Objectives: To assess how nurse to patient ratios and nurse work hours were associated with patient outcomes in acute care hospitals, factors that influence nurse staffing policies, and nurse staffing strategies that improved patient outcomes.
Data Sources: MEDLINE® (PubMed®), CINAHL, Cochrane Databases, EBSCO research database, BioMed Central, Federal reports, National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators, National [...]

Being a Registered Nurse. Significant Points: Registered nurses constitute the largest health care occupation, with 2.4 million … The three major educational paths to registered nursing are a bachelor’s degree,. an associate degree, and a diploma from an approved nursing program. … replace experienced nurses who leave the occupation, especially as the median age of. [...]

In a recent article titled “The Economics of Vocation or ‘Why Is a Badly Paid Nurse a Good Nurse?’” economist Anthony Heyes (2005) argues that a willingness to accept a lower wage, all else equal, distinguishes a “good” nurse from the “wrong sort.” Therefore, he argues, raising nurses’ pay would reduce the proportion of nurses [...]

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Throughout the Pacific most generalist mid-level practitioners have the same function—the provision of clinical primary care in community-based health facilities. However, mid-level practitioner education programmes vary considerably, as do the seriousness and complexity of the health problems midlevel practitioners can manage.
Graduates of mid-level practitioner training programmes have been given various titles, including physician assistant, medex, [...]

When a school nurse is assigned to the school (or school district), that person is the key school staff member who coordinates provision of health care services for a student with diabetes at school and at school-related activities. When notified that a student with diabetes is enrolled in the school, annually or more often as [...]

Since the current nurse shortage began in the late 1990s, the number of private, for profit international recruiting companies specializing in bringing foreign-educated nurses (FENs) to the United States has grown by almost 10-fold. The expansion came after several decades characterized by what recruiters term “a cozy niche” of about 30 to 40 companies. Today, [...]

In 1976, a group of retired Army Nurse Corps Officers expressed their desire to continue the camaraderie and close ties of the Army Nurse Corps in retired life and to establish a means of communication by, for and about Army nurses. The Retired Army Nurse Corps Association (RANCA) emerged and was incorporated in 1977. In [...]

Primary care plays an increasingly important role in various countries including Thailand. This is consistent with the philosophy of economic sufficiency as proposed by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand. Primary care can be expected to lower the costs of care, improve health through access to more appropriate services and reduce the inequities in [...]

Job Description
The chief responsibility of the nurse anesthetist is the administration of gases to produce anesthesia and analgesia in a variety of settings. The nurse anesthetist assists in preoperative and postoperative care of the patient, and in the management of respiratory problems in ancillary departments, helping to educate other hospital staff regarding airway management. This [...]