Patient care is entering a new phase. Hospitals and healthcare organizations are facing complex cases, tighter regulations, ...

Proposed changes tied to H.R. 1 may limit access to advanced nursing degrees, with rural hospitals likely hit first.

Pushback is mounting against new federal student-loan reforms passed under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, with lawmakers warning the policy could further strain the nursing workforce. In a Dec. 12 ...

Nursing remains practical and hands-on. However, it is also strengthened by conceptual and theoretical knowledge applied artfully and scientifically. The practice of advanced nursing requires a higher ...

More nurses are needed at the bedside than ever before, yet the profession continues to suffer from shortages and turnover rates as high as 37 percent in some regions. And although pursuing advanced ...

A moderate shift to include more advanced practice providers in nursing homes can lead to measurable improvements in patient outcomes, a new study has found. Some 41% of nursing homes increased use of ...

The new federal student loan limit for nurses pursuing graduate degrees could have a huge domino effect on one of the state’s most important industries: health care.

Student debt often provokes outrage. But the usual complaint is that student debt is too high. Now, nursing associations are angry that nurses’ student debt will be too low. The American Association ...

Advanced nursing practice in the UK was pioneered in the 1970s. Advanced nursing roles have grown but the UK lacks a regulatory framework to define advanced practice and the education it requires; ...

The authors posit the role of the advanced practice nurse in the primary care setting with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention. They also propose that the advanced practice nurse ...