Nurse Practitioners - Organization & administration
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Thoughtful nursing practice: reflections on nurse delegation decision-making.

29 Nov 2009 This article discusses delegation challenges and legal and regulatory oversight associated with delegation in the clinical practice setting. The authors address moral and legal attributes of the roles and responsibilities of health care providers ... Read more...

Optimizing management of hypertension with combination therapy: considerations for the nurse practitioner.

30 Aug 2009 Hypertension is an important contributor to the risk of cardiovascular disease and death, yet success in achieving blood pressure (BP) control has been limited. Most patients will require 2 or more medications to control their BP. Nurse ... Read more...

Public perceptions of health care professionals' participation in pharmaceutical marketing.

30 Aug 2009 Trust in the nurse-patient relationship is maintained not by how professionals perceive their actions but rather by how the public perceives them. However, little is known about the public's view of nurses and other health care professionals who ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Nurse Practitioners - Organization & administration'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Thoughtful nursing practice: reflections on nurse delegation decision-making. 29 Nov 2009
• Optimizing management of hypertension with combination therapy: considerations for the nurse practitioner. 30 Aug 2009
• Public perceptions of health care professionals' participation in pharmaceutical marketing. 30 Aug 2009
• Reclaiming girlhood. A program for runaway youths brings health care to sexually abused kids wherever they are. 30 Jul 2009
• The effect of a mobile clinical decision support system on the diagnosis of obesity and overweight in acute and primary care encounters. 29 Jun 2009
• Expanded RN roles--a policy perspective. 29 Jun 2009
• New post first impressions. 29 Jun 2009
• Our driving passion. 29 Jun 2009
• Action on intolerance. 29 Jun 2009
• Provision of continued professional development for non-medical prescribers within a South of England Strategic Health Authority: a report on a training needs analysis. 29 Jun 2009
• The management of advanced practitioner preparation: a work-based challenge. 29 Jun 2009
• ["Nurses will be the red line to the Hospital, Patients, Health and Territories law". Interview by Yasmina Ouharzoune] 29 Jun 2009
• Enhancing the clinical adjunct role to benefit students. 29 Jun 2009
• First contact posts under threat. 29 Jun 2009
• Nurses help lead the transformation in delivery of community care services. 29 Jun 2009
• Nurse practitioners. 30 May 2009
• Neonatal nurse practitioners: past, present, and future. 30 May 2009
• Neonatal nurse practitioners: a value to nursing. 30 May 2009
• Using a patient-focused approach to improve services in a nurse-led general practice. 30 May 2009
• Striving for equity. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Nurse Practitioners'

Definition: Nurses who are specially trained to assume an expanded role in providing medical care under the supervision of a physician.

Descriptor UI: D009722

Alternative terms: Nurse Practitioners; Nurse Practitioner; Practitioner, Nurse; Practitioners, Nurse;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; education; psychology;

Tree Number: M01.526.485.650.640; N02.360.650.640;

Online Note: use NURSE PRACTITIONERS to search NURSE PRACTITIONER 1973-75

History Note: 76; was NURSE PRACTITIONER 1973-75