Search Tag: advanced practitioners

Executive Health Management

Why-most-clinicians-work-while-sick

2015 11 Jul

A recent study shows that many physicians and advanced practice clinicians (APCs), including registered nurse practitioners, midwives and physician assistants, report to work while being sick despite recognising this can put patients at risk. In a survey of attending physicians and APCs at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, respondents reported...Read more

IMAGING Management

Ukrc2015-are-advanced-radiographers-fulfilling-the-role

2015 01 Jul

Two surveys on advanced radiography practice, presented at UKRC 2015 in Liverpool this week, provided a view of current work patterns in the UK. Sue Rimes, principal radiographer, Taunton & Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, in a survey of CTC (computed tomography colonography) radiographers found that radiographers were most often responsible for carrying...Read more