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United States, No. 23-726, 603 U.S. ___ (2024) The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) [1] is an act of the United States Congress, passed in 1986 as part of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA). It requires hospital emergency departments that accept payments from Medicare to provide an appropriate ...
Nursing is a health care profession that "integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alleviation of suffering through compassionate presence". [1] Nurses practice in many specialties with ...
The National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) is a nationwide examination for the licensing of nurses in the United States, Canada, and Australia since 1982, 2015, and 2020, respectively. [ 2 ][ 3 ] There are two types: the NCLEX-RN and the NCLEX-PN. After graduating from a school of nursing, one takes the NCLEX exam to receive a nursing ...
The Nurses' Health Study is a series of prospective studies that examine epidemiology and the long-term effects of nutrition, hormones, environment, and nurses' work-life on health and disease development. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The studies have been among the largest investigations into risk factors for major chronic diseases ever conducted.
A registered nurse (RN) is a nurse who has graduated or successfully passed a nursing program from a recognized nursing school and met the requirements outlined by a country, state, province or similar government-authorized licensing body to obtain a nursing license. [ 1 ][ 2 ] An RN's scope of practice is determined by legislation, and is ...
The Leapfrog Group has announced that they will work with hospitals, health plans and consumer groups to advocate reducing payment for "never events", and will recognize hospitals that agree to certain steps when a serious avoidable adverse event occurs in the facility, including notifying the patient and patient safety organizations, and ...
2-Time Cancer Survivor, 24, Becomes Nurse at Same Hospital Where He Was a Patient (Exclusive) Hilary Shenfeld. October 6, 2024 at 10:30 AM. When it was time to decide where he wanted to work ...
Public health nursing, also known as community health nursing is a nursing specialty focused on public health.The term was coined by Lillian Wald of the Henry Street Settlement, or, Public health nurses (PHNs) or community health nurses "integrate community involvement and knowledge about the entire population with personal, clinical understandings of the health and illness experiences of ...