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  • Model_Rules_Redlined.pdf

    Provides patient surveillance and monitoring 1. Participating with other health care providers and contributing in the development, modification, and implementation of the patient centered healthcare plan. d. Implements nursing interventions and prescribed medical regimens in a timely and safe manner. e. Documents nursing care provided accurately and timely. f. Collaborates and communicates relevant and timely patient information with patients and other health team members to ensure quality and continuity of care, including: 1.

  • Transcript_2024mym_alexander-cleghorn.pdf

    I'm going to take you back to my 30 years along the Texas-Mexico border, where we had a huge percentage of internationally educated nurses, and nurses for whom English was not the primary language. Then I'm going to take you back to 1999 and the Institute of Medicine report "To Err is Human," which reported over 45,000 to 100,000 medical errors made in this country every year, primarily due to communication issues. And that's not necessarily just not understanding language, but it's communication and not having the right communication between all the various health care providers in our health care organizations.

  • Substance_Use_Disorders_and_Accessing_Alternative-to-Discipline_Programs_(2).pdf

    Kathy Bettinardi-Angres, MS, RN, APN-BC, CADC, is Director of Family Services and Assessments for Nurses, Res- urrection Behavioral Health Program for Professionals, Chica- go, Illinois. Janet Pickett, RN, CARN, CADC, is Case Manager, Illinois Professional Health Program, Advocate Medical Group, in Des Plaines, Illinois. Diane Patrick, MS, RN, CADC is president of the Peer Assistance Network for Nurses of the Illinois Nurse’s Association. 22 Journal of Nursing Regulation Substance Use D ...

  • InFocus_Winter_2018.pdf

    Clinical Decisions Client Needs Clinical Judgement Refine Hypotheses Recognize Cues Analyze Cues Prioritize Hypotheses Generate Solutions Satisfied Form Hypotheses Not Satisfied Layer 0 Layer 1 Layer 2 Layer 3 Layer 4 Evaluation Take Actions Evaluate Outcomes Environment Medical  Records Time  Pressure Patient  Observation Knowledge Specialty Experience Time Pressure Resources Knowledge Candidate  Characteristics Consequences  & Risks Skills Task  Complexity Cultural  Consideration Know ...

  • Transcript_2021NCLEX_QA2.pdf

    - That's an excellent question again. So there are instances where the gender, like was asked, is used just due to the... in order to answer the question. So there are...on special research section in order to make it a little bit more realistic and looking like a medical record, there would've been occasional female, male, things like that. But when these items are going through our review processes and everything, they also will go through something called a sensitivity panel, which I believe was mentioned earlier.

  • InFocus_Vol2_2024.pdf

    In a rapidly changing landscape rich in technological innovation, regulators must also look to the future. Bringing out their crystal balls for the Institute’s final education session, NCSBN CEO Phil Dickison, PhD, RN, was joined by Hank Chaudry, DO, MACP, FRCP, president and CEO, Federation of State Medical Boards, and Josh Bolin, associate executive director, Federal Affairs and Strategy, National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. While the topics focused on the biggest areas of change—artificial intelligence and workforce issues among them—it also focused on what would stay the same: the role of the regulator in promoting patient safety and public protection.

  • Transcript_2024aprn_cgill.pdf

    So we think we will be able to enhance the value the end user is going to see and received without really seeing a significant increase in cost. In relation to CE costs, it is quite varied, actually. I will say that. Where you working where you practice, you may have continuing medical education funds available to you. Your employer may provide a class A, the CE that we see as being costly in terms of per credit cost. So there's kind of a great variety in that. There certainly was a bit of an increased cost going from 40 to 60 CEUs, but as we increase the length of the certification cycle, we felt that was the right thing to do.

  • 2025_REXPN_Practice_Analysis.pdf

    The majority of respondents worked in urban/ metropolitan (60.0%) and rural (19.8%) areas; 17.9% of respondents reported working in suburban areas, while 2.3% worked in remote areas. Practice Settings Most frequently, LPN/RPNs reported working in geriatrics/long-term care (44.3%) and medical-surgery settings (32.6%). Some other commonly reported settings include nursing service (12.8%), rehabilitation (10.8%), psychiatry/mental health (7.1%), home care (6.9%) and community health (6.9%). Client Health Conditions and Ages Newly licensed LPN/RPNs reported caring most frequently for clients with behavioral/emotional conditions (72.7%), controlled chronic conditions (71.8%) and clients at end of life (59.6%).

  • L2L_Fall-Winter_v5.pdf

    Jennifer graduated from Indiana University in 1992 with a BS in Psychology.  She then went on to pursue a career in Nursing, receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from Rush University in 1996, and a Master of Science in Nursing in 1999. Her work has been published in numerous medical and nursing journals. She is survived by her husband and two children. • Jennifer Hayden (center) pictured here with Chamberlain College of Nursing President Dr. Susan Groenwald (left) and Sigma Theta Tau International President Dr. Hester Klopper (right) at an award presentation at the 25th International Nursing Research Congress, July 2014. continued on page 5 | Fall 2014 5 www.ncsbn.org continued from page 4 1.

  • L2L_Fall2011.pdf

    Students will be required to complete these standardized tests at the end of each semester. NCSBN Simulation Study staff is currently working on prepar- ing the simulation curriculum for the second semester. In the upcoming semester, students will be enrolled in psychiatric/ mental health nursing, medical/surgical nursing, obstetrical or pediatric nursing courses. The study design and methodology as well as data gathered during the first year of the NCSBN Simulation Study will be presen ...