General Practice/Family Medicine

Anna Kraemer, a 20-year-old second semester nursing student at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing, thought briefly about reviewing the steps to CPR on her smart phone, but there was no time as she dragged the unconscious body out of the car onto the pavement outside the UK Emergency Department and began CPR.

They were touted as a way for folks with minor health ailments to avoid six- to eight-hour waits in hospital emergency rooms, but in the 18 months since the first Quick Care clinic opened on McGregor Street, the clinics -- staffed by nurses and nurse practitioners -- have largely operated below the public's radar.

Although nurses are taught to maintain emotional distance from patients, the "line between a professional and personal relationship with a patient can become blurred," RN Sarah Horstmann wrote on the New York Times' "Well" blog last week.

But lifestyle change has other benefits, argues Canadian physician

The University of Alberta (UofA) in Edmonton has followed the suit of pharmacy faculties at Montreal, Toronto and Laval, and launched a post-professional (post-Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy) Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program for students and practising pharmacists wishing to advance their clinical skills and patient care.

TORONTO | The viability of community hospitals in Ontario is being threatened by the provincial government’s plans to expand the use of private clinics, according to the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions.