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Objectives. To compare the prevalence and characteristics of facility laws governing abortion provision specifically (targeted regulation of abortion providers [TRAP] laws); office-based surgeries, procedures, sedation or anesthesia (office interventions) generally (OBS laws) and other procedures specifically. Methods. We conducted cross-sectional legal assessments of state facility laws for office interventions in effect as of August 1, 2016.We coded characteristics for each law and compared characteristics across categories of laws. Results. TRAP laws (n = 55; in 34 states) were more prevalent than OBS laws (n = 25; in 25 states) or laws targeting other procedures (n = 1; in 1 state). TRAP laws often regulated facilities that would not be regulated under OBS laws (e.g., all TRAP laws, but only 2 OBS laws, applied regardless of sedation or anesthesia used). TRAP laws imposed more numerous and more stringent requirements than OBS laws. Conclusions. Many states regulate abortion-providing facilities differently and more stringently, than facilities providing other office interventions. The Supreme Court's 2016 decision in Whole Woman's Health v Hellerstedt casts doubt on the legitimacy of that differential treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Many women need access to abortion care in the second trimester. Most of this care is provided by a small number of specialty clinics, which are increasingly targeted by regulations including bans on so-called partial birth abortion and requirements that the clinic qualify as an ambulatory surgical center. These regulations cause physicians to change their clinical practices or reduce the maximum gestational age at which they perform abortions to avoid legal risks. Ambulatory surgical center requirements significantly increase abortion costs and reduce the availability of abortion services despite the lack of any evidence that using those facilities positively affects health outcomes. Both types of laws threaten to further reduce access to and quality of second-trimester abortion care. (Am J Public Health. 2009;99:623-630. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2007.127530) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Compares Web-based and face-to-face methods of teaching pharmacology to graduate nursing students in the United States. Student learning; Effectiveness of the course; Lack of differences between the mean examination scores of students enrolled in the two courses.

As early medical abortion becomes more widespread in the United States, those who wish to provide it need to understand how existing abortion restrictions apply to this procedure. Although these laws were written with a primary regard for surgical procedures, most will be broadly applicable to the provision of medical abortion as well. In this article we briefly describe common abortion regulations, including physician-only laws, reporting requirements, targeted regulation of abortion providers, "informed consent" laws with mandatory waiting periods, parental involvement requirements, and laws governing treatment of fetal tissue. We discuss the applicability of such requirements to medical abortions and describe how providers of medical abortion can comply. Finally, we address potential legislative and regulatory changes that could help to make medical abortion more widely accessible to women in the United States. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on the problems of the exchange-visitor programme, a programme for graduate nurses at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. Grounds of mutual appreciation and understanding; Quality of an exchange-visitor; Responsibilities of an exchange-visitor.

An introduction is presented which discusses various articles within the issue on topics including a special education teacher preparation program, how online learning benefited rural special education teacher preparation programs, and a mobile distance supervision system for teacher interns.