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Occupational injuries among aides and nurses in acute care by Annet Lenderink Patient Expert

Posted Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:03pm The objective was to assess risk of work-related injuries in an acute care setting while contrasting injuries of aides and nurses. It turned out that a ides had higher... units. Occupational injuries among aides and nurses in acute care R.L. Rodríguez-Acosta et al. American Journal of Industrial Medicine.Read More… The objective was to assess Read on »

Occupational injuries among aides and nurses in acute care by Annet Lenderink Patient Expert

Posted Sat 24 Oct 2009 10:03pm The objective was to assess risk of work-related injuries in an acute care setting while contrasting injuries of aides and nurses. It turned out that a ides had higher... units. Occupational injuries among aides and nurses in acute care R.L. Rodríguez-Acosta et al. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. Occupational injuries are common among Read on »

Quality Care from a Certified Nurse Practitioner and board certified multiple sclerosis nurse by stuart Patient Expert

Posted Wed 01 Sep 2010 12:00am , she was faculty nurse practitioner for the UNC MS Center and the Columbia University Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Care Center. She has exclusively worked in MS since 2003... In many communities around the world, there may not be a MS Neurologist or even a neurologist, but might be a Nurse Practitioner who is a board certified MS Nurse and quite Read on »

Nurse Practitioners As Primary Care Doctors by Vantage Clinical Solutions Physical Therapist

Posted Sat 25 Jul 2009 11:18pm Some estimate that as many as 125,000 nurse practitioners throughout the U.S. might have a sizable impact on the primary care shortage. In Boston, wait times are about... to see a physician is the worst in the country, with an average of almost 50 days. via Nurse Practitioners Can Practice As Primary Care Doctors. Read on »

Guest Post: CareFirst Insurer Expands Role of Nurse Practitioners, IOM Recommends Same by Stephen F. Registered Nurse

Posted Wed 10 Nov 2010 5:22pm CareFirst Insurer Expands Role of Nurse Practitioners, IOM Recommends Same Last week, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, an insurer in Baltimore, Maryland, announced that it would enable nurse practitioners to serve as primary-care providers in Maryland, Northern Virginia, and the D.C. area. In response to both the physician Read on »

Nurse Practitioners NOT the Answer for the Primary Care Crisis by Davis Liu Medical Doctor

Posted Thu 03 Sep 2009 11:26am Time recent article titled, " If a Health-Care Bill Passes, Nurse Practitioners Could Be Key" bothered me not because I see nurse practitioners as competitors. It disturbed me because the article had elements of truth to it and yet reached the wrong conclusion. "[Nurse practitioners - NPs] can often treat and diagnose patients, as well Read on »

Nurses, Nurse Practitioners and Perfusionists! (Oh My!) by Amy Schroeder Posted Tue 31 Aug 2010 11:06pm Logan wants me to introduce you to some of his CVICU homies! -Mary, Priscila, Mary Claire, Jill and Kim after extubation. They were so excited! NP Priscilla, Anesthesiologist Dr. Gottlieb, Nurse Jill Dr. Gottlieb is the person who saved his life on Wednesday Aug. 18th. She was quick to get his lines in for the crash meds to get to his Read on »

Should Nurse Practitioners with a Doctorate of Nursing Practice be Called Doctors? by Barbara Ficarra Registered Nurse

Posted Thu 27 May 2010 8:43am

4 Comments Nurse Practitioners – Doctors? [Original post is published on The Health Care Blog ] By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA My recent post on The Health Care Blog , “Nurse Practitioners – Doctors?” addresses the issues surrounding nurse practitioners obtaining a doctorate degree. I’d like to thank all those readers of The Health Care Blog Read on »

CRNA's, Nurse Practitioners, and the Texas Peer Assistance Program for Nurses by Louis Leichter Patient Expert

Posted Fri 26 Feb 2010 3:15pm . This is doubly so for Advanced Practice Nurses such as Certified Nurse Anesthetists and Nurse Practitioners. At a minimum both CRNA’s and Nurse Practitioner’s will be precluded from... RNs and LVNs. A CRNA or Nurse Practitioner’s enrollment in TPAPN is also clearly reportable to provider networks, malpractice insurers, hospitals, and other credentialing Read on »

Nurse Practitioner’s Opinion Regarding Medicaid Reimbursement To Specialists by NPs Save Lives Nurse Practitioner

Posted Sat 03 Jul 2010 9:06pm office in an entirely different town. When I ask for records from your office, send them in a timely manner. It can cause a delay in care and is dangerous for patients. Please... more. Medicine used to be about patient care, not the almighty dollar. Didn’t it? We need change in the Medicaid system now to encourage more physicians to provide Read on »