HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Joyce Knestrick has been a nurse practitioner for over 30 years. Many of them were spent in Pennsylvania. “That was until my practice partner decided to retire,” Knestrick ...

TOM. YEAH, JERRY. NURSE PRACTITIONERS SAY THAT AGREEMENT NEEDED TO WRITE PRESCRIPTIONS, FOR INSTANCE, IS A HURDLE AND THEY SAY THAT GETTING RID OF IT COULD POTENTIALLY HELP PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN ...

The advanced practice registered nurses (nurse practitioners) are again at the legislature seeking independent practice. Currently an APRN with prescription authority must have a collaborative ...

Lawmakers don't often see nurses lobbying in the Missouri Capitol, but they've had a weekly presence in the building this session as they lobby for independent practice for advanced practice nurses, ...

Access to healthcare in Northeastern Pennsylvania is an increasingly urgent concern. Communities throughout this region, from small towns in Wayne and Susquehanna counties to more suburban parts of ...

A new bill signed into law Sept. 29 will allow nurse practitioners in California to practice medicine without the supervision of physicians, according to The Sacramento Bee. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed ...

The California Board of Registered Nursing is construing a five-year-old state licensing law for nurse practitioners (NPs) in a way that violates the law’s original intent, say attorneys for NPs ...