Advanced nurse practitioners play a vital role in delivering high-quality care to patients attending the acute medical unit and must be highly skilled and competent. In the absence of national ...

MONTHS TO RESTORE THE BUILDING. TODAY, A MOTION HEARING FOR STEVEN SCANTLEBURY, THE MAN ACCUSED OF ATTACKING A NURSE AT PALMS WEST HOSPITAL. OUR CALEB CALIFANO EXPLAINS WHAT HIS DEFENSE TEAM IS ASKING ...

Assessing studentsâ clinical competencies using a competency assessment tool (CAT) is an essential part of nursing education. Assessors need to use CATs effectively to facilitate learning and students ...

Hospitals with ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® (MRP) designation are always seeking better ways to educate their nurses to ensure quality outcomes. For many facilities, part of this education process ...

A new questionnaire assesses obstetric nurses' competency in GD management, filling a critical training gap. Developed through expert input and pilot testing, the tool shows strong psychometric ...

Nurses have a lot of responsibility, including the assessment and care of patients. There are times when decisions are made without a doctor's supervision. Because people's lives are on the line, it ...

Leaders of the medical profession have realized over the past 15 years that traditional physician training models were not likely to meet a population and health care system’s needs (Frenk et al., ...

A combined Wintec - Waikato DHB study into potential Improvements to the Registered Nursing Competency Assessment Programme is to be “road-showed” nationally and offshore. The process to assess ...