Maryland nursing licenses hard to get due to delays, roadblocks

Nurses are calling Maryland's system to get or renew their licenses frustrating and disappointing. Nurses who want to help as the COVID-19 pandemic continues are having difficulties getting through the process with the state licensing board. Karen Felton recently stood in line outside in the winter on birthday. She and others were trying to get or renew their nursing licenses and answer Gov. Larry Hogan's call for additional medical help as COVID-19 lingers. They are finding the pandemic and a cyberattack on the Maryland Department of Health's computer system have created delays and roadblocks. They are told the Maryland Board of Nursing's electronic systems are down.