To submit a legal/professional nursing question for future consideration, write to the editor at syox@medscape.net (include "Ask the Expert" in subject line). A registered nurse (RN) wants to know the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As students head back to school, Gov. Bill Lee says changes may be needed as a new law he signed this year requires nurses get ...

If a procedure has been shifted from the physician to the nurse, can informed consent then be obtained by the nurse, or does that responsibility remain with the ordering physician? One facility, by ...

Good record keeping, obtaining patients’ consent and assessing their capacity are integral parts of a nurse’s role and have legal, ethical and professional implications. This is a Journal Club article ...

A new state law requiring schools to obtain parental consent before administering health care services to students has triggered confusion among campus nurses who ...

The union of nurses and midwives raised several complaints in their regard. Obviously in hospital, work conditions can be dire especially when staff decrease. It seems that gone are the days when ...

If a procedure has been shifted from the physician to the nurse, can informed consent then be obtained by the nurse, or does that responsibility remain with the ordering physician? One facility, by ...