Akron Children's and UA are working together to bring more pediatric nurse practitioners to the region. Here's why that matters: ...

The authors posit the role of the advanced practice nurse in the primary care setting with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention. They also propose that the advanced practice nurse ...

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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 ...

April is National Interprofessional Health care Month, which celebrates the various levels of clinicians collaborating within an interprofessional team model for care, and which includes physicians ...

Nurse practitioners are a type of advanced-practice registered nurse. They are registered nurses who have also obtained a postgraduate nursing degree, typically a master's. So-called scope-of-practice ...

Advanced practice nurses have a progressive practice authority in Iowa, but leaders say there's still work to be done to explain their roles and allow them to act within the full extent of their ...

California’s nursing agency this week approved rules that will allow nurse practitioners to treat patients without physician supervision. It’s a move that aims to expand access to care in the Golden ...