Granting full practice authority to nurse practitioners has benefits for both patients and nurses, says this nurse practitioner. For a long time, nurse practitioners (NP) have occupied a unique ...

Nurse practitioners are primary care health care providers in communities across the country along with physicians and physician assistants. Depending on the state where they practice, a nurse ...

Wisconsin is one of the newest states to grant nurse practitioners full practice authority. Here's the impact, according to this nurse practitioner. HealthLeaders spoketo Wendy Wright, owner and ...

Nurse practitioners are well prepared to help fill care gaps arising from shortages of primary care physicians in California. This article reports findings from a survey of California nurse ...

Although nurses traditionally see themselves as holistic in their practice, young NPs may embrace the medical model as their first clinical guide. Brown and Olshansky studied the first transitional ...

As the debate around using nurse practitioners to stem the predicted physician shortage continues to heat up, a new policy brief from the National Institute for Health Care Reform points to barriers ...

Nurse practitioners are among the fastest growing jobs in the US — making about $113,930 per year — and are in high demand in rural areas with few doctors. Yet some state regulations, called scope of ...

Elizabeth Hug had a choice: wait months to see a doctor to treat her fibromyalgia or visit a nurse practitioner in the same office immediately. The Joliet resident decided sooner was better than later ...