This study illustrates practices that a nurse uses in order to empower patients. The emphasis is on speech formulae that encourage patients to discuss their concerns and to solicit information about ...

Nurse Anesthetists are advanced practice nurses who administer all types of anesthetic for every kind of surgery or procedure. As expert clinicians, they focus on preoperative evaluation, ...

Also see MedPage Today's earlier investigation series, "Nurse Suicide: Under the Radar," for more background on nurse suicide. The first national longitudinal study of nurse suicide in the U.S. found ...

Daniel O'Connor, RN, was something you don't see every day – a CIO who also was a nurse. As a result, he has a unique perspective when it comes to the issue of involving clinicians in health IT – a ...

Washington state lawmakers have introduced a bill that would limit the number of patients a nurse can legally care for in hospitals, reigniting a long-standing debate over the benefits and ...

According to a recent study by market research and consulting company PRC, the 2023 National Nursing Engagement Report, 41% of nurses currently feel “unengaged.” It’s an industry trend that could ...

Researchers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor analyzed data on 159,372 suicides reported in the U.S. between 2007 and 2018 to estimate incidence rates for physicians, nurses and the general ...

The production of new nurses to help address national nursing shortages starts with the educational pipeline. However, substantial and persistent salary disparities exist between nursing faculty and ...

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