Only about 25% of U.S. hospitals have a forensic nurse on staff, according to the International Association of Forensic Nurses.
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Secondary trauma is the act of experiencing physical, mental and emotional trauma as a result of a professionals’ proximity to traumatic events experienced by the clients they serve.
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The merger is now being reviewed for a second time by the state’s health department, but it will be the last merger considered under the certificate of public advantage process.
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So far, seven national opioid cases have been settled that benefit Indiana, providing money for treatment and prevention programs and other related efforts in the state.
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In the opinion, Court of Appeals Judge Stephen Scheele held that just because a promissory note violates securities law does not automatically make it void or unenforceable.
But records show that the state is making moves this summer to consider other options.
The suit alleges the group, known widely as WPATH, made deceptive claims about gender-transition care for minors, and its members profited off the claims.
Indiana’s Todd Rokita and attorneys general in Nebraska and Louisiana maintain that rescheduling the drug will have a negative impact on communities.
The lawyer in me understood it as a necessary decision grounded in safety and duty. The daughter in me experienced it differently.
The court’s action extends a week-long pause on the appellate court decision that had been put in place by Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Heidi Steinecker filed her complaint on April 30, four months after the company terminated her as part of a “reduction in force” following her medical leave.
Regulators said $44K in penalties tied to former pharmacist’s alleged drug theft falls short in what’s been flagged as one of Indiana’s largest-ever diversions.
The case debated whether the NCAA had a duty to warn individual student athletes about the risks of football-related head trauma, which can lead to death.
Facilities in Greenfield and Knox are at the heart of a lawsuit that seeks to replace the centers’ Indianapolis-based operator, Crossroads Health Management LLC, over allegations of financial mismanagement and revenue diversion.
An Indianapolis law firm has filed a civil suit against the health system and physician, the latest in an investigation into the recently suspended doctor’s alleged sexual misconduct.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita emphasized that the Eighth Amendment stops cruel and unusual punishment, but it does not give prisoners the right to demand sex-change surgeries.
Since 2023, Eli Lilly and Co. has filed lawsuits against dozens of compound pharmacies, weight-loss centers and health spas that produced and sold copies of Mounjaro and Zepbound.
Under Senate Bill 293, pharmacists would instead take continuing education courses to maintain their knowledge of current state laws and policies.
The Trump administration is announcing awards to states from a rural health care fund, with the threat that some of that money can be clawed back if jurisdictions fail to embrace policy initiatives backed by the president.
A coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, its secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and its inspector general over a declaration that could complicate access to gender-affirming care for young people.
The plan is described as a “collaborative effort” to be jointly led by the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration and the Indiana Department of Health.
The Indiana Department of Health is giving the green light for the merger of Terre Haute-based Union Health and Terre Haute Regional Hospital with its approval of a Certificate of Public Advantage, or COPA, application.
If government funding legislation isn’t passed by Congress and signed by Trump on Tuesday night, many government offices across the nation will be temporarily shuttered and nonexempt federal employees will be furloughed, adding to the strain on workers and the nation’s economy.
President Donald Trump on Monday used the platform of the presidency to promote unproven and in some cases discredited ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism as his administration announced a wide-ranging effort to study the causes of the complex brain disorder.