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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
3055.0: Monday, December 12, 2005 - 8:30 AM

Abstract #122050

Overview of issue and federal perspective, when nurses are federalized including noting the federal tort claims Act coverage against liability

Mary Pat Couig, MPH, RN, FAAN, Assistant Surgeon General, Chief Nurse Officer, US Public Health Service, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-443-0577, mcouig@oc.fda.gov

An overview of the issues on the Scope of Nursing Practice and the role of public health nursing when responding to population-impacting emergencies and disasters. Issues include licensure and authority to practice in an expanded role; liability coverage; and, workers' compensation for the nurse when nurses are federalized during a response to a large-scale emergency/disaster.

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Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

[ Recorded presentation ] Recorded presentation

Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Responses: Expanding Nursing's Scope of Practice

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA