Homeland security challenges in nursing practice.
Nurses need a comprehensive knowledge of doctrine, laws, regulations,programs, and processes that build the operational framework for health care preparedness. Key components of this knowledge base reside in the areas of: evolution of homeland security: laws and mandates affecting health care and compliance and regulatory issues for health care organizations. This article addresses primary components in both of these areas, after first assessing the status of nursing's involvement (in homeland security), as portrayed in the professional literature.
Boatright
Connie
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Indiana Primary Health Care Association, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. cboatright@ori.net
McGlown
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