Purpose This paper reports relationships between symptoms assessed using a newly developed instrument for assessing patient-reported symptoms, the Modified Ambulatory Care Flow Sheet (MACFS), and ...

Primary care nurse practitioners were found to use low-value care at lower or relatively similar rates compared with the general clinician population. Results: Prevalence rates of NP use of low-value ...

A nurse-led comprehensive geriatric assessment in the emergency department (ED) reduced hospital admissions by 11.6% for older adults, without extending ED stays or boosting return visits, a recent ...

In this article we explore the extent to which hospital work environments improved between 2005 and 2016 in a panel of hospitals in four large states, and whether hospitals with improved work ...

A Melbourne registered nurse faces a criminal charge and has had his license suspended by the Florida Department of Health over a “skin assessment” that a patient said extended to her genitalia. A ...

For the study, researchers at Southampton University in England polled nurses at 31 National Health Service trusts about missed nursing care caused by understaffing. Missed nursing care was measured ...

Anonymous Nurse is a column written by nurses around the United States with something to say. If you’re a nurse and would like to write about working in the American healthcare system, get in touch at ...

Apr. 11—U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, will be in Dayton today endorsing legislation on minimum nurse-to-patient staffing standards. The Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and ...