Minutes of board meetings and reports and memoranda on professional nursing practices and administration, 1903-1989.

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Minutes of board meetings and reports and memoranda on professional nursing practices and administration, 1903-1989.

The series consists primarily of typed original minutes of the State Board of Nursing. The profession of nursing is licensed by the State Board of Regents, and the State Board of Nursing oversees the licensed practical nursing and registered professional nursing professions in New York State. The board also certifies nurses seeking employment in the state. The content and format of the minutes of the board vary through the years but generally they document overall administration of the State Board of Nursing and its predecessor, the Board of Nurse Examiners, and they reveal the policies and activities of the board.

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