OBJECTIVE To report the findings of a knowledge survey of nurse and physician immunization providers. DESIGN Cross-sectional postal survey assessing demographic characteristics and vaccine knowledge. SETTING British Columbia (BC). PARTICIPANTS Nurse and physician immunization providers in BC. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Knowledge of vaccine-preventable diseases, vaccines in general, and vacci...

Background: Managing patients with chronic rheumatic diseases is increasingly relying on the collaboration of a multidisciplinary team, including rheumatology nurse who can aid assessment disease activity among other healthcare tasks. However, this practice, although common in Europe and North America, still poorly implemented Middle eastern Arab countries (MEAC). Objectives: To evaluate concor...

Many patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) have predictable medical and discharge outcomes, but some trajectories are marked with medical uncertainty. Stressed family-surrogates receive multiple medical updates from a variety of personnel. These circumstances can lead to confusion, which may result in conflicts and dissatisfaction with care. This study examined the effects of adding a famil...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine practice environments and outcomes of nurses working in oncology units or Magnet hospitals and to understand the association between the two. DESIGN Secondary analysis of survey data collected in 1998. SETTING Medical and surgical units of 22 hospitals, of which 7 were recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet program. SAMPLE 1,956 RNs, of...

BACKGROUND Unemployment among health professionals in Serbia has risen in the recent past and continues to increase. This highlights the need to understand how to change policies to meet real and projected needs. This study identified variables that were significantly related to physician and nurse employment rates in the public healthcare sector in Serbia from 1961 to 2008 and used these to de...

BACKGROUND To examine nurse-physician inter-observer agreement on triage categorization and analyze their differences for future reference. METHODS A retrospective observational study was performed. Patients entering a 3500-bed medical center emergency department (ED) from July 1 to 31, 1998 were randomly selected. We compared triage assignments made by nurses and 2 ED physicians, and examine...

BACKGROUND Physicians' shortage in many countries and demands of high-quality and affordable care make physician-nurse substitution an appealing workforce strategy. The objective of this study is to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) assessing the impact of physician-nurse substitution in primary care on clinical parameters. METHODS We systema...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine if there are significant differences in birth outcomes and survival for infants delivered by certified nurse midwives compared with those delivered by physicians, and whether these differences, if they exist, remain after controlling for sociodemographic and medical risk factors. DESIGN Logistic regression models were used to examine differences between certified ...