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Research on the effects of responding to mass casualty events on health professionals is limited, but interviews conducted by a MedPage Today reporter suggest they can linger for years. Megan Duke, RN, of Loma Linda University Medical Center treated victims of the 2015 San Bernardino shooting.
The Nurses on Boards Coalition (NOBC) is urging every nurse who serves on a board to register that service with the coalition and “Be Counted.” The NOBC believes all boards—whether local, state or national; in health care or in other arenas—benefit from the perspective nurses bring to the table.
In a recent post, Johns Hopkins University Professor Cynda Hylton Rushton, PhD, RN, shared
The National Quality Forum (NQF)
The National Institute for Nursing Research (NINR) is asking nurses and others to share the resources found on its What is Palliative Care? webpage with colleagues, caregivers and others this month. November marks both National Family Caregivers Month and National Hospice and Palliative Care Month…
“Have you ever served in the military?” This is one of the most important questions a nurse can ask patients no matter where they practice, according to Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jennifer A. Korkosz, DNP, APRN, who served in the U.S. Air Force. With more than 20 million veterans in the United States, nurses…
Nursing groups hailed the decision by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to publish a final rule changing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ payment and documentation policies under Medicare Part B. The rule, which takes effect Nov.
In a combined case involving three separate lawsuits, a federal judge in New vacated the administration’s “conscience rule” this week.
The AONL Foundation for Nursing Leadership Research and Education is seeking volunteers with terms to begin in 2020. Opportunities with the Foundation Auction/Soirée Planning Group, Foundation Research Review Committee, Foundation Financial Aid Committee and Foundation State Ambassadors are…