Healthcare

Registered tech assumes high-level role with College, CAPT conference a hit, and a refresher on medication safety. Plus, a special CE lesson on safe drug use in the elderly.

A new Pharmacy Services Framework will further support pharmacists' active role in advancing Albertans' health.

Working in claustrophobic, makeshift medical clinics under the oppressive African sun, witnessing horrific wounds and severe obscure maladies, Kristie Soder reaffirmed her career choice.

NPs are, hands-down, the fastest-growing health profession, with a 25 per cent increase in their numbers in the last year alone.

A researcher used modeling to project that the count of those trained as nurse practitioners would increase 94% from 128,000 in 2008 to 244,000 in 2025.

Drug reduces development of drug-resistant bacteria.

A tool to systematically evaluate the evidence.