Impact of the Nurse Practitioner

Every year The Pearson Report by Linda J. Pearson

"enables Nurse Practitioners (NPs), policymakers and other health care professionals to understand and appreciate the major impact that NPs have had on health care in the United States, as well as a to compare and contrast NP practice realities in all 50 states and DC."

To access the 2010 state-by-state national overview of nurse practitioner legislation and healthcare issues click on the post title, to take you to the website for the American Journal for Nurse Practitioners[$].

Job Growth Plan for South African Nurses

And now for something completely different ~ or not!
An interesting opinion article on the state of nursing in South Africa comes to us from Otto Wypkema , CEO of the National Hospital Network NHN (a group of 93 independently-owned, private hospitals) in Southern Africa. Click title for article on MoneyWeb.