Introduction The effectiveness of emergency preparedness and response systems depends, in part, on the effectiveness of communication between agencies and individuals involved in emergency response, including health care providers who play a significant role in planning, event detection, response and communication with the public. Although much attention has been paid to the importance of commu...

Annie Lewis-O’Connor is a Nurse Practitioner and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE). She works at Boston Medical Center in Emergency Services, Boston, Mass. Holly Franz is Director, STD Clinic at Mass Correctional Center, Framingham, Mass, and also is a SANE for the Boston area. Lucia Zuniga is a SANE and Director of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health SANE Program. For corresponden...

More knowledge is needed on the effect of various models for follow-up of postnatal depression in Norway BACKGROUND Screening for postnatal depression using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), in combination with counselling sessions with a public health nurse (the Edinburgh method), has been introduced at many child health centres in Norway. In this article we provide a summary of...

Statistics on number of chronic conditions and impairments, mobility status, time interval since resident last saw doctor, length of stay, primary type of service, nurse or nurse's aide on duty, supervisory nurse, and level of patient care in nursing and personal care homes Based on data collected from insti­ tutions during the period May-June 1964. COOPERATlONOFTHEBUREAUOFTHECENSUS Under the l...

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing in collaboration with leaders in the health care arena has developed a new role in nursing, the clinical nurse leader (CNL). The CNL is a master's-prepared advanced nurse generalist, accountable for providing high-quality, cost-effective care for a cohort of patients in a specific microsystem. Although initial implementation of the CNL has been pr...

PURPOSE Dental hygienists have often been described as the registered nurses of the dental field. Similar parallels also exist between the development of the nurse practitioner from the nursing profession and the evolution of the dental hygiene practice and profession. This article explores 3 major similarities between the professions of nurse practitioner and dental hygienist. Public health is...

A national work group met in 2004 to discuss the future of advanced practice nursing. The representatives were nursing education, certification, accreditation, and regulation experts, and the goal was to develop a consensus model for advanced practice nursing regulation (Nevidjon et al., 2010). As a result, a set of recommendations was published in an article that defined a new consensus model ...

Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a growing public health concern, one that costs the health care system $190-$720 million each year. Recently, state-level perinatal quality collaborative groups have disseminated NAS action plans: customizable frameworks aimed to assist health care systems in identifying, evaluating, treating, and coordinating discharge services for neonates with NAS. Hospi...

Antibiotic therapy has revolutionised medical care and has many benefits for patients with or at risk of infections. However, the development of antibiotic resistance now limits the effectiveness of these agents, which is a serious public health concern. This article examines these issues and offers guidance on prescribing strategies and resources for nurse prescribers.

BACKGROUND Stand Against Cancer (SAC) is a long-running, community-based, organization-led program that addresses breast and cervical cancer disparities. Managed by Access Community Health Network (ACCESS), ongoing program evaluation reports on program performance over 5 years and public health implications. OBJECTIVES To reduce disparities by making free cancer screening readily accessible t...