The authors compare advanced practice providers’ education, training, scope of practice, and quality of care with that of physicians. A framework is essential to promote team-based primary care. Nurse ...

The Orvis School of Nursing at the University of Nevada, Reno, offers a range of accredited nursing programs to support diverse career goals, from entry-level to advanced practice, leadership, and ...

Drexel's accredited online Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program is designed for advanced nursing practice leaders seeking a terminal degree in nursing practice and offers an alternative to ...

The following is an excerpt from a new book, Patients at Risk: The Rise of the Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant in Healthcare, by Rebekah Bernard, MD, and Niran Al-Agba, MD. What is the ...

...inpatient care is now being offered in the outpatient setting to reduce costs In many countries, inpatient care is now being offered in the outpatient setting to reduce costs. Common surgical ...

Every so often, Megan Conner, a nurse anesthetist in Greenville said she sees a patient who’s driven for hours to come for a screening colonoscopy but who instead has to be sent to the emergency ...

Senior Continuing Lecturer Young Kee Markham has taught gerontology to graduate nursing students for 27 years. But starting ...

The Nursing and Midwifery Council has given the green light to a set of principles for advanced practice, which includes a new definition of advanced practice for professionals and the public.

In the Philippines, it has become almost a given: nurses leave for better opportunities abroad. Most of us know a nurse — be it a neighbor, friend, or family member — who has either migrated or plans ...

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