States all around the country adopted new regulations affecting nursing education, entry into practise, and licensure in order to respond to the environment brought on by a global epidemic. Data for the state board of nursing was gathered by the authors for this article from several websites and letters from the state boards to deans, directors, and chairmen. Information gathered showed changes in practise and educational regulation. Associate degree instructors will need to continue keeping up with changes in nursing regulations as the pandemic progresses in order to meet the need for a healthcare workforce while also maintaining public safety. Early in 2020, the COVID 19 pandemic started in the United States (U.S.), causing significant social unrest. Healthcare environments have been the most severely affected worker sector by this disruption. The overwhelming number of Americans who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 disease since the disease first arose has had a significant impact on the response to the lack of medical staff, supplies, equipment, and physical space. States have implemented emergency declarations and modifications to the regulation of healthcare employees in response to the necessity for a workforce to provide healthcare. The regulatory response to this pandemic relating to registered nurse licensure and the education offered by associate degree and baccalaureate degree nursing programmes is examined in this study.
