Last year, Family Practice and Counseling Services Network hired a psychiatric nurse practitioner to assist with the mental ...

Nurse practitioners, physicians disagree on primary care roles Unnecessary regulatory oversight unfairly limits NP scope of practice and may jeopardize patient safety and health outcomes. Las Vegas – ...

Credit: Getty Images. Researchers examine whether NPs/PAs working independently use more or less low-value care during ED visits than physicians or NPs/PAs working in collaboration with physicians.

There is a need to address the high costs and often poor quality of healthcare in the United States. Many studies show that nurse practitioners (NPs) provide safe and high-quality care when compared ...

To submit a legal/professional nursing question for future consideration, write to the editor at syox@medscape.net (Include "Ask the Expert" in subject line.) Here is a question from a nurse ...

Twenty-seven states and Washington, D.C., grant nurse practitioners full practice authority as soon as they earn their licenses, according to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Utah ...

As the coronavirus continues to rage, it remains critical to “raise the line” and expand capacity for the nation’s health care system. One key element are nurse practitioners (NPs), registered nurses ...

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 ...

Veronica Beagle is the managing editor for Education at Forbes Advisor. She completed her master’s in English at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Before coming to Forbes Advisor she worked on ...

Nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) represent a growing share of the health care workforce, but much of the care they provide cannot be observed in claims data because of indirect ...

The Georgia Composite Medical Board is looking to reinterpret the law that allows advanced practice registered nurses to see ...