IN BOTH CANADA and the United Kingdom, the attention of the medical profession has been focusing on the nurse as a solution to the increasing demands being made on first contact health services. Many feel that the registered nurse with some extra training is capable of taking on several of the family physician's tasks. Estimates of the amount of usual physician work load she can assume vary fro...

PURPOSE This article provides a detailed analysis comparing the educational requirements for physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and radiologist assistants (RAs) working in radiology. The authors examine the curricular requirements as they pertain to radiology for each program and highlight the advantages and limitations of each within potential roles in radiology. METHODS A literature...

The results of a large body of research have yielded findings supportive of the view that the mass media have a decisive effect on the formation of public attitudes and behaviours. This study reports the results of a content analysis of 670 nurse and 466 physician characters portrayed in novels, motion pictures and prime-time television series, published or produced from 1920 to 1980. When comp...

Content analysis of 201 novels published from 1843 to 1980 with important nurse characters was used to identify variables associated with nurse, physician, and nonhealth care provider authorship and the quality of the resultant image of nurses and nursing. Nurse authors were more likely to depict nurses as contributing to patients and other persons, being commended, using autonomous judgment, t...

The National Physician and Nurse Supply Survey revealed that among hospital CEO respondents, 68 percent view physician shortages as a serious problem that must be addressed (Caldwell 2007). In the last column (Cohn and Harlow 2009), we outlined ways that the recruiting process could differentiate hospitals and alleviate physician shortages. In this column, we address the challenges of physician...

this research is a cross-sectional study conducted to aim of comparison of self treatment between teacher and clinical nurse in tehran. in this study 100 teacher and 100 clinical nurses participate. for data gathering use of a questionnaire including tow part: one section about overall participants characteristics and another section including question about self treatment. the results show tha...

Topical moisturizers are the core treatment for atopic dermatitis (AD), with guidelines recommending at least daily thorough moisturization of both lesional and nonlesional skin. Ultimately, moisturizer selection is an individual, personal choice, but, surprisingly, few have published efficacy acceptability data to support decision making. This clinical feature emphasizes value AD summarizes ty...