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Heroic Nurse – the Last Surviving 'Angel of Bataan and Corregidor' – Passes Away
Mildred Dalton Manning, the last surviving member of a group of U.S. Army and Navy nurses taken prisoner in the Philippines at the start of ...
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Unleashing Nurse Practitioners' Potential To Deliver Primary Care And Lead Teams
Highly skilled primary care is a hallmark of high-performing health care systems. The authors of this study examine nurse practitioners’ role in delivering primary care and the effects of current restrictions on their ability to practice.
By resolving differences between states’ individual scope-of-practice regulations, we can fully benefit from the skills of advanced-practice nurses in all 50 states. The authors recommend substantive changes in the way health care professionals in all disciplines are trained, and in their roles, so that patients can receive appropriate and cost-effective care from skilled and fully functional health care teams.