Charge nurses and unit secretaries encouraged staff nurses to use the NIHSS form when admitting a stroke patient. The staff was encouraged through an e-mail to obtain certification and education ...

studies have demonstrated that it can reliably measure stroke severity. The interrater variability of users decreases with the use of videotaped training and certification (Criddle et al., ...

MyMichigan Medical Center Clare has achieved Stroke Ready certification through the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) for the services of emergency stroke care. ACHC is a nonprofit ...

While heart disease is serious, it is important to understand how to control the risk factors and learn how to live a healthy ...

His research has been funded by the NIH. Working in an historical archive is a lot like laboratory science. Lots of noise and too little signal. You can spend a day plowing through routine ...

The NIH is led by one agency director and five deputies. With Lauer’s departure, two of those deputies have left in as many days, and the agency is currently being led by an acting director ...

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There already are reports detailing how deep cuts at the NIH could curtail research into infectious diseases — a particularly disturbing development as bird flu spreads throughout the U.S. And ...

President Donald Trump and his newly created Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, have made quick work in its goals to slash spending and shrink the federal government. DOGE is led by the ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced last week it was limiting the amount of funding for indirect funds, those meant for administrative and facility costs, to 15 percent. While this ...

The policy, currently blocked by a federal court, would limit NIH research funding for "indirect costs," or overhead expenses, to 15%, which is far below what some institutions receive.