The core skills needed to carry out physical assessments of patients on general wards have been set out in new research based on the views of acute care nurses. Subscribe today for unlimited access to ...

Recent advancements in nursing have reinforced the importance of integrating robust competence frameworks with comprehensive clinical training. Nurse competence encompasses not only technical skills ...

The multidisciplinary and holistic assessment of an older patient allows health professionals to gain insight into their individual needs and therefore provide them with person-centred care. Five key ...

The present as well as the future holds exciting opportunities for advanced practice nurses (APNs), not the least of which is participation during surgery as a first assistant. In 1990, when the ...

Journal of Allied Health, Vol. 36, No. 3 (FALL 2007), pp. 157-164 (8 pages) An interdisciplinary group of faculty from medicine, basic sciences, physical therapy, and education developed a performance ...

Today we’re not only facing a critical shortage of skilled nurses, exacerbated by pandemic burnout layered onto the aging nursing workforce, but we’re also confronted with the fact that most licensed ...

Patient deaths at VA hospitals in Denver and New York City, as well as an overall indictment of nurse competency and processes at Veterans Health Administration facilities in general, are reminders of ...