions as long as they do not call themselves RN. So, permissive licensure regulates the use of the title, not the actions.

A Medical Technician Working in a Physician's Office Routinely Refers