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TABLE OF CONTENTS (10K)
State Legislative Outlook
and Department of State Government Relations
HEALTH PROFESSIONS REGULATORY ISSUES (53K)
(includes items below, except charts)
- BACKGROUND
- LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND CURRENT
LEGISLATION/INITIATIVES
- State Licensure Reform Initiatives
- Reporting and Posting of Personal Licensee Information
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNS)
- Regulation
- Managed Care
- Amendments to Nurse Practice Acts
- Scopes of Practice
- Physician Assistants
- Pharmacists
- Emergency Medical Services Providers
- Licensed Practical Nurses
- Nursing/Medical Administrators
- Judicial History
- State Board Activities
- Legislative/Regulatory Activities
- Unlicensed Assistive Personnel
- Continued Competency
- Multistate Licensure
- Telehealth
- Mutual Recognition
- Red Cross Exemption
- ANA's Response to Changes in Professional Licensure
- LEGISLATIVE CHARTS FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS REGULATORY ISSUES
- STATE LICENSING REFORM INITIATIVES (14K)
- APRNs (23K)
- NURSE PRACTICE ACTS — GENERAL PROVISIONS (25K)
- NURSE PRACTICE ACTS — ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE (17K)
- SCOPE OF PRACTICE (11K)
- FIRST ASSISTANT IN SURGERY (12K)
- SURGERY TECHNICIAN/TECHNOLOGIST (11K)
- CONTINUED COMPETENCY (11K)
- MULTISTATE LICENSURE (9K)
UNLICENSED ASSISTIVE PERSONNEL (20K)
(includes items below, except charts)
- BACKGROUND
- LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND CURRENT LEGISLATION
- Delegation of Nursing Practice
- Certification/Registration
- Medication Administration
- ANA's Response to Utilization of UAP
- Delegation of Nursing Practice
- LEGISLATIVE CHARTS FOR UNLICENSED ASSISTIVE PERSONNEL
- DELEGATION/SUPERVISION (14K)
- CERTIFICATION/REGISTRATION (18K)
- MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION (15K)
- STUDIES (7K)
SAFETY AND QUALITY INITIATIVES (18K)
(includes items below, except charts)
- BACKGROUND
- LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND CURRENT LEGISLATION
- Nursing Quality Indicators
- Worker Identification Badges
- Whistleblower Legislation
- Sufficient Staffing and Staffing Ratios
- Safe Nursing Care Assignments
- Workplace Violence
- Latex Allergies
- LEGISLATIVE CHARTS FOR SAFETY & QUALITY INITIATIVES
MANAGED CARE (21K)
(includes items below)
- BACKGROUND
- LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND CURRENT INITIATIVES
- Consumer Rights
- Direct Access
- HMO Liability
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
STATE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (16K)
(includes items below)
- BACKGROUND
- STATE RESPONSE
- IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSES
- WEB SITE RESOURCES
END-OF-LIFE DECISIONS (16K)
(includes items below, except charts)
- BACKGROUND
- LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND CURRENT LEGISLATION
- Hasten Death Provisions
- Intractable Pain Acts
- ANA's Position on End of Life Decisions
- LEGISLATIVE CHARTS FOR END-OF-LIFE DECISIONS (all, 20K)
- PALLIATIVE CARE/PAIN MANAGEMENT
- ASSISTED SUICIDE
- PRONOUNCEMENT OF DEATH
PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY (9K)
(includes items below)
- BACKGROUND
- LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND CURRENT LEGISLATION
ASSISTED LIVING (17K)
(includes items below, except charts)
- BACKGROUND
- LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND CURRENT LEGISLATION/INITIATIVES
- State Licensure Reform Initiatives
- PRACTICE AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS
- FUTURE TRENDS: ASSISTED LIVING AND MANAGED CARE
- LEGISLATIVE CHARTS FOR ASSISTED LIVING (10K)
REFERENCES (7K)
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