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To gain this autonomy, these nurses would have to have worked under the supervision of a physician or a qualified nurse practitioner for at least 4,000 hours and not have been disciplined by the ...
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In recent times, the ethics of nursing has also shifted more towards the nurse's obligation to respect the human rights and dignity of the patient and this is reflected in a number of professional codes for nurses, [3] such as in the latest code from the International Council of Nurses.
However, in withholding information, there is also a denial of patient autonomy [3] Therapeutic privilege is an exception to the general rule of informed consent , and only applies when disclosure of the information itself could pose serious and immediate harm to the patient, such as prompting suicidal behavior . [ 4 ]
Feb. 13—A Senate bill before the state Legislature addresses the primary point of contention between unionized nurses at the Kapi 'olani Medical Center for Women & Children and hospital management.
The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) is a North American professional association formed in 2013 as a result of a merger between the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (founded in 1985) and the American College of Nurse Practitioners (founded in 1995) to provide nurse practitioners with a unified way to network and advocate their issues. [1]
Many counties in the Northeast have moderate to high numbers of doctors certified to treat buprenorphine patients. But just 31 percent of the 7,745 doctors in those areas are certified to treat the legal limit of 100 patients.
Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare is a 2012 feature-length documentary directed by Matthew Heineman and Susan Froemke and released by Roadside Attractions. Escape Fire premiered at the Sundance Film Festival , [ 1 ] opened in select theaters on October 5, 2012, and was simultaneously released on iTunes and Video-on-Demand.