In the face of the declaration of a global pandemic and the declaration of a state of emergency in the U.S. and New York to fight the current COVID-19 outbreak, it is imperative that we maintain and expand the health care infrastructure necessary to diagnose and treat the millions of Americans who are likely to be infected and the hundreds of thousands who will require hospitalization and other treatment.
When emergency departments and acute care floors deal with overcrowding and/or understaffing throughout the year, the flu season can make a bad situation even worse.
Temperature extremes result in a far greater loss of life than natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), extreme heat now causes more deaths in U.S. cities than all other weather events combined.
Synthetic cannabinoids, commonly referred to as synthetic marijuana, fake weed, legal weed, K2, and Spice, can cause unexplained, life-threatening bleeding.
NYSNA has, through the Council on Ethics and Human Rights and its Nursing Education and Practice Department, continued to study and research the issues surrounding abortion and reaffirms the position of the rights of women as patients and nurses.
The intent of this position statement is to acknowledge the role of nurses in advocating for patient access to marijuana for medical purposes and in facilitating the legislation that legalizes medical marijuana for symptoms that are uncontrolled by conventional therapies.
