Contact Information Sheet

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date

2010-11-12
Geographical Area

United States of America
Jurisdiction

Nevada
Organisation

Nevada State Board of Nursing
Address

Postal Address
5011 Meadowood Mall Way
Siute 300
Reno
NEVADA 89502

Location Address
5011 Meadowood Mall Way
Suite 300
Reno
NEVADA 89502
Phone

+1 775 688 2620
Fax

+1 775 688 2628
Email

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Website

http://www.nursingboard.state.nv.us/
Contact Point

Debra Scott MS, RN
Executive Director
Regulatory Body
The Board’s mission is to protect the public’s health, safety and welfare through effective nursing regulation. It is a governmental agency established by Nevada law to protect the public from unsafe practice by nurses. The Board’s functions now include:
- Establishing minimum practice standards
- Approving schools of nursing and nursing assistant training programs
- Adopting exams for licensing/certification
- Licensing registered nurses and licensed practical nurses
- Certifying advanced practitioners of nursing, certified registered nurse anesthetists emergency medical service/registered nurses, and certified nursing assistants
- Developing and adopting regulations
- Appointing advisory committees to get direct nursing input
- Approving education/training programs for ongoing competency
- Investigating complaints against nurses and nursing assistants
- Conducting disciplinary proceedings
- Administering alternative program for nurses and CNAs recovering from chemical dependency
- Publishing, distributing and providing education on the Nurse Practice Act
- Collaborating with consumers, individuals, groups and organizations
- Providing education to increase public awareness and understanding of the Board’s role and purpose
http://www.nursingboard.state.nv.us/board mission purpose members staff/mission and purpose.htm (accessed on 22.04.2009)
Health System

Health care in the United States is mainly provided in the private sector (both for profit and for non-profit) and to a lesser degree by public funding for the poor, elderly, disabled, children and veterans. The United States does not have a universal health care system.
In the United States expenditure on health care in actual dollars and as a proportion of gross domestic product (GDP) and on a per-capita basis is greater, than in any other nation in the world. The World Health Organisation reports that in 2005 the US total expenditure on health as 15 % of GDP and that the total expenditure on health per capita was $US6350. http://www.who.int/countries/usa/en/ (accessed on 22.04.2009).

In 2006, around 84% of US citizens had some form of health insurance and about 16% of the population, or 47 million Americans were without health insurance coverage. http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/p60-233.pdf (accessed on 22.04.2009).

The number of acute care hospital beds in the United States in 2000 was 2.9 per 1 000 population. Bed numbers have declined and this coincides with a reduction in average length of stays in hospitals and an increase in day-surgery patients.
The United States has among the lowest average lengths of stay for most procedures. http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/20/48/16502658.pdf (accessed on 22.04.2009).

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The ICN/FNIF Florence Nightingale teddy bear is sold in support of the Girl Child Education Fund (GCEF).
The GCEF provides for the primary and secondary schooling of orphaned daughters of nurses in developing countries, paying for school fees, uniforms, shoes and books.
To order this delightful bear and support the GCEF, just click on the bear or go to www.gcefbear.com

ICN’s 25th Quadrennial Congress : Equity and Access to Health Care
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