To submit a legal/professional nursing question for future consideration, write to the editor at [email protected] (Include "Ask the Expert" in subject line.) When I triage patients and give ...

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 ...

Scope of practice, who can do what to whom, is a contentious area. There is fighting between those with large scopes of practice, such as physicians, and those with a lesser range, like advanced nurse ...

In March 2008, a task force was formed to review and revise the American Nurses Association's (ANA) Professional Development Scope and Standards of Practice. This document establishes the range of ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has just released a controversial proposal that would give full practice authority to advanced practice nurses (APRNs) who work at the VA. Under the new rule, ...

In the US, the role of the nurse practitioner (NP) is long established. In the UK, the role has not been as well developed and there is neither a separate registry nor a recordable qualification to ...

As the debate around using nurse practitioners to stem the predicted physician shortage continues to heat up, a new policy brief from the National Institute for Health Care Reform points to barriers ...

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 ...

Advanced practice nurses in Mississippi could see their roles expand, allowing for full scope of practice authority as soon as July if lawmakers there back the proposal. The proposed change, Senate ...

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 ...

THE Tanzania Nursing and Midwifery Council (TNMC) launched the first ever scope of practice for the professionals that sets forth specialties aimed at assisting on emerging and urgent health needs.