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 ...

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 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 ...

Nurse practitioners, physician assistants and clinical nurse specialists in skilled nursing facilities would be allowed to perform clinical assessments under newly proposed federal legislation.

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 ...

Nursing Professional Development (NPD) practice has been experiencing major changes in the last 10 years since the last American Nurses Association NPD Scope and Standards were written. During this ...

Granting full practice authority to nurse practitioners has benefits for both patients and nurses, says this nurse practitioner. For a long time, nurse practitioners (NP) have occupied a unique ...

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

Nursing has always been a profession built on care, trust, and adaptability. Today, those qualities matter more than ever.

Lessons learnt in preparation and practice in the US could be used to develop the nurse practitioner role in the UK, maximising the potential of the profession AbstractMorgan S (2010) What are the ...