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.

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 Erie County Health Department and Community Health Center announced the addition of Melissa Klidas to their clinical team ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In medical practice, there traditionally has been a hierarchy of care providers, with physicians on top, supervising nurses. But more and more, nurses are finding a spot at the same level as doctors ...

A long-time nurse from Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County is the new nurse practitioner at a local cancer speciality ...

Franciscan Health Oncology & Hematology Specialists are welcoming a new board certified nurse practitioner to their team.