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...

PURPOSE To determine the intertester agreement of refractive error measurements between lay and nurse screeners using the Retinomax Autorefractor and the SureSight Vision Screener. METHODS Trained lay and nurse screeners measured refractive error in 1452 preschoolers (3 to 5 years old) using the Retinomax and the SureSight in a random order for screeners and instruments. Intertester agreement...

Patients can hold physicians directly or vicariously liable for the malpractice of nurse practitioners under their supervision. Restrictive scope-of-practice laws governing nurse practitioners can ease patients' legal burdens in establishing physician liability. We analyze the effect of restrictive scope-of-practice laws on the number of malpractice payments made on behalf of physicians between...

INTRODUCTION Well child care (WCC) is the provision of routine preventative care and vaccinations to infants and children. In Canada, physicians provide the majority of this type of care, whereas in other developed countries, nurses provide most WCC. New models of shared care between nurses and family physicians should be explored. OBJECTIVE This pilot project aimed to evaluate the feasibilit...

Vesicant extravasation can occur even in patients whose nurses have years of experience. Nurse-physician collaboration is key to appropriate management.

Graham Woodrow (Chair) Renal Physician, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds Titus Augustine Consultant Surgeon, Manchester Royal Infirmary Edwina A Brown Renal Physician, Imperial College Kidney and Transplant Unit, Hammersmith Hospital Mark Cowling Consultant Radiologist, North Staffordshire University Hospitals Nevine El-Sherbini Renal Dietitian, Imperial College Kidney and Transplant Unit,...

Volume rendering (VR) represents today's standard three-dimensional (3-D) image post-processing technique, and often is used to visualize complex anatomical information. Recently, a novel 3-D technique for post-processing of computed tomography (CT) image data has been introduced, which is called cinematic rendering (CR). The objective of this review is to illustrate the image appearance and po...

CONTEXT Studies have suggested that the quality of primary care delivered by nurse practitioners is equal to that of physicians. However, these studies did not measure nurse practitioner practices that had the same degree of independence as the comparison physician practices, nor did previous studies provide direct comparison of outcomes for patients with nurse practitioner or physician provide...