Primary care practices are increasingly embracing the use of nurse practitioners, which could improve healthcare delivery overall, according to a study published in Health Affairs. For the study, ...

Nurse practitioners are a growing part of primary care teams, according to a recent Health Affairs study. But they are especially filling a gap in rural areas, where primary care doctors are in short ...

For many patients, seeing a nurse practitioner has become a routine part of primary care, in which these “NPs” often perform the same tasks that patients have relied on doctors for. But NPs in ...

Allina Doctors Council SEIU — comprising over 600 doctors, physician assistants and nurse practitioners — announced Friday ...

With demand growing and fewer physicians entering primary care residencies, the number of nurse practitioners is expected to rise dramatically by 2025. There are now 171,000 NPs in the field ...

On Friday, Doctors Council SEIU announced plans for a one-day Unfair Labor Practice strike on Nov. 5 if an agreement isn’t ...

Primary care is in high demand, but the ongoing physician shortage leaves plenty of access gaps. One solution? Harnessing the skills of nurse practitioners in underserved areas, according to a new ...

Alison McGrory-Watson, a private cook who lives in Deep River, had serious medical problems, including Hepatitis C and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), when she was assigned Nichole Mitchell as ...

Pediatric primary care nurse practitioners focus on health promotion, disease prevention, and management of acute and chronic conditions in pediatric offices as well as school, community, urgent care ...

Alison McGrory-Watson, a private cook who lives in Deep River, had serious medical problems, including Hepatitis C and post-traumatic stress disorder, when she was assigned Nichole Mitchell as her ...