While school nurses are nothing new — they have been playing important roles in school settings since the early 1900s — their roles and responsibilities have evolved significantly in recent decades.

There is a small, but growing group of people who are pushing patient care into the future: nurse scientists. Nurse scientists, also referred to as nurse researchers, are nurses who have pursued a PhD ...

Nurses play various roles within the health care community. Nurses are often viewed through the lens of helping people overcome physical ailments, but they can be just as vital to people with mental ...

The day had just begun at Walter J. Kossmann Elementary School in Morris County’s Washington Township, and so had the steady march of children to the nurse’s office. Adam Smith complained of an itchy ...

As health care evolves, nurses will continue to play important roles in patient treatment. Pamela Cipriano, president of the American Nurses Association, speaks about nurses of the future and the ...

In the continuous movement toward higher levels of quality, safety and cost effectiveness, hospitals and health systems strive to meet a number of patient- and systems-related goals. In 2007, the ...

Nurses can bridge the gap between behavioral healthcare and physical healthcare for providers looking to better integrate the two. A nurse is typically the first person a patient interacts with, and ...

FORT LEE, Va. (April 30, 2015) -- A Gallup survey conducted earlier this year found nursing Nurses Week celebrates caregivers' multi-faceted role A majority of the respondents rated nurses as having ...

Reshaping healthcare delivery means reshaping nursing leadership. Enter the chief nursing optimization officer role. Betty Jo Rocchio, MS, BSN, CRNA, CENP, chief nursing optimization officer at Mercy ...

As value-based care (VBC) continues to redefine reimbursement models and quality standards in skilled nursing facilities ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Back to Healio The American Heart Association released a ...

Through the days of the Bubonic or Black Plague, through measles and AIDs, whenever the citizens of the globe were suffering and casualty rates were high, nurses were in the thick of things. Today's ...