As the need for efficient healthcare increases daily, nurse practitioners are in high demand and physicians are learning to share their territory. Although physicians have around four times more ...

At a time when there’s a massive shortage of physicians throughout the country and wait times to get an appointment could take weeks, many people are turning to nurse practitioners to help with their ...

Diane Smith, right, graduate program director of the UIndy School of Nursing, oversees a nursing student in a simulation exercise. Smith says nurses are the captain of a patient’s caregiving team.

Nursing Times; 105: 40, xx-yy. This article outlines an initiative to develop an ophthalmic nurse practitioner’s role to carry out YAG laser peripheral iridotomy. It details the training and ...

Despite the fact that the two have different types of training, in practical situations, nurse practitioners and physician assistants are increasingly being called upon to do similar work ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - If you haven't had an appointment with a nurse practitioner yet, chances are you will within the next few years. Nurse practitioners, or NPs, rank as one of the fastest ...

This past summer, with a group of nurses at his side, President Barack Obama spoke about the critical role that nurses can play in health care reform. For a profession often relegated to the shadows ...

The role of the nurse practitioner (NP) has grown increasingly important in the provision of high-quality, patient-centric, team-based care. The number of new NP graduates has grown annually for the ...

In every profession, there are those who pursue advanced education and training to achieve top-level expertise. Nurse practitioner (NP) is the title given to nurses who attain such proficiency in ...

Family Nurse Practitioners (FNPs) play a pivotal role in addressing the primary care provider shortage. They enhance ...

Nurse practitioners (NPs) increasingly are providing more primary care to nursing home residents with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD), and a recent study examined the potential impact ...