Essentia argues that lowering the loan caps on those seeking careers in fields like nursing and occupational therapy may have to seek loans from private companies and would be subject to higher ...

Advanced Practice Nursing: The future is now It is time to upgrade our image, and unify our profession. Do not wait to be a part of health care's evolution. As America moves forward since the Supreme ...

With clinical staffing woes an ongoing concern, new Senate legislation seeks to expand the ability of advanced practice nurses (APRNs) to provide care with less oversight from physicians. Sen. Jeff ...

Nurses working at an advanced level are autonomous professionals and are ‘not substitutes for any other profession’, the RCN has stated.

Every so often, Megan Conner, a nurse anesthetist in Greenville said she sees a patient who’s driven for hours to come for a screening colonoscopy but who instead has to be sent to the emergency ...

Organizers said they hope lawmakers not only listen to their concerns but take action to support nurses and the patients they ...

The Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens committee holds a hearing on S2996, which would eliminate certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses. The hearing was held at the ...

New Jersey is weighing a major shift in who gets to deliver your care. APNs and doctors make their case as S2996 hits the ...

I have been a certified registered nurse anesthetist, a type of advanced practice registered nurse, for more than 20 years and I'm a retired commander in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps, where I provided ...