For two years, patients in the Greenfield area came to Julia McDougal Ronconi in their time of need. Working at a clinic with doctors and other providers, she treated their depression, anxiety, and ...

When nurse practitioner Payal Patel changed medical practices, patient Ni-Ima Lattimer went with her. The Hempstead woman said she’s more comfortable with her and other nurses than with physicians.

For-profit schools appear to be playing an outsized role in training the nation's expanding nurse practitioner workforce, ...

The United States has a shortage of primary care doctors, and some policymakers want to fill the gap by expanding the role of nurse practitioners. But the two professions are engaged in a turf war ...

Nurse Practitioners (NPs) need to be more empowered to further their education, practice to their potential, expand as a profession, and fully participate in designing the future of health care in ...

Nursing has three major career tracks: clinical practice, management and education. The clinical practice field includes bedside nurses and nurse practitioners, who may practice in any area from ...

A nurse practitioner is a healthcare professional that has more responsibilities than a registered nurse. Currently, nurse practitioners are healthcare professionals that are experiencing increasing ...

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.

The role of nurse practitioner dates back to the 1960s, when they emerged to support overworked doctors by serving as an additional option for primary healthcare. Since then, NPs have become a ...

Physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician associates (PAs) enhance different aspects of patient care quality, a new Yale and Fair Haven Community Health Care study finds. Researchers evaluated ...

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 ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...