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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have confirmed the first U.S. case of 2019 novel coronavirus, which was first detected in China in December. The patient recently returned to Washington state from Wuhan, the site of the Chinese outbreak. The CDC is working with state officials鈥
In response to a request for feedback on scope of practice issues, the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) wrote to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma to support Section 5 of President Trump鈥檚 Executive Order Protecting and Improving Medicare for Our Nation鈥檚 Seniors鈥
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released the results of its 2018 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN), filling a decade-long gap in federally gathered nursing workforce data. From 1977 until 2008, the NSSRN provided the most comprehensive data set on鈥
The Joint Commission is taking steps to help hospitals combat the problems of nurse stress and burnout. Last year, the accrediting agency conducted a national survey of nurse engagement. Fifteen percent of nurses reported feelings of burnout, which the commission considers to be a leading patient鈥
In partnership with the American Nurses Association (ANA) and the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), 兔子先生has released a report to help health care organizations achieve an evidence-based allocation of their nursing resources. The Business of Caring: Promoting Optimal Allocation of鈥
In 2016, about 30% of the more than 14,000 women who gave birth at Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies, a Magnet hospital in Orlando, Fla., breastfed their babies exclusively at the time of discharge. By 2019, that number was 57%. The hospital credits frontline nurses, who all learned how鈥
In response to requests from state lawmakers, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued letters to Kansas and Ohio representatives in support of bills expanding the scope of practice of advanced practice registered nurse
鈥淒esigning, implementing, and evaluating a suite of tools integrated within a vendor EHR to improve patient safety has a variety of challenges.鈥 That鈥檚 the conclusion of researchers evaluating a Patient Safety Learning Laboratories (PSLL) project on 12 inpatient units at a large academic medical鈥
Earlier this week, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announced the launch of its division of digital healthcare research.