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 ...

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 ...

Nurses in East Anglia are helping to pilot grommet insertion for adults under local anaesthetic in outpatients to improve the ...

The Broselow Tape is a color-coded length-based measure that is used across the globe for pediatric emergencies. The tape ...

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 ...