Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Health Navigator
An article in Modern Healthcare explained the change.
“The Nurse Practitioners Modernization Act was introduced last year and was included in the state budget … The law will allow NPs with more than 3,600 hours of experience to practice without a written practice agreement with a supervising physician. It does not expand NPs’ scope of practice or allow them to provide additional services, according to the 3,500-member Nurse Practitioner Association New York State.”
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Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Health Navigator
“When nursing is not optimal, patient care is never good.”
It’s always interesting and illuminating what we learn from physicians who report on their experiences as hosptalized patients.
The New York Times article reported about the hospitalization experience of a legendary physician.
“Last June, the month he turned 90, Dr. Arnold S. Relman, the eminent former medical educator and editor, fell down a flight of stairs at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He cracked his skull and broke three vertebrae in his neck and more bones in his face.”
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May 14, 2014 | Inside, Your Health
When colleagues nominated Joshua Lasseigne, BSN, RN, CHPN, a hospice and palliative care nurse at The Mount Sinai Hospital for a clinical excellence award, they summarized his exceptional skills in a nomination letter. “He truly helps patients and families through the darkest hours of their lives with a soft voice of hope and strong loving hugs,” they wrote. “He has a passion for nursing, a sense of optimism, and is an excellent role model and mentor.”
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