Trusts are increasingly exploring the potential for nursing associates to administer drugs intravenously, sparking warnings of ambiguity over what the role is permitted to do. The debate over the ...

Clinicians are reporting a rise in the number of people with leg ulceration and a history of injecting drug use. These tend to be younger people with few co-morbidities. Leg ulceration may appear long ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — State inspectors are investigating whether Texas nursing homes improperly administered IV vitamin infusions to residents without signed doctor’s orders. IV, or intravenous therapy, ...

Table II indicates that the participating nursing homes had access to an average of about 4 minutes of physician time per resident per week in both study periods, although there was a relatively large ...