Nurses have a lot of responsibility, including the assessment and care of patients. There are times when decisions are made without a doctor's supervision. Because people's lives are on the line, it ...

Documentation of nursing care is valuable not only to the nurse in planning and evaluating the care she gives but to others on the health team and to the third-party payment system. Problem-oriented ...

The Social Security Act mandates that all nursing homes participating in the Medicare program—currently more than 14,000—undergo an annual recertification inspection, known as a standard survey, to ...

University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Family, Community and Health Systems Loretta T. Lee, PhD, CRNP, FNP-BC, CNE, FNAP, FADLN (MSN 1991, ...