title: Radiation protection for nurses. Regulations and guidelines.
abstract: Rules and regulations of federal agencies and state radiation protection programs provide the bases for hospital policy regarding radiation safety for nurses. Nursing administrators should work with the radiation safety officer at their institutions to ensure that radiation exposures to staff nurses will be as low as reasonably achievable and that special consideration will be given to pregnant nurses. Nurses' fears about their exposure to radiation can be greatly reduced through education.
authors.affiliation: Radiation Safety Office, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Jankowski
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D009684:Nuclear Medicine Department, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009732:Nursing Care; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011859:Radiography; D011878:Radiotherapy; D014481:United States