If a procedure has been shifted from the physician to the nurse, can informed consent then be obtained by the nurse, or does that responsibility remain with the ordering physician? One facility, by ...

To submit a legal/professional question for future consideration, write to the editor at [email protected] (include "Ask the Expert" in the subject line). State laws give nurses the legal ...

Nurse-patient ratios can increase by 50% when neurocritical care RNs travel off the unit to accompany patients to tests. After a period of multiple changes and high nurse turnover in the 32-bed ...

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 ...

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, ...

Endoscopy nurses who underwent a training program were able to safely and adequately perform screening colonoscopy, though they required a longer procedure time to achieve adenoma detection rates ...

Nurse anesthetists are medical professionals who provide anesthesia, treatments that keep people from feeling pain during surgery or other medical procedures. They are also known as nurse ...

As a seasoned nurse with years of experience in high-acuity settings like the Burn ICU at Vanderbilt, Hillary Sexton is no stranger to high standards in healthcare. So when she was diagnosed with a ...

To submit a legal/professional nursing question for future consideration, write to the editor at [email protected] (include "Ask the Expert" in subject line). I am a vascular access nurse and am ...

Mission Hospital nurses wrote to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services beginning more than a year ago saying that staffing issues and communication procedures for transferring ...

Six nurses tested positive for COVID-19 after Syracuse, N.Y.-based St. Joseph’s Hospital adjusted infection control procedures, nurses at the hospital who wish to remain anonymous told CNYCentral. The ...