University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Nursing Professor Jacqueline Moss, PhD, RN, FAAN, is familiar with the United States military and its Veterans. As the daughter of a 27-year Veteran ...

Key Takeaways: Mental Health Nurse Practitioners (MHNPs) play a crucial role in addressing the growing mental health crisis. Essential skills for MHNPs include strong communication, emotional ...

Psychosocial care is considered an important component of quality cancer care. Individuals treated for cancer can experience biologic or physical, emotional, spiritual, and practical consequences (eg, ...

Nurses care for an increasingly diverse patient population, so it’s important that they are sensitive to their patients' cultures. A new three-part blog series from American Sentinel University (ASU) ...

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago used to rely on paper competency checklists in its nursing professional development. Using paper checklists was challenging and inefficient to ...

A new questionnaire assesses obstetric nurses' competency in GD management, filling a critical training gap. Developed through expert input and pilot testing, the tool shows strong psychometric ...

Today’s nursing home is a significantly complex organization. The resident population represents a wide range of clinical conditions that often require care measures that once were deemed sufficiently ...

New RNs with bachelor’s degrees feel better prepared in safety and quality measures than those with ADNs. While quality and safety measures are key to delivering excellent nursing care, new graduate ...

Two (2) female medical students are working together on a group assignment. They are writing their notes on a laptop and sitting at a desk in a training laboratory. They are both wearing scrubs. The ...

Concerns that specialist nurses undertaking endoscopies may not be carrying out enough procedures to maintain their skills (White, 2004) highlight one of the difficulties facing nurses working in ...

Metro Atlanta is becoming an increasingly diverse area, so nurses often find themselves caring for patients who represent many different cultures. This can affect everything from a patient's comfort ...