As the physician shortage widens and healthcare costs soar, the industry is hearing more calls to increase the role of advanced practice nurses (APRN). Even though giving nurses primary care authority ...

Like the healthcare industry as a whole, the nursing profession constantly evolves and adapts to meet new demands and changes. Amid debates about the nursing shortage, changes to nurses' scope of ...

With clinical staffing woes an ongoing concern, new Senate legislation seeks to expand the ability of advanced practice nurses (APRNs) to provide care with less oversight from physicians. Sen. Jeff ...

Insight provides an in-depth look at health care issues in and affecting California. Have a story suggestion? Let us know. California, long considered a national trendsetter in health care policy, has ...

As the debate around using nurse practitioners to stem the predicted physician shortage continues to heat up, a new policy brief from the National Institute for Health Care Reform points to barriers ...

The COVID-19 pandemic spurred massive disruptions to the economy and labor market that have yet to abate. It also particularly underscored the plight of workers in one of the widest-held occupations ...

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont recently signed into law Public Act No. 19-98 “An Act Concerning The Scope Of Practice Of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses” (PA 19-98), which generally expands the ...

Meeting the demands of an ever-changing healthcare environment, the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Board of Directors approved the updated "Scope of Nurse Anesthesia Practice." This ...