Scope of practice, who can do what to whom, is a contentious area. There is fighting between those with large scopes of practice, such as physicians, and those with a lesser range, like advanced nurse ...

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has just released a controversial proposal that would give full practice authority to advanced practice nurses (APRNs) who work at the VA. Under the new rule, ...

Scope of practice — who can practice what kind of medicine, in what settings and under what type of physician supervision, if any — is an issue that has preoccupied state legislatures and the courts ...

Suggested Citation: "3 Transforming Practice." Institute of Medicine. 2011. The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12956.

THE Tanzania Nursing and Midwifery Council (TNMC) launched the first ever scope of practice for the professionals that sets forth specialties aimed at assisting on emerging and urgent health needs.

Patricia Morton is the Dean of the University of Utah College of Nursing and she talks about why she decided to pursue nursing. She talks about what makes the nursing students and faculty stand out at ...