Nursing news and information

On June 11, Modern Healthcare hosted its first Virtual Conference of 2013, Patient Safety & Quality. One component of the conference was a plenary session titled “Implementing a Culture of Continuous Improvement,” hosted by Modern Healthcare reporter Maureen McKinney. The session...
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Battle lines appear to have been drawn between nurse practitioners and physicians over legislation that would expand and clarify the scope of practice for advanced practice registered nurses by amending Michigan's Public Health Code 368.
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In an expansion of nurse practitioners' scope of practice, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval signed a bill this week allowing NPs to write prescriptions without the supervision of a physician.
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Advocates say standardization of healthcare protocols and procedures can save lives, time and money, but that doesn't mean establishing standards is easy.
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Nurses, dentists and psychologists asked the Illinois Legislature this spring for more authority to make medical decisions with demand expected to surge under the federal healthcare law, but each time lawmakers sided with doctors and turned them down.
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As predictions of a looming doctor shortage become more severe, a recent survey found that more family physicians are working with nurse practitioners, physician assistants and certified nurse midwives. Another survey found that patients increasingly are accepting treatment by...
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A 5-year-old court battle in California pits nurses who say they're the only ones medically trained to administer insulin to public school students against diabetes advocacy groups who say it's necessary to let other school personnel give the shots to increase access to care.
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The registered nursing workforce is growing and getting better educated, with more RNs pursuing advanced degrees, according to the HRSA. And that's exactly what the IOM and many hospital systems want.
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Some key regulatory details remain unanswered in the final months before the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's major provisions launch.
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Medicare's hospital trust fund gained two years of solvency in the latest federal projections, but it is not clear why.
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