If you’re thinking about becoming an advanced practice nurse, you’re probably drawn to a career that offers more ...

Although advanced nursing practice has existed in the UK for many years, lack of regulation means there is confusion about what these roles should entail Advanced nursing practice in the UK was ...

The role of an expert occupational health nurse is complex and demanding, meaning OHNs are potentially prime candidates to achieve the status of “advanced practice”. However, as Professor Anne Harriss ...

The MSN in Innovation and Intra/Entrepreneurship program at Drexel University focuses on developing advanced practice nurses (APN). Drexel broadly defines advanced nursing practice as "the ...

Leadership and pioneering became a way of life for Juanzetta S. Flowers, DSN, RN, an inductee into the Alabama Nursing Hall of Fame and the Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame. One of Alabama’s first ...

Urology nursing has developed as a specialty over the past few decades in response to several factors, workload demands being a prime reason. Nurses are taking on additional roles and activities ...

Medscape's Topics in Advanced Practice Nursing eJournal is a peer-reviewed, exclusively electronic journal aimed at advanced practice nurses, specialty nurses, and other healthcare providers. Articles ...

When Alisha Johnson worked in a Texas hospital, she noticed the same elderly patients being repeatedly transferred from nearby nursing homes after their health had once again severely declined. "It ...

Registered nurses play a critical role in patient care, performing physical exams, administering medication and helping to coordinate a team of health professionals. But states across the U.S. have ...

In an effort to make permanent COVID-19 waivers, the New Jersey Legislature expanded independent practice authority for advanced practice nurses (APNs). The Legislature recently approved and published ...