Specially trained nurse practitioners help nursing homes improve the resident transfer process and reduce errors, recently published research shows. The findings come from the OPTIMISTIC project at ...

In the era of value-based care, optimizing the patient experience and patient safety are crucial to the success of a hospital. A critical component in meeting these challenges is hiring talented ...

In the midst of a severe nursing shortage, one Veterans Affairs Medical Center has taken a series of steps in overhauling its interview process, and with it has cut nurse turnover rates by more than ...

According to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, nurses are the second largest group of licensed professionals in the United States. While laws vary depending on where nurses work, many ...

We searched for studies that compared care delivered by a nurse instead of a doctor in hospital settings. We included studies that examined patient outcomes (death, patient safety events, clinical ...

Gavel and stethoscope in background. Medical laws and legal concept. State-by-state differences in regulation processes cause nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) to have different ...

A nurse in Augusta, Ga., applied to renew her nursing license in October and is still waiting for the Secretary of State’s office to process it, local NBC affiliate WRDW reported Dec. 29. “They’ll ...