October 4, 2023 - According to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), nurse practitioners deliver "high quality health care in more than 1 billion patient visits each year," and as of ...

On September 22, 2026, the American Nurses Association published the fifth edition of Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, its first update since 2021. The new edition formally embeds innovation ...

HealthDay News — Fewer than 20% of nurses report compliance with all nine Standard Precautions (SP), although adherence is the most effective means of preventing bloodborne pathogen transmission, ...

Just 17.4 percent of ambulatory care nurses reported that they comply with all nine standard precautions for infection prevention, according to a study in the American Journal of Infection Control.

A new study raises troubling concerns that ambulatory care nurses fail to comply with standard precautions intended to protect them from blood-borne pathogens. Standard precautions are the minimum ...

A mixed media education-based intervention proved effective in improving knowledge, attitude and compliance with standard precautions, according to an American Journal of Infection Control-published ...

Negative perceptions of safety climate among nurses are linked to reduced adherence to standard precautions, highlighting the need for targeted interventions to improve patient safety culture. While ...