EM Updates

JUNE 15, 2021

In the last week of March and first week of April 2020, hospitals across New York City were overwhelmed with critically ill COVID-19 patients, many of whom had unprecedented oxygen requirements. From April 6 to May 3, 2020, 90 patients were admitted to the EDAT. The study was approved by the MMC institutional review board.

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ACEP Now

AUGUST 1, 2023

As your national ACEP liaison to the American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners (AAENP), I have the incredible honor, privilege, and responsibility to be your “voice” during AAENP Board of Director meetings. Did I bold type “physician-led” in that last sentence? Another point purposefully made.

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ACEP Now

AUGUST 1, 2023

An immediate step would be the federal government working from the top down with local regulatory bodies to adopt new scopes of practice for workers and delegate some, less complex, currently nurse-only, tasks to others. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that more than 275,000 additional nurses are needed from 2020 to 2030.

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