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Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, noted that several new bills will address health care disparities and health coverage in maternal health. A Sept.
While health care systems have focused their efforts on identifying and responding to victims of human trafficking, few hospitals have instituted models for long-term, integrated care of these same individuals to help them move from victimization to survivorship. The Medical Safe Haven clinic…
Nurses are historically underrepresented on all types of governing boards, but according to the Nurses on Boards Coalition (NOBC), the number of nurses serving on boards has grown considerably in recent years, from 3,111 in 2017 to 5,034 as of this June.
Two Tennessee nurse leaders are addressing housing, education, transportation, employment and other nonmedical factors that have a profound influence on mental and physical health. As clinical director of the Tennessee Department of Health’s Office of Primary Prevention, Patti Scott, DNP, PNP, is…
The rise of opioid use across the country is only one contributor to workplace violence at rural hospitals. ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉúboard member Kevin McEwan, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer at Madison Memorial Hospital in rural Rexburg, Idaho, says dementia, delirium, pain and medications can also cause altered…
A roundup of views from nurse leaders across the nation reveals they share the same challenges despite working in vastly different settings. The growing incidence of workplace violence is a concern across facilities, especially with more patients seeking care in connection with opioid addiction and…
The Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) is urging Congress to advance the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2019 (S.1399), a bipartisan bill that would reauthorize nursing workforce development programs through 2024.
A retrospective observational study published in the current issue of The American Journal of Managed Care found hospitalized individuals who needed assistance with housing, food, transportation or paying for utilities were 68% more likely to be read
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has proposed changes to 42 CFR Part 2, the rule governing how information from the records of patients receiving treatment for substance used disorder (SUD) may be shared.