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  • PDF File APRNState_COVID-19_Response.pdf

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    Public Health Emergency set to expire Oct. 31, 2020. None None None FL BON Notification FL BON Important Message Regarding License Expiration Dates 5.28.2020 Executive Order 8.7.20 Executive Order 21-102 Georgia State of Emergency expires May 15, 2022 Pursuant to the authority in O.C.G.A. T. 43, Ch. 26 and consistent with the Governor’s Executive Order for a State of Emergency, the Georgia Board of Nursing authorizes staff to assess applications for temporary permits and to issue temporary permits to licensed practical nurses, registered nurses and advanced practice registered nurses who have an active, unencumbered license in any other U.S. jurisdiction who are entering into the state to respond to the declared emergency.

  • Locked PDF File 2023dcm_davidson-choflet.pdf

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    >B https://www.myamericannurse.com/suicide-among-nurses-might-hurt-us/ Kristen Kim, MD UC San Diego Job-Related Problems Associated With Pharmacist Suicide, 2003-2019: A Qualitative Study Using Thematic Analysis Kelly C. Lee, PharmD, MAS UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences Marcus A. Groner-Richardson, BSN, RN Artwork: Linda Lobbestael MSN RN NP !"#$%&'"()(*%& '+"*(%$ ! !"#$"%&'(&%)*+$"%&(',*%"+&'-& ,./#/,)"#$0$-1&)."&#"2/)$'-%.$3& 4")5""-&%*4%)/-,"&*%"6&7"-) ...

  • Substance Use Disorder | NCSBN

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    NCSBN’s Substance Use Disorder (SUD) initiative includes free educational materials and resources for providers who prescribe opioids. The Issue Substance Use Disorder encompasses a pattern of behaviors that range from misuse to dependency or addiction, whether it is alcohol, legal drugs or illegal drugs. Opioid use has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Currently, more people die from fatal drug overdoses than motor vehicles. Who is Affected? Substance Use Disorder can affect anyone regardless of age, occupation, economic circumstances, ethnic background or gender. It is a progressive and chronic disease, but also one that can be successfully treated.

  • Substance Use Disorder | NCSBN

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    NCSBN’s Substance Use Disorder (SUD) initiative includes free educational materials and resources for providers who prescribe opioids. The Issue Substance Use Disorder encompasses a pattern of behaviors that range from misuse to dependency or addiction, whether it is alcohol, legal drugs or illegal drugs. Opioid use has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Currently, more people die from fatal drug overdoses than motor vehicles. Who is Affected? Substance Use Disorder can affect anyone regardless of age, occupation, economic circumstances, ethnic background or gender. It is a progressive and chronic disease, but also one that can be successfully treated.

  • PDF File InFocus_Fall2016_v5.pdf

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    August 2016 STRATEGIC INITIATIVES FOR 2017–2019 APPROVED AT DELEGATE ASSEMBLY Association of New Brunswick Licensed Practical Nurses, the Licensed Practical Nurses Registration Board of Prince Edward Island and the College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of British Columbia are welcomed as associate members. August 2016 NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBER BOARDS JOIN NCSBN The passing standard remains at 0.00 logit, which was instituted April 1, 2013. It will remain in effect through March 2019. Sept. 21, 201 ...

  • Locked PDF File Guidelines_for_the_Board_of_Nursing_Regarding_Licensees_and_Cannabis.pdf

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    In the context of the BONs mission to protect the public, right-touch regulation requires consideration of the risk the BON is trying to regulate, as well as proportionate, consistent, targeted, transparent, accountable, and agile discipline as warranted.25 • When a regulatory body’s decisions affect the safety of the public, a delicate balance must be maintained between mitigating the risk of harm and applying discipline in a fair and consistent manner.26 After evaluation of the mitigating and aggravating factors, the disciplinary decision should be appropriate to the circumstances, have a minimal effect on the nurse’s practice beyond what is necessary, and be justifiable under scrutiny. 4.

  • Locked PDF File transcript_2025rexpn_gonzalez-smothers.pdf

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    If the candidate's device produces sound, they should request an accommodation with their NRB, who would approve a separate testing room as the sound could potentially distract other candidates. The complete Comfort Aid list can be found on Pearson VUE's website. Now, let's go over some of the most frequently requested accommodations. First, we have Separate Room. This accommodation allows the candidate's exam to be delivered in a separate room to minimize distractions. Next, Double Time Two Days. This accommodation gives the candidate double the testing time.

  • PDF File NSNA_Social_Media_Recommendations.pdf

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    It was also discovered that there appeared to be a debate between the complainant and the nurse on the blog over local issues. These debates and disagreements resulted in the other blogger filing a complaint against the nurse. A check of the newspaper website confirmed that the nurse appeared to write affectionately about the handicapped child to whom she provided care. In addition to making notes about her “little handicapper,” there were also comments about a wheelchair and about the child’s age. The comments were not meant to be offensive, but did provide personal information about the client.

  • Locked PDF File Transcript_2019DCM_Matthes-LaBonde.pdf

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    And so there are some slides, but then at the back of the handouts is Washington's tool. And so, again, Paula's focus and Washington's focus is by using these types of tools that your decisions will score, take a bite of candy, right, will score objective and consistent and fair. And I think that's when you look at some of the cases that get overturned at the appellate level, it is often because there wasn't quite that level of objectivity, and you decided a similar case a very different way, and so it doesn't look quite so fair then.

  • Locked PDF File RulemakingHandbook_2021.pdf

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    On the website of the Commission; and 2. On the website of each licensing board or the publication in which each state would otherwise publish proposed rules. The date of the meeting “at which the rule will be considered and voted upon” is XXX. The Comment period shall close on XXX but comment shall remain on the webpage until the Rules are adopted by the Commission.