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Nursing Scope of Practice Issues in Public Health Emergencies
This article provides an overview of nursing regulation during public health emergencies. Many nurses are quick to volunteer during an emergency; being prepared in advance will help the overall response effort.
2011 | Research Item
Nursing Internships: Practicing Without a License
This article explores nursing internship programs not associated with nursing courses or curricula but are stand-alone programs used to recruit nurses. Issues discussed are the nurse interns’ liability and misunderstanding of the licensure requirement and the health-care systems' promotion of practice without a license.
2011 | Research Item
Nurses and Social Media: Regulatory Concerns and Guidelines
This article describes the professional, ethical, and legal implications of using social media inappropriately and provides guidelines from the 歐美口爆 for using them appropriately.
2011 | Research Item
Medication Administration in Nursing Homes: RN Delegation to UAP
The purposes of this article are to provide an overview of medication errors in nursing homes, an understanding of the challenges nursing homes face in ensuring safe medication processes, and the role delegation can play in safe medication administration.
2011 | Research Item
The First National Survey of Medication Aides
A survey was developed with the goal of providing insight into the work settings, education, supervision, and work roles of medication aides. Results of the survey and study implications are discussed.
2011 | Research Item
The Safety and Regulation of Medication Aides
A review of the literature on medication error rates among medication aides is presented, followed by an exploration of medication-aide regulations regarding oversight, applicant requirements, training, testing, continuing education, work setting and supervision, and role limitations. The results show the wide variability in the roles and regulations of medication aides. The issue of more uniformity in the regulation of medication aides is discussed.
2011 | Research Item
Electronic Health Records and the Implications for Nursing Practice
Madison, M. & Staggers, N. (2011). Electronic Health Records and the Implications for Nursing Practice. Journal of Nursing Regulation, 1 (4), 54-60.
2011 | Research Item
Are We Pushing Graduate Nurses Too Fast? Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Mortality and Morbidity Rounds
How do newly licensed RNs transition from an educational environment to practice to assure safe patient care? This article examines a case study that highlights this issue, and discusses indicators that support a standardized transition to practice program for all newly licensed nurses.
2011 | Research Item
The NCSBN Public Policy Agenda
The NCSBN Public Policy Agenda delineates the organization's policy goals, highlights the organization's policy activities and outlines what you need to know about NCSBN.
2011 | Publications
2011 NCSBN Annual Report
This annual report functions as a formal summary of NCSBN’s performance and activities during fiscal year 2011. It also provides financial information, NCLEX pass rates, member achievements, a timeline of NCSBN activities and NCSBN facts.
2011 | Publications
The Role of Security in Today's Testing Programs
Reprint from CLEAR Exam Review, 22 (2), 2011
2011 | Publications
The Importance of Data Forensics Applications in Today's Testing Programs
Reprint from CLEAR Exam Review, 22(1), 2011
2011 | Publications