The way nurses work in America needs to change to meet the rising demand for care, according to a report released today by the Institute of Medicine. Perhaps the most striking recommendation to come ...

As the physician shortage widens and healthcare costs soar, the industry is hearing more calls to increase the role of advanced practice nurses (APRN). Even though giving nurses primary care authority ...

What if we could get more of our medical care from trained health care professionals who are not doctors, such as nurses and nurse practitioners? Would this drive down costs? On Thursday, AEI brought ...

The COVID-19 pandemic spurred massive disruptions to the economy and labor market that have yet to abate. It also particularly underscored the plight of workers in one of the widest-held occupations ...

Scope of practice — who can practice what kind of medicine, in what settings and under what type of physician supervision, if any — is an issue that has preoccupied state legislatures and the courts ...

Insight provides an in-depth look at health care issues in and affecting California. Have a story suggestion? Let us know. California, long considered a national trendsetter in health care policy, has ...

With clinical staffing woes an ongoing concern, new Senate legislation seeks to expand the ability of advanced practice nurses (APRNs) to provide care with less oversight from physicians. Sen. Jeff ...

Allowing nurse practitioners to deliver services for which they are licensed without physician oversight can help address ...

Gail Sadler, a nurse practitioner, provides a wide array of primary-care services at her private practice in Carrollwood, Fla., a community that has been buffeted for years by a physician shortage.

Record numbers of death by opiate poisoning are happening in B.C. In September the provincial government announced that registered nurses will be authorized to prescribe safe alternatives to toxic ...

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