Nurse practitioners are having a moment, and it’s worth paying attention to how they can benefit you and your family.
While many might think that the role is a recent development, educational programs for nurse practitioners were first established in 1965 to address the healthcare needs of underserved populations by training nurses to make advance clinical decisions. As demand for medical care increased and doctors faced capacity challenges, more programs emerged across the United States to help meet these growing needs.
Just one year after introducing the world’s first burn nursing specialty certification, the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) proudly reports that nearly 500 nurses in both civilian and military settings have achieved the Certified Burn Registered Nurse (CBRN) credential.
Burn injuries are among the most devastating and complex medical challenges, and research highlights the importance of specialized burn care expertise in ensuring high-quality treatment and optimal patient outcomes. To attain the CBRN certification, registered nurses (RNs) and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) must successfully navigate a rigorous examination that evaluates their advanced clinical and professional knowledge across all phases of burn care.
When Sienna Salcedo isn’t working 12-hour shifts three times a week as a physician’s assistant at Bellevue Hospital in New York City, she’s flying down to West Palm Beach or Miami to host Botox parties.
Salcedo is part of a greater rash of nurse practitioners, registered nurses, and physician’s assistants who are leaving the hospital system — or bypassing it entirely — for the greener and more autonomous pastures of aesthetics.
This shifting workforce won’t come as a surprise to anyone working in or around the U.S. medical system in the past 50 years. Scholars have warned of a nursing shortage for decades, with many factors at play: A high patient-to-nurse ratio is just one of the many long-standing issues that nurses have faced — a concern that was only exacerbated by the pandemic.
Anchorage nurses say a new staffing model recently launched at Providence hospital will put patients in danger.
Last week, Providence Alaska Medical Center announced it had implemented what it calls a “co-caring model” of nursing at two units of its flagship hospital in Anchorage. Instead of being attended to by a registered nurse, patients in two units will have their care shared by a virtual nurse via camera and video in the patient’s room, a certified nursing assistant and a registered nurse.
More than 60% of Ohio nurses who left bedside care did so because of a heavy patient load, and about 65% of bedside nurses have experienced workplace violence in the last 12 months, according to a new statewide survey conducted by the Ohio Nurses Association.
The survey looked at the impact of understaffing in Ohio’s hospitals, and called on healthcare executives and policymakers to take swift action to protect patients and ensure the well-being of nurses and health professionals, the association said.
With student health needs on the rise, state officials want to make sure every school has a nurse on hand.
However, tight budgets are making it a challenge. According to the Michigan Association of School Nurses, 600,000 Michigan students manage at least one chronic condition, and 25% take daily medications. Therefore, the presence of school nurses is vital for ensuring the mental and physical health and safety of students.