Every day, patients with an upcoming operation roll up their sleeves for blood tests or get heart and lung tests and scans.

A customized, team-based strategy significantly reduced unnecessary pre-operative testing for common elective surgeries, according to a new study led ...

The cardiovascular laboratory department at the hospital is centered on the care of a person's heart and blood vessel problems. The cardiac "cath lab," as it's called, has a pre- and post-procedure ...

In cataract surgery, the scrub nurse is of particular importance as she/he not only performs scrub nurse duties but also acts as first assistant. A retrospective study was undertaken in a designated ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The state legislature will soon consider — and likely approve — a bill to expand the power of advanced practice nurses (APNs) to prescribe powerful pain medications. That bill, House ...

Nurses responsible for physician assistant (PA) duties will now be permitted to perform procedures previously considered exclusive to doctors, such as bone marrow collection, skin suturing or ...