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

We examined US nurse practitioner (NP) and physician assistant (PA) outpatient antibiotic prescribing. Antibiotics were more frequently prescribed during visits involving NP/PA visits compared with physician-only visits, including overall visits (17% vs 12%, P < .0001) and acute respiratory infection visits (61% vs 54%, P < .001). Antibiotic stewardship interventions should target NPs and PAs.

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...

AIM The study protocol is designed to evaluate the effects of granting independent authorization for medical procedures to nurse practitioners and physician assistants on processes and outcomes of health care. BACKGROUND Recent (temporarily) enacted legislation in Dutch health care authorizes nurse practitioners and physician assistants to indicate and perform specified medical procedures, i....

Due to patient or physician factors, people with chronic diseases frequently do not receive evidence-based care. While a physician-directed claims-based alerting system targeting gaps in care was previously shown to increase resolution of specific clinical issues, many apparently relevant issues remained unresolved. The purpose of this research was to demonstrate that adding member interaction ...

1 Physician. Professional MSc in Family Health, UNINOVAFAPI. Teresina, Piauí, Brazil. 2 Dentist, Doctor. Professional MSc in Family Health, UNINOVAFAPI. Teresina, Piauí, Brazil. 3 Nutritionist, Doctor. Professional MSc in Family Health, UNINOVAFAPI. Teresina, Piauí, Brazil. 4 Nurse, Doctor. Postgraduate Program in Nursing. Federal University of Piauí, UFPI. Teresina, Piauí, Brazil. 5 Physician,...

Objectives To investigate acute stress response in residents playing nurse and physician roles during emergency simulations. Methods Sixteen second-year internal medicine residents participated in teams of four (two playing physician roles and two playing nurse roles). Stress markers were assessed in 24 simulations at baseline (T1) and immediately after the scenario (T2), using heart rate, sy...