State regulators have revoked the license of a registered nurse who provided home health care for disabled children before ...

What Is a Nurse Practitioner? A nurse practitioner (NP) is a health care professional who offers a wide range of acute, primary, and specialty care services, either alone or alongside a doctor. The ...

RNs are an important part of the healthcare system. Given the wide range of possibilities for them in the field, as well as their broad scope of practice, RNs are a valuable addition to any healthcare ...

A study finds higher nurse turnover significantly raises patient falls in U.S. acute care units, highlighting workforce stability's role in safety.

The family of a severely diabetic man whom authorities said died at the hands of a nurse overseeing his care last year has filed a wrongful death suit against the facility where he lived, alleging it ...

Midwives have helped women to deliver babies for centuries and they were present at most births until the early twentieth century. Today, more than 12% of all births, both vaginal and C-section, in ...

Victoria Weser, a senior at the WVU School of Nursing, always knew she wanted to help people, but college wasn’t initially ...

A Duke Health nurse charged with committing sexual crimes against patients has been fired, officials with the hospital said.

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Medical jargon is pretty tricky for anyone outside the profession to understand. TV shows like "ER" and "Grey's Anatomy" have helped to shed light ...

French advertisement for a antiseptic, ca. 1910: Advertisers, particularly those selling health-related items, naturally took advantage of nurses’ image of respectability and femininity with ads for ...