There's growing calls for nurses and midwives to take greater charge of patient care to help free-up GPs and ease the pressure on hospital emergency departments.

JOHN WOODS / FREE PRESS FILES “This is definitely a step forward, but I’m not positive that it’s going to garner us the number of nurses we need to solve our nursing shortage,” said ...

offering free support for newborns and their families within two weeks of their deliveries. “We have already provided thousands of in-home nurse visitations to families across our state ...