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Nurse Practitioner vs. Doctor: Key Differences Explained

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Association of American Medical Colleges, “The Road to Becoming a Doctor,” November 2020: [link]. Nursing License Map, “How to Become a Nurse Practitioner,” Nursing License Map, October 2021, [link]. Health Care Isn’t a Shortage of Doctors,” Harvard Business Review, March 16, 2020: [link]. AMA, [link].

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COVID-19 skin manifestations

American Nurse

Lisa Goode is a medical–surgical clinical nurse specialist in the Department of Defense in Kentucky. Beth Quatrara is an assistant professor of nursing, DNP program director, and adult-gerontology clinical nurse specialist coordinator at the University of Virginia School of Nursing in Charlottesville.

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Advanced Nursing Degrees to Accelerate Career Growth

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

In 2011, the Institute of Medicine released the landmark report “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health,” calling for doubling the number of U.S. nurses who have doctoral degrees by 2020. 1 The report, which is still influential today, argues that higher levels of nursing education lead to improved patient care.

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The End of the Public Health Emergency and What this Means for Nurses

Capitol Beat

The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) that was declared in March 2020 is set to end on May 11, 2023, as the President has announced there will be no more extensions to the PHE. The main waivers are: Physician Services. 42 CFR §482.12(c)(1)–(2) c)(1)–(2) and §482.12(c)(4): Physician Visits. 42 CFR 483.30(c)(3): 42 CFR 483.30(e)(4)

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A Complete Guide to Perioperative & Peri-anaesthesia Nursing: Part 2

The Nurse Break

for Part 2 of our Complete Guide to Perioperative & Peri-anaesthesia Nursing! Rory is a Peri-anaesthesia Clinical Nurse Specialist, Educator and Facilitator and the Founder of the Aussie Nurse Educator. Tell us about yourself & why you entered nursing. You founded the Aussie Nurse Educator.

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A Passion for Breast Cancer Advocacy and Unique Perspective on Survivorship: Meet The Pink Warrior 

Daily Nurse

According to the CDC, close to 240,000 cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in women and about 2,100 in men each year, and Courtney Shihabuddin DNP, APRN-CNP, was one of those women in 2020. Shihabuddin was diagnosed with breast cancer on February 13, 2020. Talk about being diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2020.

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Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act: Legislators Want to Hear from Nurses 

Daily Nurse

Please talk about APRNs, who they are, why they’re essential to nursing, and their role in healthcare. Advanced practice nurses include nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse anesthetists, and nurse midwives, and all play a pivotal role in the future of healthcare.