From October 1, specially qualified nurses will be able to prescribe medications and renew scripts at the subsidised price.
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Nurse practitioners can write prescriptions and help people with chronic conditions. As New Zealand struggles with GP shortages, these highly skilled nurses could step into the gap.
Nurses make up more than 50% of the health workforce and have untapped and under-used skills that could ease the skills gap in our health system.
Instead of asking how to fix the rural GP shortage, we should look at the bigger picture and ask how nurse practitioners could work to their full capacity.
The US has a growing demand for nurses. Yet nursing schools are turning away many qualified candidates.
Nurses who surround the process of medically assisted dying are an important source of insight into the real conversations our society needs to have about what it’s really like.
June 27 is National HIV Testing Day, and an expert suggests it’s a good time to think about testing, especially for youth. And, a recent study suggested that nurses have a role in reaching youth.
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Clinical assistant professor, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Associate Professor, Director of the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Practice, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Nursing and Midwifery Research | Nurse Practitioner, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor of Nursing, University of South Florida
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Professor, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University
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Professor and Dean La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University