Pro national licensure debate
by Zhaojun Huang
Introduction
Suppose there is a Labor/Delivery nurse with many years of experience; a national healthcare organization employs him or her to be a teletriage nurse, a role which he or she enjoys and contributes more to the public. He or she can be located in Calofornia, giving advice to a patient in North Carolina. Software programs are used to guide patient through a series of questions. Depending on this nurse¡¯s judgment of the severity of the patient¡¯s problem, he or she gives patient advice to rest at home, go to see a health practitioner without delay or give patient the name and phone number of the nearest community hospitals.
The above-mentioned scenario is a typical case of telenursing in action. According to Greenberg, telenursing can increase access to care for those in remote or underserved areas, improve the accuracy of assessments, and increase the availability of......
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