PRNewswire/ — On June 17 the American Association of Nurse Practitioners® (AANP), the largest professional membership organization representing the nation’s 325,000 licensed nurse practitioners (NPs), unveiled a new national advertising campaign highlighting the stories of real patients whose lives were saved by […]
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A new link has been added to the Nurse Licensure Compact. In February 2022, Vermont will become the 35th state to allow nurses from other states to practice and treat patients without re-licensure. State legislators are also seeking other ways
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As more and more people around the world are getting vaccinated, one can almost hear the collective sigh of relief. But the next pandemic threat is likely already making its way through the population right now. My research as an
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The ED is often the site of hospital workplace violence. Some nights, the atmosphere can be like a growth medium for trouble. Patients with nowhere else to go when they’re sick are joined by people suffering acute pain, asthmatics fighting
Nurses and doctors have long been famous (or notorious) for their coffee consumption. Is that an ironic indulgence in an unhealthy habit? Should we be comparing today’s coffee-dependent health professionals to their 1950s predecessors, who interviewed patients amid a haze
On June 10, National Nurses United welcomed the new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on Emerging Infectious Diseases to ensure safe workplaces for nurses and other frontline health care workers as “an important step forward
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Many people often assume that health care providers are healthier than the general population. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, has shined a concerning light on the the physical and mental health of health care workers – and their lack of sleep.
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Diversity in the nursing faculty has been an ongoing topic of discussion. Over the last year, there has been a degree of discourse in the United States. Many universities created or are in the process of creating position statements for
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Labor Department officials on Thursday announced a temporary emergency standard to protect health care workers, saying they face “grave danger” in the workplace from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The new standard would require employers to remove workers who have covid-19 from the
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New nurses can say good-bye to first-job jitters knowing they’ll have a year of dedicated time to train, learn and grow through VA’s nurse residency program. Instead of typical on-the-job training, participants in the program have 100% protected training time for
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